@Chickenluver106 Don't give up! It aint over til its over
Getting it off the wire seems right, and putting it in a cup makes sense anything like an egg in size and shape. Also the damp toweling, but I think that if the paper towel dries out then it might stick. Maybe a damp sponge?
I hope that you have a tough chick and that you post some good news soon.
Question
It seems that most accurate way to make sure you get a good air cell in your hatching eggs is to weight them. I am assuming you would weight them the same days you candle. Any opinions and how many of you weigh your eggs to determine air cells?
Is thereascale I could buy that would be accurate enough for eggs and one big enough for to weight my birds?
The farthest I've shipped is to CA and PR. Both of those are around 2,000 miles.
I think it is the handling at each transit point that is the problem, not the distance.
Ok the one that I thought was DIS was Dis. Had not absorbed yolk but had external pipped then stopped. What do you think happened? Hubs wants a better bator now! Yay!!
9 possibilities
low humidity or temperature for prolonged period
low humidity during hatching
high temperature during hatching
nutritional deficiencies
breeder disease
poor ventilation
inadequate turning during first 12 days
injury during transfer to hatcher
storage period too long
Good afternoon/evening all. I had my first horribly packaged box of eggs. 2 were seriously cracked, 1 slightly cracked (i'll try to repair) and 5 intact eggs (I am not looking forward to candling these). The box was intact, but they wrapped each egg in a small piece of bubble warp, then a couple flat sheets of newspaper under and over, then several rolled sections of newspaper on top of that. They didn't mark the box fragile, or EGGS inside, or EVEN follow my instruction to write "hold at post office, call # xyz". They didn't send me a tracking number. I got the tracking number from the slip the mail person leaves in my box when they can't deliver a package. I picked the box the next day and found the cracked eggs. I sent a message to the seller (ebay), they responded IMMEDIATELY and said they would send more eggs. I was very impressed. I asked them to be a lot more generous with the bubble wrap,,.
I had paypal'd the money on Friday night, they shipped the eggs on Saturday and the hit my post office on Monday (I picked them up yesterday). If they do send more, I should get them on Friday. Let's hope they do pack them better.
it's funny, I just hatched 12 of 14 eggs that were shipped from Florida to CA. These eggs were coming a mere 250 miles or so.
I put them in the package large end up and mark the box which side is up. But when the box gets to the end of the conveyor belt at the sorting facility there is no telling if it will be right side up when it tumbles into the bin. Humans rarely touch or see the box once it comes out of the hand of the person at the local post office.
If you did anything close to what Sally does, you are in good shape! The eggs I got from FL, had each egg in bubble wrap, eggs were stacked upright. Layers of bubble wrap around the eggs. That box was sealed and placed in side another box, with empty egg cartons filling the second box. They marked on the box, this side up, with arrows pointing up.
I have no idea if any of the labeling on the box helps at all, but in that case, it sure did. Air cells were a bit wonky, but I still had an awesome hatch rate.
I h.ave gotten probably 15 boxes of eggs so far. The box INSIDE a box seems to have the best results.
I just got a box of auto sexing EE's that were packed just like the FL box, the eggs all look great. I can't wait to candle them!
Seth - good luck with all the new eggs you are getting!!
Right on both counts. I've seen brutalized packages that were all marked up. Could have been a disgruntled employee or someone that has been afraid of birds from childhood.
It was a real eye opener when I bought Katee and had to learn how to feed a draft. I got on the websites forums for Draft horses. most were in the midwest or east coast. All fed round bales and I had NEVER seen one before.... Since then I learned Bales can vary big time according to the mechanical balers and climate and even handling equipment.
I am good for loading one bale in the feeder. NO lifting. just tip it up on one end then lean it and use the hay hooks to tip it the rest of the way in. OF course my darling daughter "helps".
But when I came home with 22 bales from the desert and I realized no one was around to help me unload the truck.... Were talking tie the whole load off to the fence and drive out from under.
took me six days to get it into a three bale high stack.
When we baled 50 years ago, square bales would range from 60-110lbs. depending on what we were baling, the quality of the raking and settings on the baler.
I had a huge disappointment last night. I'm borrowing a Brinsea from a neighbor to test and figure out why he's having problems with it. Plus I was curious about all the hype over brinsea brand. Well, when I candled last week, every egg in it was developing well. 24 ameraucanas. Last night, I went to plug my candler in to the power strip that the brinsea is plugged into and realized it wasn't working. Someone had bumped the switch on it and turned it off. I have no clue how long it's been off but I lost every egg that was in it. So upsetting
Here's an option that I use.
It is a dual channel high/low temperature alarm. I have one sensor in the incubator and another in the hatcher. They're for refrigerator/freezer but work great for incubation. http://www.thermoworks.com/products/alarm/rt8100mat.html
sounds practical go me, I've seen the price of lumber lately.
Besides, I am going to use these pieces of slat wood I got tired of cutting for the fireplace as exterior wall boards for one of my coops. It sounds practical to me.
The Lowe's by me puts out pallets of warped and split lumber at half price. If it sits there more than a month you can low ball an offer.
I picked up a couple loads a few years ago and have built a 5 unit breeder complex, another coop, hive stands, raised garden beds and still have lumber left. I paid under $200 for all of it. I was lucky there was siding, plywood, OSB, framing lumber, treated lumber all the way up to 8X8 and up to 20' long.
I have my young rooster in the coop right now, he's laying on the floor of the coop and when I stand him up he seems unbalanced. He keeps moving to the corner and laying down. Anyone have any ideas of what's wrong?
Too many possibilities to hazard a guess. I'd hate to steer you in the wrong direction.
Get him warm (80+F) and make sure he's hydrated. Try some probiotics and vitamins.
Ok, question about cracked eggs. What's the worst crack anyone has sealed and what was the outcome? The crack is on the narrow end on shipped eggs that got pretty banged up. Is it worth trying to salvage it?
Question
It seems that most accurate way to make sure you get a good air cell in your hatching eggs is to weight them. I am assuming you would weight them the same days you candle. Any opinions and how many of you weigh your eggs to determine air cells?
Is thereascale I could buy that would be accurate enough for eggs and one big enough for to weight my birds?
I am a new cheeky mom I have four, one and a half week old baby chicks and three of them have been picking on one. It started with poop stuck on the bum and before I knew it they were picking at her pooper and made her bleed. I took her out and put her in a seperate cage. I cleaned her wound and she looks like she's doing good although she's missing some feathers cuz they had managed to pull out her little tiny down feathers. I don't know what to do I tried to put her back in with the others after 3 days and their attitudes did not change because she has a naked pooper they pick on her poor little bum. I need help , she is so sweet and doesn't want to be alone. can somebody tell me what to do and how to stop this Behavior thank you.
Try some blukote or keep it separated till it's better. You could try putting it with just one other chick that doesn't pick on it.
Are you using an IR heatlamp?
Try a non light heat source like a ceramic emitter and cut them back to 8 hours of light a day.
I know that
You are talking abaout the watch/ telephone alarm not something ells? Correct? Because here in Israel Alarms means that some kind of missile is in its way to you......
Yay yay yay. The chick that I tryed helping to early and bleed like a lot.it hatched yesterday on its own.and is now Dr yes of and under mom with the other two.doing great
We were not as lucky in Joplin Missouri. We lost over 25% of our city, 160+ people, and it was and EF-5 grinder with winds over 200 mph. It knocked an 8 story hospital 8" off its foundation. We were blessed that they moved graduation to the college that year because it hit a half hour after graduation finished and part of its half mile path where everything was flattened and ground into toothpicks included the high school.
It's funny. I had to be at work at the Macaw breeding facility at 7:00 AM. It was a 5 + minute walk up the road. Everyone had chickens and my windows were always wide open. I didn't use the alarm and I was never late for work. Also had time for the coffee to brew and a big breakfast. I always wondered why Costa Ricans were always up working at the crack of dawn, till I lived there.
I'm so tired of this scoliosis already. I got my back brace, and it hurts so much. I can't sleep and I'm constantly moving and walking around because I have to wear it for at least 18 hours a day. It's beyond uncomfortable. I don't even know what to do except get over it, which isn't easy.
I do not know you, but I do know what pain is like and have to deal with it while trying to live a life. You have my prayers and well wishes.
Afternoon folks. Been a rough week or so but I'm slowly getting back in the saddle. Doing some online housekeeping today and tomorrow might be some actual housekeeping.
I am going to be shipping some eggs from PA to GA. What is the best day of the week to send them, Mondays?
I'm trying out a foam egg shipper that fits a regular priority mail container and was going to pay for "special handling" so it (hopefully) gets treated gently. I'm thinking of putting it all into another box with additional padding just in case that will help even more. Good idea, or "overkill" if I pay for special handling?
I am going to be shipping some eggs from PA to GA. What is the best day of the week to send them, Mondays?
I'm trying out a foam egg shipper that fits a regular priority mail container and was going to pay for "special handling" so it (hopefully) gets treated gently. I'm thinking of putting it all into another box with additional padding just in case that will help even more. Good idea, or "overkill" if I pay for special handling?
I'd ship on Monday. 2-3 days to get there if they screw up 3-4. Should give them time to rest them and still set them Saturday. Also, make sure the eggs are super fresh.
