July 2022 Hatch-A-Long

[FreedomFarm13]

Silkies & Satins!!! Have a potential of frizzle and showgirls in there!

Cool! I have zero knowledge of Silkies, but I know how popular they are. They'll be some cute little fluff buttons, that's for sure!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Cool! I have zero knowledge of Silkies, but I know how popular they are. They'll be some cute little fluff buttons, that's for sure!

I luv em..only thing i love the same are Satins and now d'uccles!!!
Excited for this hatch...and hopefully my LAST for a long time...but I said that just a short 10 weeks ago...didn't last long did I?!

How bout you!? What u got incubating?

 

[FreedomFarm13]

How bout you!? What u got incubating?

Mine won't even be here til Saturday, but I'm setting bbs Ameraucanas, bbs wheaten Ameraucanas, and silver Ameraucanas. It's gonna be my first time having Ams in nearly 4 years, after my entire flock of over 30 birds got killed/died of an illness, so I'm super excited to get back into having them. I've had a lot of breeds of chickens, and Ameraucanas are hands down my favorite. Never had an Am I didn't like. The roos are just the sweetest. I can't wait to finally have some fluffy cheeks around again!!!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

@junior67 This is the labeling on these shipped eggs. The only other label was the shipping one. Definitely always “hold for pickup” if you’re not already doing that. I feel like the last leg, with the carrier, is the roughest.

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Definitely...but my last hatch from shipped eggs from Alabama to TN didn't get held like they were supposed to and I literally watched on the camera as the PO delivery DROPPED them from standing straight up to the ground and even bumped the door!
11 out if 16 survived and doing well.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Mine won't even be here til Saturday, but I'm setting bbs Ameraucanas, bbs wheaten Ameraucanas, and silver Ameraucanas. It's gonna be my first time having Ams in nearly 4 years, after my entire flock of over 30 birds got killed/died of an illness, so I'm super excited to get back into having them. I've had a lot of breeds of chickens, and Ameraucanas are hands down my favorite. Never had an Am I didn't like. The roos are just the sweetest. I can't wait to finally have some fluffy cheeks around again!!!

Oh I pray the shipment arrives safely and they all get growin!!!

 

[junior67]

Definitely...but my last hatch from shipped eggs from Alabama to TN didn't get held like they were supposed to and I literally watched on the camera as the PO delivery DROPPED them from standing straight up to the ground and even bumped the door!
11 out if 16 survived and doing well.

Wow!!! Glad 11/16 are doing well. If my normal carrier is working I know she will be easy with them. Hopefully anyone else will be too!!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Wow!!! Glad 11/16 are doing well. If my normal carrier is working I know she will be easy with them. Hopefully anyone else will be too!!

Yeah this is a guy that replaced our normal one...I guess she ain't coming back

 

[junior67]

Yeah this is a guy that replaced our normal one...I guess she ain't coming back

I hate when a carrier I like leaves. . My old mail lady retired a few years ago. I really liked her. I didn't like a lot of the ones that covered for her. But I really like mine now.

 

[FreedomFarm13]

Oh I pray the shipment arrives safely and they all get growin!!!

Me too. Mine are supposed to be held for pickup, so I just have to go pick them up and drive 5 mph on the way home, lol! Gonna candle them all as soon as they get here.

 

[junior67]

My eggs should be here tomorrow!!!!! One has updated and I fully believe that will be here. I was able to request that they hold that one at the PO. Of course I have to work so can't pick it up until later in the day! UGH!!

The 2nd one also says should come tomorrow but it hasn't updated besides to say "in transit and will arrive on time". That one didn't give me the option to request that they hold it at the PO. I thought maybe it just needed to get more into the system but it still won't let me! UGH!!!! I did try one way but not sure if it worked. Hoping my mail carrier remembers and just leaves it for me anyways! Guess I will see.

Now for the part that I am NOT thrilled about. They SHOULD have been here last Wed/Thurs.... but due to many different things from each seller they were held up so not coming until tomorrow...... Well We are going away the 16 (was going to be the night of the 15th but now early am the 16) until mid day the 17. If I set them tomorrow night or even Sat am they are due to hatch basically while I am gone! So I am going to hope for the best and store them until Mon (the 3 eggs that I have actually gotten to hatch have all hatched on day 20. 2 different batches weeks apart from each other. the first one had 1 in the incubator and 1 under my broody. 2nd batch, 1 egg, was under a broody.... but they still all hatched on day 20. So don't want to set them Fri-Sat since they could hatch on Thurs-Sun and we are gone Sat and sun and don't want to set on Sun since there is a good chance they will start to hatch on Sat when we are gone. So figure if I set them Mon hopefully we will be home before any hatch on Sun and will be home the week after.....

I know the first box of eggs were laid Mon and Tue so they will be 6-7 days old when I set them.

the 2nd set I think was laid sometime between Mon-Wed since she had an issue and had to start collecting again and didn't ship until Wed afternoon so at most they will be a week as well.

REALLY hope the 3 days of holding them doesn't hurt them and if anything HELPS if any have messed up air cells.

But day 21 will be July 18!