Mahonri's 2nd Annual BYC EASTER HATCH. Post pics of your chicks!

[thebirdguy]

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I have the opposite issue. I have 5 ducks eggs in the bator that is going to have to share space with 24 lav ameraucana eggs. And my bator holds 24 eggs. I need to get creative here real quick.

My silkie EVER hatched today!!! Two more pips too.

Just be glad those duck eggs aren't goose eggs!!

A neighbor brought over 4 goose eggs tonight (& 6 duck eggs) Those goose eggs are huge!!! I am going to be juggling eggs all of April to try and fit everything in!! I guess I'll have to build another incubator this weekend for the waterfowl...

 

[debilorrah]

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I have the opposite issue. I have 5 ducks eggs in the bator that is going to have to share space with 24 lav ameraucana eggs. And my bator holds 24 eggs. I need to get creative here real quick.

My silkie EVER hatched today!!! Two more pips too.

Just be glad those duck eggs aren't goose eggs!!

A neighbor brought over 4 goose eggs tonight (& 6 duck eggs) Those goose eggs are huge!!! I am going to be juggling eggs all of April to try and fit everything in!! I guess I'll have to build another incubator this weekend for the waterfowl...

A guy at work has goose eggs and they are HUGE! And I wanted to hatch an Emu. That ain't gonna happen in my bator!!!

 

[StormyMoon]

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I have the opposite issue. I have 5 ducks eggs in the bator that is going to have to share space with 24 lav ameraucana eggs. And my bator holds 24 eggs. I need to get creative here real quick.

My silkie EVER hatched today!!! Two more pips too.

Just be glad those duck eggs aren't goose eggs!!

A neighbor brought over 4 goose eggs tonight (& 6 duck eggs) Those goose eggs are huge!!! I am going to be juggling eggs all of April to try and fit everything in!! I guess I'll have to build another incubator this weekend for the waterfowl...

I wish my goose eggs were fertile I would put them in she lays an egg every day

 

[Mahonri]

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If she doesn't get back on you could cook the eggs and give them to pets or back to the chickens as feed.
She may have been broody and was easily broken by the nest cleaning.
She could go back to her nest tomorrow or perhaps never go back.

Good luck!

 

[wolftracks]

Anyone up?

I'm so upset and I'm not sure what to do. Been a long rough day.

Has anyone ever done an auction and then lost the eggs???? If so, what did you do?

I was giving my niece's friend a ride from Modesto, out of town. Had to take my grand daughters all over creation for prom stuff.

To both of them.

What happened was, I really never have anyone here. I'm weird. But the friend showed up and I ran into my room to grab my shoes and keys and heard a crash and a aaaaaaawwwww from the kitchen. I've had an auction running and it included eggs collected from Sunday till today (I'm only hatching OEs and BCMs for this hatch) and the auction was over tonight. I thought I'd be home at 4pm, so was going to go post about the 3 yr old that decided to grab the carton off the table, but it was over before I got home.

I have an incubator full of eggs on that table. When I heard the noise, it was the only thing I thought about. I didn't even walk out of my room, just asked what it was. She say's Jenny dropped your eggs. I was sick walking in there and looked at the bator. Just fine. But the 15 eggs I had collected for the auction were scrambled eggs on my floor. I grabbed the last roll of paper towels and wiped them up and ran a quick mop over them. It was 7:30am and I had to drop my son at school and then all the other things. Just got in and had to add water to brooders for 5 minutes just in the door.

When I dropped the friend off, she offered to buy me more eggs and then it hit me. Those were the auction eggs. Thing is I didn't think I had anyone bidding on them, so was a little relieved but wantd to post the problem before it ended.

I tried to get everything done and back in town (also had to grab youngest grand daughter to babysit) but the day was crazy. Drove Grand daughters to work after prom stuff, but my SIL was stuck in traffic behind a wreck, so was stuck there until someone showed up for the baby. They don't have internet at home just their cards for work and none at their house.

I'm tired. Getting a migraine and not sure what to do. I offered the winner the same thing and would start collecting tomorrow and just charge them shipping, but haven't heard back. Need to find the Tums.

I only got one of the auction eggs today, after the fact. The ones I'm saving for this hatch are different. Oh.................I'm so stressed

 

[Mahonri]

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Hang in there... this too shall pass.

 

[debilorrah]

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No one bid on them and won? Girl you are giving yourself trouble for no reason. Take a deep breath. Count to 150 with your eyes closed. Picture me looking for rocks and running into a fence. Yes. That happened.

 

[wolftracks]

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Hang in there... this too shall pass.

I swear. Only me! Nothing has gone right for months now. I'd like to do more auctions later and I hate that this happened. My others I didn't do great, but got buyers who pm'd me, so no one knows what kind of feedback I would have gotten from them. I'm just sick.

I have a whole 13 eggs for this hatch. Just realized I have 2 of the auction eggs from today.

Where's the pulling your hair out smilie?

 

[wolftracks]

No I ended up with bidders and the winner sent me a pm to send payment. I offered them the same amount of days for collecting and just the shipping since it was my fault. They haven't responded.

Geez Debi............Are we related???

 

[countrygirl911]

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If she doesn't get back on you could cook the eggs and give them to pets or back to the chickens as feed.
She may have been broody and was easily broken by the nest cleaning.
She could go back to her nest tomorrow or perhaps never go back.

Good luck!

thank you. if she goes back will the eggs still hatch with her being off of them for so long? with her only being on them no more that 6hrs before leaving the nest did the eggs start to develop? should i wait till she sits in nest for a full night before putting new eggs under her