Incubating Lavender Ameraucanas Dry Hatch or No?

[Shellybob]

Yes we will!
I only had 12 eggs, the breeder didn’t send any extras. Also I think the eggs were a bit old relatively speaking so I guess that’s to be expected. I have never seen so many blood rings in one batch before though.

We should start our own hatching egg delivery service called “No Cells Detached”! We promise gentle and fast delivery will be our motto

 

[LadiesAndJane]

We should start our own hatching egg delivery service called “No Cells Detached”! We promise gentle and fast delivery will be our motto

 

[Shellybob]

Bad news from the USPS eggs are late so at least Monday. This is off to a stressful start

The bators are both running 27-28 when I ran them a couple of days ago so we must be around the same in side our homes.

Thinking of you. Let us know when you gets the babes all set up and how the cellsies are

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Hope your eggs arrived OK today @LavinmyBasket!

Day 10 candling and only ONE (egg number 9, I love you...) looks good, I am keeping this one if it hatches, even if it is a rooster at this point! I am going to buy chicks next time!

 

[Shellybob]

Hope your eggs arrived OK today @LavinmyBasket!

Day 10 candling and only ONE (egg number 9, I love you...) looks good, I am keeping this one if it hatches, even if it is a rooster at this point! I am going to buy chicks next time!

Ugh! What the heck right?!! Brick walk is right!!! I have spent like 500$ trying to hatch these babies! I’m mad now though so cannot stop until I hatch some, one! Lol 9 is my favorite lucky number so hope it does awesome!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Ugh! What the heck right?!! Brick walk is right!!! I have spent like 500$ trying to hatch these babies! I’m mad now though so cannot stop until I hatch some, one! Lol 9 is my favorite lucky number so hope it does awesome!

I agree, something so satisfying about hatching them yourself!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Breeder made the mistake just now of asking how my eggs are doing! So, I told her, very nicely of course. I was not planning on saying anything, not her fault after all. Shipped eggs are risky as we all well know. She is awesome and very responsive, she has not answered me yet, though I expect it is the middle of the night where she lives!
The eggs were actually beautifully packed in foam and double boxed with a cushion layer between the boxes.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I had another set of ameraucana eggs that I ordered, but the shipment fell through, so I had extra room in the incubator. Just for fun I bought fertilized eggs at the grocery store, the kind people eat, as I had read on a thread that people do that sometimes, especially with Trader Joe's for some reason. I thought it could be a fun experiment to see if they did anything. I was not expecting them to do anything. I bought a dozen, picked the 6 that had the best looking air cells (much better than ANYTHING that I have had shipped) and put them in my worst incubator (the one I use for drying chicks after hatching mostly, as it is a monster to regulate temp and humidity), basically ignored them except for turning when I remembered, and 2 and possibly 3 of them are developing nicely here DAY 9. Saw the eye staring back at me today when I candled them!
Mind you, I live in Hawaii, these grocery store eggs from my local store (not Trader Joe's) were SHIPPED here either by boat or plane, from California, who knows how long they have been refrigerated, has to be 2 weeks at least and they are doing better then the Ameraucanas!!!!!!!!

 

[Shellybob]

I had another set of ameraucana eggs that I ordered, but the shipment fell through, so I had extra room in the incubator. Just for fun I bought fertilized eggs at the grocery store, the kind people eat, as I had read on a thread that people do that sometimes, especially with Trader Joe's for some reason. I thought it could be a fun experiment to see if they did anything. I was not expecting them to do anything. I bought a dozen, picked the 6 that had the best looking air cells (much better than ANYTHING that I have had shipped) and put them in my worst incubator (the one I use for drying chicks after hatching mostly, as it is a monster to regulate temp and humidity), basically ignored them except for turning when I remembered, and 2 and possibly 3 of them are developing nicely here DAY 9. Saw the eye staring back at me today when I candled them!
Mind you, I live in Hawaii, these grocery store eggs from my local store (not Trader Joe's) were SHIPPED here either by boat or plane, from California, who knows how long they have been refrigerated, has to be 2 weeks at least and they are doing better then the Ameraucanas!!!!!!!!

Thats so crazy cool! I thought about trying it too because I noticed when I bought Happy Eggs brand from Safeway that one of them was fertilized with a little blood spot. I’m going to leave my babies alone now, not candle til next week Soooo hard! Can’t wait! I’m too embarrassed to ask my boss for the hatch days off again! Lol So will just have to keep driving home at lunch every day! She had chickens growing up at least so she doesnt think I am too insane

 

[Shellybob]

My

Breeder made the mistake just now of asking how my eggs are doing! So, I told her, very nicely of course. I was not planning on saying anything, not her fault after all. Shipped eggs are risky as we all well know. She is awesome and very responsive, she has not answered me yet, though I expect it is the middle of the night where she lives!
The eggs were actually beautifully packed in foam and double boxed with a cushion layer between the boxes.

My breeder that sent my Paul Smith eggs was a sweet older lady and sent the eggs packed on their sides She said dont worry sweetheart, just let me know how it goes.... I will get you some more and you will have your flock. So kind.