Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[crazypetlady]

I am very sad. I came home from work today to find my black orp rooster dead. He was fine. I don't know what happened. He was my favorite roo, he was the only roo that I ever named. In fact, he was one of the very first eggs I had ever hatched and was so sweet. He made me choose Orpingtons. He wasn't quite 3, and never was sick.

I have a black english orp baby he is a few weeks old and BIG!! he is all yours. I'll have to find a traveling buddy for him.

 

[tazcat70]

Oh no!  You bought balut eggs.

Sigh, yep.

 

[tazcat70]

you want some duck eggs to hatch? or a couple of ducks? lol

I am thinking about it.

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

Hey, I can ship duck eggs if anyone needs them. I have calls and my mom has a huge flock of ducks. They're different breeds (buff, pekin, cayuga, ancona, saxony, mallard). So they'd be mixed breed most likely.

 

[mzstre]

I am very sad. I came home from work today to find my black orp rooster dead. He was fine. I don't know what happened. He was my favorite roo, he was the only roo that I ever named. In fact, he was one of the very first eggs I had ever hatched and was so sweet. He made me choose Orpingtons. He wasn't quite 3, and never was sick.

I'm sorry you lost your sweet boy! I have my favorite too and would be heartbroken if I lost him.

Wall of shame? That's a wall of Fame!

And as for that parrot, well my African Grey gets out of her cage many different ways. She then proceeds to let the other parrots out. Gets back in her cage and yells at the others that they are NAUGHTY. It's NAUGHTY NIKI, NAUGHTY LOOIE, NAUGHT PICKLE, NAUGHTY TIMMY! Then she laughs like a psycho, which really sounds like me....shhh, when I come own to put everyone back in. When the baby turkeys were down there she let them out too! She's too smart for my own good.

This is hilarious! Yep, way too smart!

Ummmm... put the non dirty ones in and leave the other ones out? some people say you can wash the dirty ones, but i never have.

x2. I am too paranoid. I do staggered hatches and worry that really dirty eggs would contaminate the rest of the eggs in the bator. I give it one try using a light duty green scuff pad. If that doesn't do the trick, in the trash it goes.

 

[rbaker0345]

Help, I just took a really sticky chick out of an egg. I have another one that pipped externally too early. I opened the second one once I saw how crusty the first one was and I didn't break any vessels or membranes. I took a damp cloth and wrapped it around the egg, I think it will be okay and hatch for me just fine tomorrow. The sticky/crusty one is okay. She has a little raw patch where some down got ripped off of her when I had to pry the egg off. She is just really crusty, should I help her in any way, or should I wait until she's a little stronger?

I didn't realize it, but my humidity was down to about 40%. I have managed to get it up to 52%, I think my hygrometer is pretty accurate. Do I need to go up more. I don't want to drown my other eggs, they're a week behind the ones that are hatching.

 

[caj1985]

Sorry about all the bird and kid issues. Seems like it could have been a better week for most of us. Glad to hear Aye had an excellent offer on her house and can now move on.

On a separate note, I picked up Sumatra eggs today for MrsMooncat, and they insisted I take a full flat of the Sussex. I will have some extra eggs. Send me a PM if you would like me to send you some. I would be happy to ship them out for just the postage. These are a Coronation cockerel over split hens for a 75/25 hatch. I hatched three NYD that are absolutely gorgeous all Coros. First one or two to respond will get the extras.

 

[Lilwanis]

Well, today was a bad day. It started out ok but really has gone out with a bang. I got stuck on a two hour call this afternoon. During this time my cell phone kept ringing. I finally got off the call at 530, and listened to my voicemail. Turns out that my son had gone into one of his autistic fits. Screaming, throwing things, breaking furniture (he is a big kid, 5'11 at 13). It has been many years since he has been like this, and I was shocked to hear this. I tried to call his teacher, but of course it was too late. Then I texted my DH to see if my son had told him about it. He hadn't but told my DH that he hadn't been taking his meds for at least a week (I suspect my ex's influence here with his anti big pharma stances). Now I have to find out how to get him back on his meds. I scheduled an emergency therapy session for tomorrow, and I have to try to convince the school not to boot him out. I thought we were done with this phase of his life. Apparently his meds help him to live a normal life; more than I suspected. I can't stop crying, I had to leave work early as I could hardly function. My whole existence with my son has to do with being able to believe that he will be able to live a normal life in the future. I take it really hard when something removes some of that hope.

To top it off, tonight was the night I set to float test the eggs I had set. All were high floaters, no movement. They are two days late on fresh, not shipped eggs, so I wasn't expecting them to pass any test. I opened them up and they all died a week ago when the bator spiked to 104. It also spiked to 109 (why would an incubator even go that high!!!!!) I am not hopeful for the eggs that are in the other bator. They were in Spike when it went to 104. I am still holding out hope though. The new bator has been great. Steady temp at 99.5. No spikes or anything. I feel like crying.

Sorry for the rant...

My youngest son is special needs too. His doctor hasn't wanted to give us an actual diagnosis. He is 4. He also has those type outbursts. Thankfully it is usually only here at home or wal-mart. God, I hate, HATE taking him to Wal-mart.

I hope today was much better.

I remember being there. They explained that these types of diagnosis stay with a kid their whole life. At the same time, they also say some diagnosis have to be given within the first five years of life. I stuck with "developmental delay not specified" until he was nine, then had him reevaluated (insurance only covers one psychological eval per lifetime, I discovered to my wallets detriment). For my son his diagnosis didn't change much: pervasive developmental delay not otherwise specified (PDD NOS). Today was much better. Worked it out with the therapist and got some good language and solutions to use with the school.

I did not take my son anywhere public for a long time. People on the spectrum get over stimulated really easy. One of the first social workers my son had taught me to use a pressure massage on him when he gets that way, or starts to get that way. It really helped. Squeeze gently down each arm to the finger tips, the the same with legs, shoulders, and mid section. Use your whole hand. They had us start at home in a quiet room, twice a day. Then we would use it in public places. I even took him aside at Disney Land. Now I squeeze his shoulders and the top of his arm.

Thank you for the

 

[flocksalot]

  THANK YOU , everybody for the suggestions & advice. I'm going to "sleep" on it and decide what to do in the morning

I got a smashed box in the mail today. Almost half were totally smushed, and the rest Were bathing in it. As a previous poster said its never good when the box comes in a garbage bag. Anyway I dipped the whole ones in some very warm water with a little bleach. I've did it with my yucky ducks and loosely goosey eggs. Works great for me.

 

[Lilwanis]

kraftylady. I am so sorry to hear about your rooster!