May Hatch-a-Long!

[Cynthia12]

That's where I get .. most..of my eggs. I do have a friend that has some pretty nice silkies...just had a great hatch from hers. Also, hatched 21 out of 26 silkies that went into lock down...from E-bay! Not bad. I'm not complaining!
My friends..I had 8 hatch out of 10. What? This is the best I've done in a long while with silkie eggs, hers were shipped also. She's in Oregon, I'm in Utah.
Have fun tonight..bet you are both up watching those eggs..have a nice flash light??

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

These were all Ebay eggs. Shipped from Indiana, Florida and Kansas.

That's wonderful!!!

After you received your turkey eggs, did you let them sit for a day or two, or just put them straight into the incubator? And how soon did you start turning them? I've been thinking about bidding on some turkey eggs, but have heard that it's quite difficult (near impossible) to get shipped turkey eggs to hatch.

 

[Kelsykin]

First out of the shell is a turkey.

 

[Kelsykin]

 
These were all Ebay eggs. Shipped from Indiana, Florida and Kansas. 

That's wonderful!!!    e  

After you received your turkey eggs, did you let them sit for a day or two, or just put them straight into the incubator?  And how soon did you start turning them?  I've been thinking about bidding on some turkey eggs, but have heard that it's quite difficult (near impossible) to get shipped turkey eggs to hatch. 

I let them sit at room temp for 24 to 48 hours. I put the boxes on a 45 degree angle by slipping a book under one side and switched it every 6 hours. They were turned by lifting the incubator and placing a book under that side. Then I used the auto.turner.

 

[brandy00]

First out of the shell is a turkey.

Yay!

 

[Kelsykin]

That's where I get .. most..of my eggs. I do have a friend that has some pretty nice silkies...just had a great hatch from hers. Also, hatched 21 out of 26 silkies that went into lock down...from E-bay! Not bad. I'm not complaining!
My friends..I had 8 hatch out of 10. What? This is the best I've done in a long while with silkie eggs, hers were shipped also. She's in Oregon, I'm in Utah.
Have fun tonight..bet you are both up watching those eggs..have a nice flash light??

I have a lovely flashlight.

The dog woke me about 4 am to go outside. I had to pee so the dog and I took care of buisness and I checked to find turkey number 2 is out.

 

[Wishapup]

More "sticky stuff" on the tip of a Marans egg, in the same approximate location as the other one was.

Not taking them out because I think they are alive. I also wash my hands before turning, so maybe there was something on the incubator floor.

 

[Wishapup]

I checked to find turkey number 2 is out.

I'm glad they are beginning to hatch! Two turkeys already

 

[Kelsykin]

Quote: A third one has popped out since my last post.

Most of my hatches before this were not this fast. Was 12 or more hours and that was starting on the due date not two days early.

 

[spotsplus]

I had posted of my on going adventure in hatching some chicken eggs. I had decided what breed of chicken (Serama) and won my bid on Ebay and was waiting for my eggs to arrive via postal mail.

I was excited to see as my mailman approached the house with a box in his hands. I met him at the door and gently took the box from him. I recalled how hard a trip eggs can have during shipping and hoped my little clutch of eggs made it with as little trauma as possible.

I opened the box and was pleased to see that the eggs were well packed. Each egg was individually wrapped, large side up with adequate packing all around. As I unwraped each egg I carefully set them in an empty egg carton. One was a little damp and I found a crack in the side. I had read that putting nail polish over the crack will seal it back up so that is what I did and hoped no bacteria had entered the egg. I carefully put it with the others.

I had received 12 silky Serama eggs and 2 Cochin eggs. I did not order Cochin eggs but it’s common for a seller to add extra eggs and I guess the seller didn’t have any extra Serama eggs.

I let the eggs sit in their egg carton for 10 hours to let them settle and come to room temperature. Just before I put them in the incubator I put an “X” on one side in pencil so when turning I’d know how much to turn.

I had recently read that if you get shipped eggs with damaged air cells to keep them wide side up for 3 days and don’t turn them as this helps the air cells to heal. I decided to do this and put the egg carton with the eggs inside the incubator. Since the carton only held 12 I put the Cochin eggs on their side next to the carton.

I didn’t candle them as I’ve read Serama eggs tend to be delicate due to the small size. I am not sure this is true but I decided to wait to candle them to give them the best chance.

I checked the incubator and it was functioning as it should at 99-100 degrees and 50% humidity.

The watch continues!

Tammie