Mahonri's 2nd Annual NYDHatch, watching them grow...

[kathyinmo]

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Me too . The nearest TJs for me would be Chicago or St Louis ; I'm not driving that far [ not saying I didn't think about it

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I'm thinking about the Chinese NY Hatch ......................... if that breeding pen goes back to laying ................................ if a few are fertile ................................ hmmmmmmmm .

I believe I messed up bad this morning . I had two unpipped eggs left when I pulled the plug . I figured they had pipped internally and drowned . I did a eggopsy a little bit ago and found two perfect chicks , never internally pipped , one with just a little bit of yolk still unabsorbed . I think I should have left the bator plugged in another day

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I'll never tell.

(*whispering .... I have done that before, too!*)

 

[SteveH]

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I've done it too , but I just stay signed out so nobody knows

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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Me too . The nearest TJs for me would be Chicago or St Louis ; I'm not driving that far [ not saying I didn't think about it

] .

I'm thinking about the Chinese NY Hatch ......................... if that breeding pen goes back to laying ................................ if a few are fertile ................................ hmmmmmmmm .

I believe I messed up bad this morning . I had two unpipped eggs left when I pulled the plug . I figured they had pipped internally and drowned . I did a eggopsy a little bit ago and found two perfect chicks , never internally pipped , one with just a little bit of yolk still unabsorbed . I think I should have left the bator plugged in another day

.

I'll never tell.

(*whispering .... I have done that before, too!*)

After all you've been through this hatch, this too? I'm soooo sorry. *hugs*

 

[Ms.FuzzyButts]

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Me too. And it's going to be hard to get up and go to work tomorrow.. I have been off since December 23rd.... Ughh.... Does BYC do wake up calls???

 

[BlueBirdChick]

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so gotta get a emu egg now and try

 

[Mahonri]

Click it ------>Find a Trader Joe's near you

 

[wolftracks]

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Hey

I slipped eggs by my husband for a long time.

Even a chick order of 25!

One little ole Emu egg would be a piece of cake.

This guy's pretty good. I ordered 25 chicks when I really only "wanted" 8. Poor thing built an 8x8 coop for me, then realized I wasn't going to give ANY of the (ahem) 31 chicks away and then built another 8x12 extension onto the coop. Now I've got an incubator, and 20 chicks in the basement. I've at least got most of them leaving for a new home next weekend. But what kind of coop does one need for an emu?

A dog run or corral.LOL

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

Ms.FuzzyButts :

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Hey

I slipped eggs by my husband for a long time.

Even a chick order of 25!

One little ole Emu egg would be a piece of cake.

Hmmph!! Till it grew.....

All I said to DH a few months ago was that I loved the color of emu eggs

DH: 'NO! Don't even think about it.

NO NO NO NO"
My response: It could stay with the horses and goats..."

DH:

NO Kim NO.
Me:

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

So do I keep going back at it or just let it go on it's own?

Sounds like you're advice (thank you for it, by the way!) is to keep going back as soon as the blood dries up?? There wasn't much and it appears to be stopped now.

 

[aka Rachel]

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Now how hard would it be to explain to the boyfriend (who is a very lovely, understanding, mild tempered man) that an emu egg just happened to show up in a dozen trader joe's eggs that I drove over 100 miles round trip to pick up and they all just happened to accidentally jump in my incubator...

Hey

I slipped eggs by my husband for a long time.

Even a chick order of 25!

One little ole Emu egg would be a piece of cake.

Hah! I kept one of my 'heavy red' meat hens back for breeding and put her in the pen with my barred rock flock. I did this MONTHS ago and I told my husband I was doing this. Today he says 'boy, I dunno where that brown hen came from, she must be a mutant or something...'