INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[shahtir101]

does anyone want to set eggs in there bator and do a hatch with me.

Sure, I will set mine on the same day as you. When will you set your eggs?

 

[kwhites634]

ps I will be on a bit after lunch, no problems just a busy day!

Eggs fell in the bator again!

You gotta get a better lid for that thing!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'm hoping to set eggs in the next day or two.
My oldest rooster dropped dead Saturday. I'm collecting his eggs but the weather isn't cooperating. It was 6F last night and some of the eggs have gotten very cold. Some were frozen. There are only 6 hens of the same breed in his pen.

He literally dropped dead and it couldn't have happened at a worse time. Noon Saturday on a holiday weekend. The post office was going to close in 2 hours.
I went there to see if I could express mail a package to the vet school. Express shipping deadline had already passed. By the time I left there I had to figure out how to insulate and refrigerate a box. I didn't have any ice packs. Went to Target and bought 4 little ones that would fit into holes cut in the insulation but realized I couldn't get them frozen in time. Went to Cold Stone Creamery to see if I could buy some dry ice. Found out they don't use it after standing in line 15 minutes. Checked the submission page on the school's website and decided to call them for direction.
They took my number and had the student on call return my call. She said they did necropsies Saturday morning but wouldn't do any more that day. They had a dead dog so would likely do some Sunday morning. I decided to drive the bird up there after I locked up Saturday evening since she was on call till 8AM Sunday and would meet me at the lab whenever I got there.
I drove up there (3 hours one way) dropped him off, filled out the forms. The vet student said the mammalian pathologist would be doing the dog necropsy in the morning but the avian pathologist didn't like working weekends and she didn't know if she could talk him into coming in. She said if he didn't, the necropsy wouldn't be done till Tuesday morning because of MLK day. With today's gas prices (discounting the time it took), driving the bird there was cheaper then shipping. I think it is great that they have someone on call for emergencies.

The rooster came out with his flock in the morning. I saw him eating feed, kale, drinking and dancing around hens.
2 minutes later I walked past the pen and he was dead.

Here's the reason I'm setting in the next couple days.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...xing-moon-in-fruitful-signs-hal#post_16404342

I'll continue to collect his eggs another week or two.

 

[kwhites634]

o,I'm seething this week

What are you so mad about?

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Will probably set Wednesday

 

[shahtir101]

Will probably set Wednesday

I will most likely set on wednsday too.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

I will most likely set on wednsday too.

sounds good

 

[BYC910]

Will probably set Wednesday

you have eggs and what about the hygrometer shipped eggs twenty four hour rest room temp . no water till your humidity is checked empty . please do this you live in a humid area so it is easy to over do it .know you said you added water already . I would take it out . also see what the weather man or internet says your local humidity is . every time you lift the lid you let in humidity .

 

[BYC910]

What are you so mad about?

naw he is just misspelling his name again is all right Seeth

 

[BYC910]

stopped by to say high before I head off . to what ever it is I'm posed to be doing . you all have a great after noon . not to much fun though. all fun and no work make you LAZY . so easy to do here . big hugs to you Sally