Jan./Feb. 2014 hatch a long

[JDchicks]

Okay, need some suggestions, advice, recommendations...

Silkie/silkie crosses. Shipped eggs. Had detached air sacs. 7 wiggly eggs put into lockdown today.

Two of the eggs have saddle air sacs and 1 has a very nasty saddle. So three totally. All have shown movement prior to lockdown.

My questions...

Will they have special issues with hatching?
Is there anything that I need to watch out for?
Any extra measures I need to make?
If they are haven't pipped with the others, would you intervene?

 

[DeannaA]

Setting some Lf Cochin eggs tonight..set my bantam cochin eggs last night. I am expecting my NN's and Silkie eggs soon..hopefully tomorrow, together, so I can set them together.
Wow, I am going to have all of my hens and new layers by mid spring. I have all of the others sold that I am not keeping in my last few hatches. Keeping a couple of BO's and Rhodebars, and, one of the EE's.

Where did you get the LF cochin eggs? I have only found a few expensive ones.

 

[DeannaA]

This is how I watch everything. I have a good imagination. Also I can always rewatch the shows and it will be like I've never seen them before.


It snowed.

 

[DeannaA]

This is how I watch everything. I have a good imagination. Also I can always rewatch the shows and it will be like I've never seen them before.


It snowed.

Half the tail fell off as I was taking the picture.

 

[AmericanMom]

Don't lose hope yet! Give it a few days. I'll send some good hatching vibes out your way

good luck!!

I'm trying so hard to have faith, but I just want to see just one wiggle, just one!! My last hatch went so well I became over confident and didn't worry when the temp dropped and stayed there for several days, I figured it would be fine.. Shame on me!! I so don't want to lose these birds, I wanted to start some heritage breeds and was so exited when a member here contacted me and we met, she was so kind and gracious, giving me more that we originally agreed on and I had paid for.

I keep telling myself they are just a week behind and it will be ok, but I have never heard of an egg having this much fluid and making it.. I know, I searched.. They are alive and moving but I don't want them to suffer through trying to hatch either just to have them die!

yeah, I need the good vibes can you tell

 

[jan12]

Setting some Lf Cochin eggs tonight..set my bantam cochin eggs last night.   I am expecting my NN's and Silkie eggs soon..hopefully tomorrow, together, so I can set them together.
Wow, I am going to have all of my hens and new layers by mid spring.    I have all of the others sold that I am not keeping in my last few hatches.  Keeping a couple of BO's and Rhodebars, and, one of the EE's.    

Good luck with your hatch! We'll be hatching around the same time! I'm setting some eggs tomorrow too. Mottled AMs <3, BLRWs, and pure blue marans. Can't wait!! And my splash AMs are going in the brooder tomorrow morning. 8 in all!

2 boxes of eggs should finally be at the post office tomorrow morning.  One box is already there but the roads were too icey until it was too late.  I have been thinking warm thoughts for them.  I even bought a turner for them.

Good luck with your eggs too! Not being able to pick up your eggs must be so frustrating... Drive safe! Ice on the road is the worst... The post office is warmer than I thought. These splash AM eggs that just hatched were shipped during the polar vortex (0 degrees F outside), and they turned out fine. It was delayed one day due to weather too. I had the best hatch rate I've ever had with them!

 

[jan12]

I'm trying so hard to have faith, but I just want to see just one wiggle, just one!!  My last hatch went so well I became over confident and didn't worry when the temp dropped and stayed there for several days, I figured it would be fine.. Shame on me!!  I so don't want to lose these birds, I wanted to start some heritage breeds and was so exited when a member here contacted me and we met, she was so kind and gracious, giving me more that we originally agreed on and I had paid for.  

I keep telling myself they are just a week behind and it will be ok, but I have never heard of an egg having this much fluid and making it.. I know, I searched.. They are alive and moving but I don't want them to suffer through trying to hatch either just to have them die! 

 yeah, I need the good vibes can you tell

If they are alive and moving, I think that is a good sign... Patience and good luck!

 

[Cynthia12]

Where did you get the LF cochin eggs? I have only found a few expensive ones.

These are the ones I got.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cochin-Hatc...014?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item56608567a6

Looks like she still has some. She ships fast!

 

[jonih]

Just candled at 15/16 days. I have 10 (out of 14 original) of my own (barred rock roo x buff orpington hen) still going strong! The 4 I threw out a couple days ago were extremely clear. Might've frozen outside before I brought them in.

I also had 21 Wheaton marans in for a friend. Tossed 3 today that were mostly clear, looked like early quitters. I have 3 more that are questionable by I'm going to let them keep going. As for the remaining 15, they look as full as they should be, but the eggs are so dark I can only see movement in one or two. Guess we shall see what hatches!

I started 7 more of my own a couple days ago. Nothing in them yet. I'm going to try to keep setting as many as I have every week to rebuild my flock. My one little hatchery buff orpington hen is still laying about 6 days a week, bless her heart. I'm hoping my black australorp pullet starts laying soon so I can set some of hers by the end of spring. I have an australorp rooster that was supposed to be a pullet who is the same age, so I will set up a breeding pen when she does get going. (Or my barred rock might end up in the stew pot...hes nothing special.)

Maybe by the start of summer I'll have some eggs again and roosters to put in the pot! Durn coyotes......

 

[rayray983]

Candled all my eggs 73 eggs is a lot to candle :-/ but on the up side most are growing the Guinea eggs started smelling so it got trashed 4 of the dozen refrigerated mixed banty eggs got trashed but 8 are growing strong!!! The single Chinese crested egg had no growth :-( so that's 6 eggs down but still have 67 eggs cooking I've done a chicken dance and prayed to the chicken gods and goddesses again if my math is right Feb 15th is hatch day for me and I'm so ready to see the silkies and the polish does anyone have pics of polish chicks is it true they have a dome skull?