Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[CelticOaksFarm]

Anyone have any sebbie eggs they would be willing to swap???

lol welcome to the addiction of hatching geese

 

[kraftyladies]

lol welcome to the addiction of hatching geese

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Anyone have any recommendation on hatching shipped eggs? I have a few that to great but, for the most part they make it all the way to lockdown and never hatch. I am pretty confident everything is set right because my eggs all hatch with no problem. It is day 22 and I only have one of Krafty's white orps that is hatched- everyone is fully formed- no pip. When I put them in the hatcher I always lay them on their sides- separated into baskets so that I will know who is what breed.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Anyone have any recommendation on hatching shipped eggs? I have a few that to great but, for the most part they make it all the way to lockdown and never hatch. I am pretty confident everything is set right because my eggs all hatch with no problem. It is day 22 and I only have one of Krafty's white orps that is hatched- everyone is fully formed- no pip. When I put them in the hatcher I always lay them on their sides- separated into baskets so that I will know who is what breed.

I hatch shipped eggs standing up and stop turning a day earlier than what I have read everyone else does. I also candle until I see internal pips and then lockdown. This way I can catch wrong way pippers sooner than later.

 

[krazykat0373]

g'mornin!

All of my Bantam Ams are still kicking this morning!

I guess I can perform the happy dance now!

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

I hatch shipped eggs standing up and stop turning a day earlier than what I have read everyone else does. I also candle until I see internal pips and then lockdown. This way I can catch wrong way pippers sooner than later.

I never would candle after day 15 because I had several people tell me it would cause damage to the birds eyes- of course I'll take your guys opinions over the others I have had. I trust you all much more. I incubate in the plastic egg trays from GQF- would I leave them in those?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

I use pulp egg flats that have been cut to allow more air flow (or pulp cartons) and reuee them if they are pretty clean after the hatch,

I candle at 5 days from hatch for ALL eggs to pull anything that is a quiter. I then monitor every day for air cell growth and then for internal pips. (the same way I treat goose eggs) I also mist ALL eggs the last 5 days after I check them.

 

[pysankigirl]

This is the cake my friend and I made for someone's wedding. They play an rpg game called portal? And this is pretty significant to the game I guess. We had to make a few adjustments as she dropped a layer when she was sticking the cake so it would up being an inch too short.

such is the life of a cake artist. At least we were able to adjust it well enough though I still have to adjust a few panels. Now have 40 cupcakes to bake and decorate to go with it.

Excited for the weekend. Garden and woodworking!

you rock!!!!
I don't know portal, but that is so cool that they have such a nice themed cake. sometimes I wish I could go back again and get married with some syle. We had a pretty normal boring wedding( but that was 20 years ago...gulp)


gardening and woodworking for me, too! (fistbump)

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

I use pulp egg flats that have been cut to allow more air flow (or pulp cartons) and reuee them if they are pretty clean after the hatch,

I candle at 5 days from hatch for ALL eggs to pull anything that is a quiter. I then monitor every day for air cell growth and then for internal pips. (the same way I treat goose eggs) I also mist ALL eggs the last 5 days after I check them.

I will have to try that. Thanks!

 

[pysankigirl]

Gosh…my last week or so has been so brutal. I am done.

My chicks in my dining room have coccidiosis. And it is all my fault. Right about when I got the news that we have MG, they started looking a little droopy. So I thought…oh, with me not being careful enough washing my hands, they have it too. I decided to let it run its course because it isn’t fatal.

But yesterday morning, one had died. I was like: ***??? I thought this wasn’t fatal!!!???!!! (still no one sneezing, but I honestly didn’t put 2&2 together.) Then last night another one died and I saw the blood in the stool and FREAKED OUT. I knew they were crowded, but been frantically building the new coop for them and figured they could hold on just a bit longer. I was wrong.

So we threw together another bigger brooder box out of plywood, put the really droopy ones into a separate tub (forced them to drink the medicated water) and started cleaning everything. Feeders, waterers, the floor….everything. And made up a bunch of gallons of water with corrid, sav-a-chick and oxine to give them for the next week. Corrid in the goat’s water, the dog’s water. Everyone is getting treated. Thinking about treating myself. Lost another one this morning. And a couple are not looking good. I wish I had had them on medicated feed…I really do. I have been putting ACV in their water, but evidently it isn’t enough.

On top of everything happening with the chickens, there’s the whole family stuff, too. My Grandma died on Wednesday but because my Mom is in Germany visiting my Sister…a vacation she has saved up for for a year, it was decided to wait until she comes home to tell her. Well, I was volunteered to be the one to pick her up from the airport on Sunday and I have no idea how to break the news to her. Grandma died from Altzhimers…so we have honestly lost her years ago, but still. It’s her mom, the matriarch of the family and a wonderful supportive person gone for good.

My husband asks me on the way in to work today: “what’s wrong?” Because I was staring off into space. He’s lucky I didn’t go into hysterics right there.