Hatching Q on mailed eggs - Ayam Cemani

[Purpletie3]

@ Marie...I am so sorry for your loss.

 

[maranfarmer563]

Will send Marie a new set of eggs in February.

 

[Purpletie3]

@ maran you're a good guy! Are you in Pa?

 

[maranfarmer563]

Yes I'm in northern Pennsylvania, the lst shipment took 5 days instead of the usual 2

 

[Purpletie3]

That's what my shipped eggs have been running. 5-7 days. Except from the one from a bc member that's 5 hours drive that took 3 days in the mail. Very frustrating...especially since the air cells are wonky.

 

[maranfarmer563]

Going to try shipping in a chick box,would be handled carefully and get there on time

 

[MisfitMarie]

MaranFarmer, everything was perfect on your end. The eggs were beautiful and perfectly packaged. And you have been very generous and supportive throughout the my entire mission for Ayam Cemani chicks. I could not be more grateful. It was just terribly unlucky! Those eggs must have had a real trip getting to me. Plus, I feel like I wasted very valuable eggs...which makes me feel bad. But I knew going in that shipped eggs are a serious gamble.

Soon soon soon... One day I will have some Cemani chicks.

 

[EpicBlueAcres]

Alas, friends, it seems that Ayam Cemani chicks are not in the cards for me anytime soon. After being a very good girl and NOT touching the incubator or the eggs until Day 7, I finally candled yesterday. None of the Ayam Cemani eggs have shown any sign of development. I'm sure they are all/were fertile, but I'm also sure that they had a rough journey being shipped all the way across the country. I won't lie, it bummed me out pretty bad. 


Nine BEAUTIFUL Ayam Cemani eggs and no sign of development in any of them. Because I also set them with some other locally bought eggs (and some also shipped), all of which are developing, that leaves me to think that something happened during transit or... they must have froze at some point? They were stalled for a few days in a shipping center, so I'm wondering what temperature they were kept at there. 


So... I'll probably give it another try next month. We'll see! I have to keep reminding myself how risky hatcing shipped eggs is to keep things in perspective. I gambled more money on my last trip to Las Vegas than I have on Cemani eggs anyway, but still... This is my last quarter of college, so I will just try to get lost in my studies so that I don't spend all my time thinking about chickens and how badly I want to relocate and start my own hobby farm one day. SIGH. 


ONE DAY... I will have a few Ayam Cemani babies!


ONE DAY...   

So sorry for a mother let down for you! Possibly could have froze our temps here are horrible I just had to break down and turn the coop heat on as my roo started bleeding from his comb again I have heated the past 2 winters but decided not to after everyone had scared me with what happens if the power goes down (ie the Nov storm here in buffalo) then they will all die. Well I can't make them go through frost bite so the heat went on & if we lose power I will have 20 chickens in the house with our generator.

 

[Purpletie3]

Epic...I did too. I did put Vaseline on his comb. But, I put one of those dog igloo heater pads under their bedding. I only have 3 out there and it's-20 windchill several nights here...

 

[EpicBlueAcres]

Epic...I did too. I did put Vaseline on his comb. But, I put one of those dog igloo heater pads under their bedding. I only have 3 out there and it's-20 windchill several nights here...

I was creaming my guys comb to morning & before bed, he does have a bigger comb than any other bird I've owned. Hope your babies stay warm & well