May 2020 Hatch-A-Long

[Vantic]

Not all of mine are named, most but not all. I only have 1-2 of each breed and the only ones I have more of are my EE's which all look completely different. I cannot tell the difference between my 2 buckeyes so they are not named and 2 of the EE's are not. Everyone else is though. My kids have named most of them and they just stuck. My daughter has already named the Bielefelder cockerel that we hatched "Larry"....he is only 2 weeks old.

I've named five of 50, Leeroy Jenkins (roo), Sophia (injured Barred Rock), Angus, Ebony, and Ivory (Americanas).

 

[kelseyk]

My OE hatching eggs were supposed to arrive today. They didn't. I found the tracking number and entered it into USPS to find it saying "Shipment Received, Package Acceptance Pending" with no expected arrival date listed. It should only have that status for no more than 48 hours after the package was dropped off at the post office. Doing research on that status and the length of time it has had that status, it looks like that means the post office has either lost the package, damaged the package, or are sitting on the package. Contacted the seller and let them know what was going on as well as contacting USPS customer support to see if they can help me find the package and figure out what is going on. I am hoping that the seller will work with me on replacements if need be. Saw that the same seller just had a average review posted a couple days ago stating that they never received their eggs and I wonder if the same thing happened there as what I am dealing with - if it problems with USPS more than the seller.

 

[kelseyk]

Ours just get referred to as the runty one, the penguin one, the black eyed one, etc.

I asked my 3.5 year old what one of the chicks name was yesterday. Her answer? Little black chick. Not very helpful.

At least she kept it in the same animal group! My kids (9 and 13) can come up with some interesting names. We had a cat named Fox, our house cat is named Puppy (her mother didn't return from hunting and our female dog adopted her - nursed it and everything), we had a cow named Piggy, and a chicken named Grasshopper! LOL!

 

[FortCluck]

I totally agree. I could spend hours out with my chickens. They don't really like me to pick them up or touch them, but they do like to follow me around and talk to me. The best is when I take out scraps from the kitchen. They come running to the fence as soon as they see me with "the treat container".

Mine try to see who can land on the scraps bucket first I always give the roosters first choice

 

[FortCluck]

My OE hatching eggs were supposed to arrive today. They didn't. I found the tracking number and entered it into USPS to find it saying "Shipment Received, Package Acceptance Pending" with no expected arrival date listed. It should only have that status for no more than 48 hours after the package was dropped off at the post office. Doing research on that status and the length of time it has had that status, it looks like that means the post office has either lost the package, damaged the package, or are sitting on the package. Contacted the seller and let them know what was going on as well as contacting USPS customer support to see if they can help me find the package and figure out what is going on. I am hoping that the seller will work with me on replacements if need be. Saw that the same seller just had a average review posted a couple days ago stating that they never received their eggs and I wonder if the same thing happened there as what I am dealing with - if it problems with USPS more than the seller.

It can be both USPS and the seller. I've had that happen and it's because the seller never gave the package to the post office. I also had it happen where USPS got the package with an address label that got wet so they couldn't read it.

There are lots of possibilities, but if it's happened more than once I'd say the seller should've used a different delivery service.

 

[SharW75]

We sent a dozen eggs to my nieces' teacher to incubate (normally they would be in the classroom, but...). She set them on the 11th of April, so we figured they would start hatching tomorrow. Imagine my utter shock when one started pipping yesterday, and hatched out this morning, followed by three more in quick succession! They're at least a day early--more like a day and a half. What's even more strange is that they're pipping, then zipping almost immediately. Strong little babies! So far, we have a lavender or silver colored Polish/silkie cross, then a buff colored one from a buff rock egg, a light chipmunk one from a buff brahma egg (that has 4 toes on one foot and 5 on the other!!!), and a little black one from an EE egg. Daughter is so excited she can hardly contain herself.

A couple of questions:

Why would they be early? Temperature too high? They're obviously super healthy if they can pip and zip so fast.

What would make the one chick have 4 toes on one foot and 5 on the other? Everything else seems fine with it. Just an oddity? The dad must have been the silkie in this case, too.

 

[Vantic]

Okay, its Lockdown day. I'm about to post 50 thumbnails (again). This is my second hatch and I'm trying to learn how to "see" things, so anything you spot is appreciated. My wife apologizes for the fuzzy pics.

16 and 20 are missing as they were clears, 42-52 had a cooler start, so are a little behind. Also, 42-50 are Jumbo eggs, so the chicks look small. 12 is/was a side sack, but to me, it looks dead.

On day 18 I'm expecting a blob like and not expecting , but I'm not sure I know what I'm talking about.

They are all in the incubator and the humidity is dialed up, if it is dead I'd like to remove it "real quick".

Thanks in advance

 

[FortCluck]

We sent a dozen eggs to my nieces' teacher to incubate (normally they would be in the classroom, but...). She set them on the 11th of April, so we figured they would start hatching tomorrow. Imagine my utter shock when one started pipping yesterday, and hatched out this morning, followed by three more in quick succession! They're at least a day early--more like a day and a half. What's even more strange is that they're pipping, then zipping almost immediately. Strong little babies! So far, we have a lavender or silver colored Polish/silkie cross, then a buff colored one from a buff rock egg, a light chipmunk one from a buff brahma egg (that has 4 toes on one foot and 5 on the other!!!), and a little black one from an EE egg. Daughter is so excited she can hardly contain herself.

A couple of questions:

Why would they be early? Temperature too high? They're obviously super healthy if they can pip and zip so fast.

What would make the one chick have 4 toes on one foot and 5 on the other? Everything else seems fine with it. Just an oddity? The dad must have been the silkie in this case, too.

20 days isn't too early, it depends when they set them. I learned if I set them in the morning they will hatch on day 20 usually in the afternoon. If I set them at night they usually hatch on day 21 in the morning.

The toe thing could be an oddity or it could be that the dad was a silkie causing it to be like that. I have a silkie with 7 toes on one foot.

 

[goat114]

my eggs on lockdown ! my friend took this picture i did not. she lives a mile away from me so she sent me this picture before she put the lid on.

 

[FortCluck]

my eggs on lockdown ! my friend took this picture i did not. she lives a mile away from me so she sent me this picture before she put the lid on.View attachment 2118157

Did she candle them yet