Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[Hollowoakfarm]

G’morning!

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Okay, Folks, I need a tutorial. Detached air cells. Exactly what do they cause? No development? Development, but no hatching? What do I look for?

The eggs that were in the hands of the USPS for ten days are at hatch. So far, I have 4/30. I know more were developing, and it's certainly too early to pull them. These eggs were very well packed, and the USPS managed to break three, including one of the most interior, so I know that box got rough handling despite labeling. In a few more days, I'll consider egg-topsies, but need criteria. Photos anywhere? I can take a good look inside, and can use a dissecting microscope for details....if I know what I'm looking for.

 

[caj1985]

How old were they? I had 2 silkies and a CL roo take 2 days with no ill affect. They should be fine if they aren't chicks.

8 month olds. They are still showing sitting in the same place they were at 7 AM yesterday. I'm hoping they just haven't updated the scan.

 

[caj1985]

G’morning!

Good morming, all. Feeling very grumpy this morning between 14 hour days and my birds still being MIA.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Morning all

Quote: They owe a refund on standard express mail. If you read all of the rules on live birds it doesnt cover shipping being late. Yes many local offices will give refunds because they dont know the rules of shipping live birds. Just like they dont know they are suppose to except live bird boxes if they temps are 35 or under in the sending and receiving location, they arent suppose to accept boxes if the temps are 85 or over in the sending and receiving locations. USPS use to be very good about shipping and refunds for everything. Then they stopped accepting lives at all, and thanks to Horizon boxes they ship them now for us.

There are some locations in the country you cant ship lives to at all. Most local PO offices dont know this, will let you pay the money and drp the box off. Then the box leaves, get rerouted back at the hub and you get a call to pick them back up.

Dry ice on a flight will bump birds as it kills them if they are on the flight.

The scan updates dont happen unless the location actually hangs the scanner gun back up. I know of many locations who dont scan, or who do and dont hang the scan guns back up for hours if not days.

fedex is the carrier by contract who hauls the live bird boxes most often.

Have to go let everyone out, but will pull and paste the rules from USPS today on live shipping. It doesnt mean the local offices wont give refunds or would ever tell you cant ship on any given day since most of them dont have a clue what the regs are concerning it.

------------side note------------------its cold outside here today after being in the 80's for 10 days---------morning chores are done----------

I cant ship live birds if the mail has to go through St Louis (all of MO is a PIA really) or Memphis. It gets rejected here at our hub and sent back. Both are major dry ice receivers and there arent any safe flights for birds. Sadly not one person at my local office knew this and it took three boxes being sent back before I found out why. there are other zip codes where there is no air service also so no live bird shipments. Now I have to call my hub for every single live bird box, give them the zip and go over the flight for approval before ever sending them. Chattanooga is another that gives me fits, but I have found ways around it and can re-route and then they are driven to a PO as close as possible for the buyers to then drive to and pick up from.

During the height of our spring we will be shipping out Mon, Tues, Wed and Thurs (for two day travel boxes) 2-5 boxes daily of birds plus boxes of eggs.

We had to sit down and write a plan of action last year with our local PO and hub after we filed 5 complaints against the hub. Returned boxes that should have shipped through (they claimed the box wasnt right) It took me printing the regs, the rules for the boxes and sitting on the phone for 3 days to get it worked out.

 

[caj1985]

I have a NYDhatch Marans in my brooder trying to crow. He sounds like a rusty hinge squeaking.

 

[NotAFarm]

Okay, Folks, I need a tutorial. Detached air cells. Exactly what do they cause? No development? Development, but no hatching? What do I look for?

The eggs that were in the hands of the USPS for ten days are at hatch. So far, I have 4/30. I know more were developing, and it's certainly too early to pull them. These eggs were very well packed, and the USPS managed to break three, including one of the most interior, so I know that box got rough handling despite labeling. In a few more days, I'll consider egg-topsies, but need criteria. Photos anywhere? I can take a good look inside, and can use a dissecting microscope for details....if I know what I'm looking for.

Go to this page and scroll down about one-third of the way.....there is a section on air cells.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

I have a NYDhatch Marans in my brooder trying to crow. He sounds like a rusty hinge squeaking.

We have a SFH boy doing that. Sounds so awful lol

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Okay, Folks, I need a tutorial. Detached air cells. Exactly what do they cause? No development? Development, but no hatching? What do I look for?


The eggs that were in the hands of the USPS for ten days are at hatch. So far, I have 4/30. I know more were developing, and it's certainly too early to pull them. These eggs were very well packed, and the USPS managed to break three, including one of the most interior, so I know that box got rough handling despite labeling. In a few more days, I'll consider egg-topsies, but need criteria. Photos anywhere? I can take a good look inside, and can use a dissecting microscope for details....if I know what I'm looking for.

Go to this page and scroll down about one-third of the way.....there is a section on air cells.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

Thanks! I appreciate the guidance!

 

[pysankigirl]

Quote: so friggin cute I cant stand it!!!!!!!!