March 2017! Hatch with us!

[Cerise1924]

Drat! Lost my last turkey poult.

Oh, I am so sorry. What happened?

 

[Cerise1924]

Does anyone else make hatching spreadsheets? I can see that if you are hatching 60 eggs, it wouldn't be practical to have notes on every egg. With my small hatches, though, it helps me keep track of candling results, and hatch dates.

 

[orrpeople]

Good news/bad news
Good news: I just got my second box of surprise ebay Biele eggs
Bad news: The PO didn't read the "call for pick-up" on the box, so they were on my porch chair when I got home.
Good news: They got here super fast and were very well packaged with air cells up
Bad news: I candled the first shipment of Bieles from a different ebay'er I had gotten last week. 0 development. Zilch. will eggtopsy to see what's what.
Good news: Jeff from Papa's will have my 55s and a few more local Biele eggs for me Monday!
The end.

 

[Jessimom]

Good news/bad news

Good news: I just got my second box of surprise ebay Biele eggs

Bad news: The PO didn't read the "call for pick-up" on the box, so they were on my porch chair when I got home.

Good news: They got here super fast and were very well packaged with air cells up

Bad news: I candled the first shipment of Bieles from a different ebay'er I had gotten last week. 0 development. Zilch. will eggtopsy to see what's what.

Good news: Jeff from Papa's will have my 55s and a few more local Biele eggs for me Monday!
The end.

So sorry about the Bad News items, but the Good News outnumber the bad - so congrats!!! Good luck with your new box of Biele eggs. I'm hatching some for a fellow BYC'r, she set half, I set the other half. Only 2 of hers are developing, and I need a better flashlight to see in the ones I have, but the only ones I know I saw veins in were in her OE eggs. I'll find out where she got hers - maybe they are from the same place yours were from.

I candled a few of each breed of eggs I have in my bator - day 16. I ordered 4 BR, 4 SLW and 6 SS from the same ebay vendor. The sent 6 BR and 6 SLW in one box, and 8 SS in a second box. The SLW and SS are developing the BR are not. These eggs all made an unscheduled (extra) trip to Los Angeles, before going to my normal sorting facility, then to my PO. I have to suspect fertility, not just shipping. Shipping would have effected all 3 sets.

But what the shipping HAS impacted. Last month I ordered 12 silkie/sizzle eggs, they sent 18 and 17 developed, 15 hatched. I ordered another dozen from the same person. She sent 14 this time. I only candled 6 eggs, but NONE of the 6 were developing. The first set I got from her came straight from her PO to my sorting, to my PO. This set went to her PO, another sorting in her area, to Los Angeles, to my sorting to my PO. That is 2 extra stops.

Has anyone ever had any luck filing a claim for something like this?

 

[WVduckchick]

Does anyone else make hatching spreadsheets? I can see that if you are hatching 60 eggs, it wouldn't be practical to have notes on every egg. With my small hatches, though, it helps me keep track of candling results, and hatch dates.

I do! I do! I used to do a more detailed one for each hatch similar to yours. Now I just keep one, so I can easily look back to see who hatched when, how many, what breeds, etc. I also make a list on paper of the pip order, time/date, and what order they hatch. Color noted if applicable, etc.

Good news/bad news Good news: I just got my second box of surprise ebay Biele eggs Bad news: The PO didn't read the "call for pick-up" on the box, so they were on my porch chair when I got home. Good news: They got here super fast and were very well packaged with air cells up Bad news: I candled the first shipment of Bieles from a different ebay'er I had gotten last week. 0 development. Zilch. will eggtopsy to see what's what. Good news: Jeff from Papa's will have my 55s and a few more local Biele eggs for me Monday! The end.

= 3 = 2 Rather have 5 and 0, but I guess it could be worse. When are you setting the new biele eggs? I guess that are for the Easter HAL?

 

[generaldsherman]

Oh, I am so sorry. What happened? 

don't know, lost 2 weak ones too weak to survive. Lost the other two withinb a few days. Maybe weren't eating enough.

 

[ARiesb]

Up to 5 chicks. While the 5th was hatching the others all jumped on it and started pecking (they have been out over 48 hours) so I removed them. Got one that pipped over 36 hours ago so I started assisting. I know I shouldn't have but it just seemed so long. It's not out yet. We will see if it makes it

 

[lilwildrabbit]

Well I lost that hatch and have no idea as to what happened it looked like they just stoped developing about the same time thought power outage but I dont remember one! So I'm at a loss I'm recalibrating my incubator and loading it for bear this time with 48 eggs so if those don't hatch I will build me an incubator and see if mine will do better!!

 

[orrpeople]

I do! I do!
I used to do a more detailed one for each hatch similar to yours. Now I just keep one, so I can easily look back to see who hatched when, how many, what breeds, etc.

I also make a list on paper of the pip order, time/date, and what order they hatch. Color noted if applicable, etc.


= 3
= 2
Rather have 5 and 0, but I guess it could be worse. When are you setting the new biele eggs? I guess that are for the Easter HAL?

Yeah, I thought I might like to do the Easter HAL, but I already can't keep up with it, and it's still a couple days before setting for that! I'm oddly optimistic about this second set of Bieles because I had great communication with the seller, and she gathered them Saturday and Sunday and then sent them Monday and she has two different unrelated pens, so the eggs are labeled accordingly. I always feel better when folks seem to know what they're doing. Ya know?

 

[orrpeople]

Well I lost that hatch and have no idea as to what happened it looked like they just stoped developing about the same time thought power outage but I dont remember one! So I'm at a loss I'm recalibrating my incubator and loading it for bear this time with 48 eggs so if those don't hatch I will build me an incubator and see if mine will do better!!

I feel your pain. I've been recalibrating everything, but nothing seems amiss. I truly am mystified. So, I will be watching my next hatches like a hawk! (Not the kind that kill chickens, mind... a small hawk. )