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

[caeti21]

Thank you all silkies I might start raiseing them and once my mixed flock dies I might raise them completely

That would be neat to have all silkies

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Off to work.Wish me luck

Best of luck young man. Enjoy your first day and don't worry about your chickens/geese. They'll be fine.

main entrance to park is through town, 8 hotels in town and our town is a mile long and half a mile wide, several more hotels between here and park. More people visit Yosemite daily in the summer than amusement parks. There are 20+ places to get some type of food here depending on the time of day.

It must be beautiful there.

Morning everyone!


I thought I'd be driving to the PO to pick up some chicks today, but nope. The hatchery took my money, sent me an invoice with a ship date on it (the 30th) and I haven't heard a thing since! No confirmation email saying they shipped.....just nothing! This is ridiculous. I don't think I'll be ordering from them again

What hatchery?
Fingers crossed for you that they'll arrive today. Did you call your local PO?
I keep the sorting room number in my brooder house and if I don't get a call by 5:30 AM, I call them.
The listed number isn't any good because it is only answered during business hours. Get the sorting room number from them, that gets answered whenever someone is there which is usually by 4AM depending on the size of the office.

Hey guys any suggestions on a rental tool that can dig a narrow about one foot deep trench through very rocky soil for hardware cloth burial at the run edges? A ditch which is too huge.

Not for extremely rocky ground. I just had to do that and my son, one of his friends and I did it by hand with a mattock. About 160', 18" deep.

Help! My eggs are stuck! Six of my 12 White Leghorn eggs are stuck in the turning tray. I was candling the assorted eggs that were set on Saturday, but when I got to the Leghorns, some were stuck in the turning tray. I don't see any cracks or anything spilled inside. I can see that the eggs are fertile, so I don't want to (further) compromise them, or any of the others, but they're going to have to come loose sooner or later. Anyone have experience with this? If so, how did you get them loose? I keep thinking of that Jr High science project where an egg placed on top of a beaker of hot water slips through an opening smaller in diameter than the egg, except this project doesn't end well.

I just realized that I posted that in the wrong thread last night. I've misted and used a Qtip to loosen one egg. There is nothing sticky in the tray. I double stacked the egg I got loose so it can't stick again. I thought about putting a drop of mineral oil on a Qtip and swabbing the egg cup of the tray, but I don't want to compromise the eggs. I'm off to work in a bit, so I'll have to have Hubby work on them when he gets home this afternoon. Any suggestions?

If they are growing, you may just want to let them stay and hatch out of the turner. I'd be afraid of breaking them if they're stuck.
The only stuck eggs I've had were leakers. I had to take that rack out to the compost pile and open it there.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

That stinks! What hatchery is it? For future reference.
Happy birthday!!!

Cackle. This is the second time they've done this, but last time my shipment came the day after they shipped :/

 

[kwhites634]

Help! My eggs are stuck! Six of my 12 White Leghorn eggs are stuck in the turning tray. I was candling the assorted eggs that were set on Saturday, but when I got to the Leghorns, some were stuck in the turning tray. I don't see any cracks or anything spilled inside. I can see that the eggs are fertile, so I don't want to (further) compromise them, or any of the others, but they're going to have to come loose sooner or later. Anyone have experience with this? If so, how did you get them loose? I keep thinking of that Jr High science project where an egg placed on top of a beaker of hot water slips through an opening smaller in diameter than the egg, except this project doesn't end well.

I just realized that I posted that in the wrong thread last night. I've misted and used a Qtip to loosen one egg. There is nothing sticky in the tray. I double stacked the egg I got loose so it can't stick again. I thought about putting a drop of mineral oil on a Qtip and swabbing the egg cup of the tray, but I don't want to compromise the eggs. I'm off to work in a bit, so I'll have to have Hubby work on them when he gets home this afternoon. Any suggestions?

Yeah, one: leave the eggs in the turner & let them hatch, as long as the large end is up; you can pull the shells later. Plenty of folks hatch that way. Not saying it's ideal, but it'll work, as long as the chick doesn't pip the wrong end. There is the risk of a chick hurting itself on the turner; you'd have to keep an eye on them.

 

[kwhites634]

that's how I feel about my 3 yr old. Lol

You send your 3y.o. out to pee? Good idea; start 'em young

 

[Jessimom]

Today is my birthday

Happy Birthday Roada!!!!

 

[BullChick]

BC look what we have in TV now!

That's nice.

that's how I feel about my 3 yr old. Lol

. I remember that time too! Duckling isn't quite there yet. We will see if she holds it in the morning.

 

[Jessimom]

We lost our dog Daphni last week. It was almost like she waited for me to get home. Toughest day ever.

for you and family.

I'm so sorry about Daphni! That shows how loved she was!! I know the first few weeks are so tough. Hugs to you and your family as well!

 

[Saris]

@Sally Sunshine

New Hatching has begun! My last hatch for myself!

9 Bielefelder and 15 Ameraucana! Due the 21st of April! *fingers crossed!!!*

 

[Chaos18]

You send your 3y.o. out to pee? Good idea; start 'em young

During the summer I can send the 6 yr old outside.........for some reason he's not a fan of doing it during the winter