MAY 2016 "Land of the Free Because of the brave!" Hatch-a-Long Hosted by, Mike & Sally

[Jessimom]

I would ask the clerk at your local PO how to have the packages addressed so they arrive at the PO you usually use- the location where they know you. It seems odd that packages addressed to you for pick up would end up anywhere other than your PO, but for the life of me, I don't understand how our postal system works.

No, if my address is used, it goes to my post office, but they didn't write my address, they looked up the actual post office address and didn't have my physical address anywhere on the box. Why would they go through the trouble to find an address different than the one I gave them?

 

[Jessimom]

One of my boxes of eggs was delivered to my house today. Thank goodness my daughter was home. I called the post office 3 times telling them I was expecting boxes of eggs. But my shipper didn't put to hold at post office or my number on the box. But did send as fragile and this site up marked clearly. But did not note live embryo or hatching eggs or anything like that. But they were packed well and all made it here.

I'm so glad your daughter was home! That is frustrating!!! That's why I love the fact that ALL boxes are held at my P.O.. I have a remote mail box and there is nowhere to leave a package, so everything is held. But if they request I be called, they will call me. For other boxes I get a little green card saying there is a package waiting for me.

What kind of eggs did you get? I got Fly-tyer chickens. I was surprised that they are bantam eggs. I didn't realize they were bantams. Pretty eggs though!

 

[butterfliesdoku]

The bantam egg my broody was over is now on day 23/24 so I removed, candled and confirmed it to be a quitter. She is now sitting on a day 10 egg (her "backup" egg). This egg is from a Rosecomb Bantam and La Bresse mixed hen and the rooster is an Easter Egger. Because it's only 1 egg I started another backup batch in the incubator now on day 3. Eggs in backup batch #2 are: 5 from a Red Ranger hen, 1 from a Cuckoo Marans hen and 1 from a Black Copper Marans/Black Australorp mixed hen. Rooster is an Easter Egger.

 

[Jessimom]

The bantam egg my broody was over is now on day 23/24 so I removed, candled and confirmed it to be a quitter. She is now sitting on a day 10 egg (her "backup" egg). This egg is from a Rosecomb Bantam and La Bresse mixed hen and the rooster is an Easter Egger. Because it's only 1 egg I started another backup batch in the incubator now on day 3. Eggs in backup batch #2 are: 5 from a Red Ranger hen, 1 from a Cuckoo Marans hen and 1 from a Black Copper Marans/Black Australorp mixed hen. Rooster is an Easter Egger.

Sorry about the dud, but good luck with the back up batches and the lone broody egg!!

 

[pjnbill22]

Hmm, apparently someone doesn't understand the process of shipping/hold at PO.

 

[AmyPaperlady]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...e-brinsea-warning-pic-heavy/270#post_16925451 Seven day candle report. I don't want to type it out again (I'm on a phone).

 

[Jessimom]

I just candled some of my day 18 eggs, lock down tomorrow!! I pulled 2 of the Polish and 1 D'Uccle. I think 1 of the BCM's looked clear, but I left it in since I really couldn't see for sure.... Since I pulled 2 D'Uccle from the ones I candled on day 15, that leaves 21 D'Uccle, and 4 polish due to lock down tomorrow. Some of the eggs are already starting to draw down, so I'm hopeful they will all hatch! I'll candle all of them as I put them into lockdown.

Happy hatching everyone!

 

[Chaos18]

@Chaos18 Update!

I came home from work today to find 3 ducklings in my incubator! 2 of them are healthy and perfect. One of them didn't absorb the yoke fully and well, it is kind of a mess. It is active and I hope just healing, resting and absorbing.
I have one egg zipping and one other egg pipped. The 2 ducklings are SUPER active and knocking everything and everyone around. So, for now they keep cookin' and I keep waitin'. I haven't noticed anything going on with the other 4.

Meet Cafe Latte! I don't know exactly what color she is yet but it isn't black.

Congrats on getting some babies out of the eggs. I'm super happy for you.

Set/Hatched so far for May are 89 eggs.
3 little gray OEs from @ForrestGump hatched yesterday and today.
Two sets of BLRW (one batch from @mothergoose ) + Langshan, a few more of Nanci's mixes- probably more NNs, a few eggs under our first ever broody EE, plus CLB, OE & Brown Leghorn from @Sueg4332

Sounds like a colorful bunch.

Hi All, Cute chicks!! Lots of babies happening!

I have to ask anyone that has shipped eggs.....if someone gives you their address, and asks you to "ask the post "office to hold the package", would you address the package to the person and write "please hold for pickup", or would you ignore their address they gave you, look up a post office in that person's town, go eenie, meenie, minie mo and pick one of the two in town and address the package to that POST OFFICE?

That has happened to me twice. Both people have picked the post office on the other side of town. My post office is right next to my house. They know me. They understand that my boxes have eggs and they call me right away.

Instead they pick the post office address of the main post office in my town, which is NOT MY POST OFFICE. They don't have a match for my name or my phone #. They get around to calling me late in the day. My post office is nice, they took the routing number and tracked the package down, then called me when they found it.

GRRRRRRRR

Address it to the person. Put "Hold For Pickup" on the address label and include a phone number for the post office to call.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...e-brinsea-warning-pic-heavy/270#post_16925451 Seven day candle report. I don't want to type it out again (I'm on a phone).

 

[weegarden]

I just candled some of my day 18 eggs, lock down tomorrow!! I pulled 2 of the Polish and 1 D'Uccle. I think 1 of the BCM's looked clear, but I left it in since I really couldn't see for sure.... Since I pulled 2 D'Uccle from the ones I candled on day 15, that leaves 21 D'Uccle, and 4 polish due to lock down tomorrow. Some of the eggs are already starting to draw down, so I'm hopeful they will all hatch! I'll candle all of them as I put them into lockdown.

Happy hatching everyone!

What does it mean when you say the eggs have started to draw down? I want to be up on all of my terms.

 

[weegarden]

On lockdown, hoping for a first pip tonight.

7 rocks, 8 blue silkies, 3 white silkies

Congrats to everyone with babies! They are precious!