June Hatch A Long

[Mosey2003]

Mom says the box is at home But I still have an hour and a half of work

 

[jolenesdad]

I should be receiving my first ever shipped eggs today, so I'll be having a June hatch

They'll be Barred Rocks, as usual. SOP lines that hopefully will improve what I have as far as feather quality/fluffiness.

34 eggs were sent, and it was a long journey, so fingers crossed.

Breeder quality barred rocks are SO stunning!!! I’m so glad you joined!

I didn’t get a shipment notification today from Metzer so I’m assuming the eggs didn’t ship so now they won’t ship til Friday and with the holiday I won’t get them until Tuesday!

Hopefully there will be lots of slow and gentle handling along the way!

 

[Aunna]

Today a friend brought a dozen eggs for my hatchery stock Cuckoo Maran “Florentine” to hatch. She’s a year old and went broody the first time last Monday. She only accepted 9 eggs, one of them being a Bantam.

This will be the first hatch for our flock, so I’m really excited to see how she does.

She was so precious resting her beak on each egg as I placed it in the nest, chirping softly then rolling the egg under her.

 

[john_wrightson2003]

Today a friend brought a dozen eggs for my hatchery stock Cuckoo Maran “Florentine” to hatch. She’s a year old and went broody the first time last Monday. She only accepted 9 eggs, one of them being a Bantam.

This will be the first hatch for our flock, so I’m really excited to see how she does.

She was so precious resting her beak on each egg as I placed it in the nest, chirping softly then rolling the egg under her.

Thats really awesome, i have been dying for a hen of mine to get broody, but they just wont. oh well... lol

 

[Aunna]

Thats really awesome, i have been dying for a hen of mine to get broody, but they just wont. oh well... lol

She went broody, literally a day before Hoover shipped my order ‍. I went back and forth over whether I should give her eggs or not, when I saw how much of her chest she had plucked I figured she was serious and that kind of pain shouldn’t go unrewarded.

Also I’m a sucker for chicks.

 

[john_wrightson2003]

She went broody, literally a day before Hoover shipped my order ‍. I went back and forth over whether I should give her eggs or not, when I saw how much of her chest she had plucked I figured she was serious and that kind of pain shouldn’t go unrewarded.

Also I’m a sucker for chicks.

Haha, arent we all...

 

[Mosey2003]

Thats really awesome, i have been dying for a hen of mine to get broody, but they just wont. oh well... lol

And here I am getting irritated breaking broodies left and right

Two of my shipped eggs arrived broken, so I have 32 to go in tomorrow morning. They've been floated, sanitized, candled, and are now resting peacefully in cartons. Air cells are mobile, but none are busted up or stuck on the side, so here's hoping they do well. I think I'll leave the turner off for a couple days after I put them in and then start them turning.

 

[jolenesdad]

And here I am getting irritated breaking broodies left and right

Two of my shipped eggs arrived broken, so I have 32 to go in tomorrow morning. They've been floated, sanitized, candled, and are now resting peacefully in cartons. Air cells are mobile, but none are busted up or stuck on the side, so here's hoping they do well. I think I'll leave the turner off for a couple days after I put them in and then start them turning.

Good luck!!! My best overall hatch rate from shipped eggs last time came from the box that had a cracked egg from shipment. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[CluckNDoodle]

And here I am getting irritated breaking broodies left and right

Two of my shipped eggs arrived broken, so I have 32 to go in tomorrow morning. They've been floated, sanitized, candled, and are now resting peacefully in cartons. Air cells are mobile, but none are busted up or stuck on the side, so here's hoping they do well. I think I'll leave the turner off for a couple days after I put them in and then start them turning.

I still have yet to try hatching shipped eggs. I'm so afraid of the heartbreak that I'm going out of my way on this mini road trip to pick up hatching eggs. Lol! I figure that they have to be better off on the ride in my car rather than the postal system.

 

[jolenesdad]

I still have yet to try hatching shipped eggs. I'm so afraid of the heartbreak that I'm going out of my way on this mini road trip to pick up hatching eggs. Lol! I figure that they have to be better off on the ride in my car rather than the postal system.

I know. It was a little disappointing last hatch most of my failures to hatch made it all the way to lockdown. :-( I missed the memo in all of my research that shipping damage causes embryo deaths both early and just as much late.

It’s a balance, but I wanted those chicks I can only get by shipped eggs more than the disappointment.

Your car ride will undoubtedly be better than the postal service!!!