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

[Sally Sunshine]

mornin Miss Sally. The ones I looked at looked fine to me........than again no clue what I'm looking for,there was an air cell on the fat end of the egg.

I've got an auto turner in there as I'm not home enough during the day to turn manually.

oh yeeezus you should have asked me if you didnt read about incubating shipped eggs!

Hatching Eggs 101

CONCLUSION ~ Shipped eggs
If an egg has a normal intact air cell PLEASE TREAT IT AS A NORMAL EGG!
PLEASE PLEASE READ THE TURNING SECTION of this article FIRST!

For rolling, detached or disrupted air cells
(cells no longer at fat end of the egg but like a bubble level on the long side, rolling or saddle shaped cells), you’ll need to change your hatch plan. These eggs need to sit and settle to room temp 12-24 hours NO TURNING, pointy end down in a Egg Carton to possibly reattach air cells.

For SETTING in the incubator......

If your air cell is ROLLING end to end do not turn for 36-48 hours of the first incubation hours to help air cell re-attach and in some cases are really bad loose air cell should not be turned either, if after 48 hours and you have embryo growth and the air cell is still completely loose, do not turn another 24 hours.

If air cells are saddle shaped but intact (meaning not jiggly) I put them in the turner and begin with the gentle turning or you can turn by hand in the carton by simply tilting side to side, see image below.

TREATMENT AT LOCKDOWN.......
I personally have found that any shipped egg that survives to day 18 lockdown has an awkward but re-attached air cell so I lay my eggs down for hatch. Please refer to day 18 lockdown for more information on why laying eggs for hatching after day 18 is the best way to go.

REMINDER~ Never Set COLD eggs in the incubator.



Below image are Eggs in A Carton with Bottoms cut out for Ventilation



Below image of Turning damaged air cell Shipped Eggs, just lean to opposite side.


BELOW is a short video of an Rolling Detatched Air Cell

SHIPPED EGGS & Malpositions!
BELOW ARE "SADDLE" SHAPED AIR CELLS

SADDLE SHAPED AIR CELLS are very COMMON with shipped eggs!​

Saddle shaped is when one or both sides have a large "dip" in the air cell. A lot of times with saddle shaped cells the chick doesn’t position correct for hatching and their feet can easily get stuck behind their head and “smoosh” the chick so they can’t move, it can also force the yolk sack and everything more north in the shell.... Keep a close eye on these eggs and its VERY important to pencil mark Air cells!​

 

[kwhites634]

dang on both accounts, hugged out is impossible just sayin,

I hope you heal it fast cc and here is another

I had a nice shower last night!

that was alot of huggin wasnt it!!

I believe the limit on

's has been lifted

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sally...

.....I'm not sure if I said good morning or not.

thats ok, its like we never part on this thread anyways!!

I believe the limit on

's has been lifted

 

[Chaos18]

oh yeeezus you should have asked me if you didnt read about incubating shipped eggs!

Hatching Eggs 101

I did read about incubating shipped eggs. After I got them all outta there protective wrappings I set them in an egg carton pointy side down for about 30 hrs or so. The ones I did candle all looked ok to me. I didn't notice any weird air cells or air cell movement. The auto turner is whatever one hovabator sells with there incubators. It just tips them side to side with the pointy end down.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I did read about incubating shipped eggs. After I got them all outta there protective wrappings I set them in an egg carton pointy side down for about 30 hrs or so. The ones I did candle all looked ok to me. I didn't notice any weird air cells or air cell movement. The auto turner is whatever one hovabator sells with there incubators. It just tips them side to side with the pointy end down.

good because you need a most excellent hatch because I need some of those kin later on

 

[Chaos18]

good because you need a most excellent hatch because I need some of those kin later on

Hopefully I get a good hatch, specially since I've never done this before. I figured you'd be interested in some of them........I might even let you have some for the low introductory price of 5 easy payments of $9.99 (plus S&H)........and if you buy one within the next 5 minutes I'll include a second one for free (but you still have to pay S&H for the second one).

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hopefully I get a good hatch, specially since I've never done this before. I figured you'd be interested in some of them........I might even let you have some for the low introductory price of 5 easy payments of $9.99 (plus S&H)........and if you buy one within the next 5 minutes I'll include a second one for free (but you still have to pay S&H for the second one).

sweeeeeeeeeeeet!!!

SOLD and I would have to do a pick up, no shipping its too cold!

 

[kwhites634]

Hopefully I get a good hatch, specially since I've never done this before. I figured you'd be interested in some of them........I might even let you have some for the low introductory price of 5 easy payments of $9.99 (plus S&H)........and if you buy one within the next 5 minutes I'll include a second one for free (but you still have to pay S&H for the second one).

Aren't you two close enough to drive? I don't trust shipped eggs any further than I could throw a case of them.

 

[kwhites634]

Aren't you two close enough to drive? I don't trust shipped eggs any further than I could throw a case of them.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Aren't you two close enough to drive? I don't trust shipped eggs any further than I could throw a case of them.

we are, sorta close enough