In Yuba City, CA Please help me if you can!!!

[speakup4kids]

I have a strange problem and really hope that there is someone close to me that can help me out. I work in a local elementary school in Yuba City and every year our kindergarten classes hatch chickens for our open house. This is actually what started my love of chickens and led to my current and ever increasing backyard flock! This year I bought some hatching eggs locally and really thought I had covered my bases. I had 25 in two incubators due to hatch a few days before our open house. I have been hatching my own chicks in these incubators all winter and had a great hatch rate. (recently rehomed my roos so I had no fertile eggs)

I candled today and I only have 3 possible hatches out of 25 eggs. I really want these kids to be able to see chicks hatch but we are only 8 days away from D-Day. I am sooo desperate! (I seriously considered walking on 99 and looking for broady hens to steal from!) Help me!!!


Heidi

 

[Ridgerunner]

You might try posting in this thread. It is the closest thing I can find to a State thread for you. Those California folks are not as active as some. Anyway, good luck!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=25

 

[fatbassetvineyards]

When is your open house? I am doing the same thing but for middle school. They are set to hatch on the 10th. I am up in Anderson. Let me know if I can help.

 

[speakup4kids]

Our open house is May 12. I candled today and was so disappointed. I have 3 out of 25 that I am fairly confident in. I hatched at home all winter long and was up to 80-90 percent hatch rates and now this.

I am not controlling the incubator, one of the kinder teachers is ( I do the after school kinder program) and I hate not knowing exactly what is going on.

 

[wolftracks]

There's a lot of us in California, but most times we use the threads for different areas since we're so spread out.

What exactly do you want to do?

Maybe someone on one of these threads can help.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6328196#p6328196

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=181167

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=446113

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=39750&p=20

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=25

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=161

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=496481

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=292725

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=39750

 

[KansasBoy]

Sure hope some local BYCers can bring you some chicks so you can make it workout better for them

 

[Bravo]

Worst case scenario, just pick up a few chicks from the feed store and say they hatched over night

That's what I'd do!

 

[SilverPhoenix]

Awww, how disappointing! I can't help with this hatch, but I am swimming in serama eggs now and I already have ten chicks myself, so let me know if you want more fertile serama eggs to hatch.

Better they go to someone else than for me to be tempted to just stick them in the incubator "just for fun."

 

[speakup4kids]

I really, really want some serama eggs!! That is me being totally selfish of course. I hatched seramas from you last year and my favorite chicken is Chipmunk, my serama!! The other two that hatched I no longer have. Do you still do wildlife rehab? Some students brought me in a baby bird this morning and I don't really know what to do with it...

Thanks,

Heidi

 

[jeanniejayne]

I think #7 here has the right idea. Once the kids see the chicks, that's all there're gona care about!