My own shipped eggs hatching (update)welsummer

[okiehen]

Today is day 18 for my incubator, day 19 for a broody hen. All my own eggs.
The hen is set with 1 doz welsummer plus 2 blue am eggs.
My incubator I set eggs that I shipped to Texas with a address mistake

and the post office marked them return to sender

.
I couldn't see tossing them so I set them. I set 17 welsummer eggs and 7 black sex link eggs. The eggs were in the mail 6 days.
Today is day 18 for the returned eggs. On lock down now are 16 welsummer and 7 black sex link.
I'm very happy with this, never knew I would of been shipping my own eggs to my self. But it was a great opportunity for me to hatch my own shipped eggs.
I'll up date with the hatch number.

Update chicks are hatching,
The broody has chicks she hasn't got up with them yet will post number and pictures as soon as she is up.
Incubator 2 hatched 2 pips on the black sex link.
Will add more later.

 

[Chicken Chat]

Sounds like your are going to have a bunch of babies running around pretty soon.

 

[okiehen]

I didn't add that I have 4 more broody hens all set with eggs. And more in my incubator.
Broody Buff Orpington with 1 doz buff eggs due 4-22.
Broody #2 Buff Orp w/ 1 doz buff eggs due 4-25.
Broody Wheaten Marans hen with 10 mix eggs EE cross for olive eggers and a barred project I'm working on due 4-25.
Broody hen set with 1 doz Blue Laced red Wyandotte plus 4 blue eggs from my blue AM x EE. 5-2
My incubator is set with more eggs for staggered hatches as I have 2 bators one for incubating one for hatching.
2nd hatch for the bator is 4-26 blue andalusian, wheaten marans and blue laced red wyandottes.
3rd hatch for the bator is 5-7 wheaten marans, golden lakenvelder and 4 blue ee mix eggs.

I'm hooked

Any one that has the same hatch dates I'm happy to have you post with me.

And pictures will be added as they hatch.

Forgot to add I have 2 more broodys that I haven't set yet, need to get them a pen fixed asap.

 

[okiehen]

My broody hen has hatched 100% 12 / 12 welsummer eggs.
The 2 blue AM x EE was a test run there not fertile yet. That's ok my girls are young and so is my roo. I have more set well see how they do.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! I've hatched my own shipped eggs here before. Once was when I first started shipping eggs and mailed a box of eggs from my Moms in GA back to myself and set them *just to check*.
Another was when a buyer was unavailable to accept delivery and wouldn't pick it up at her PO --- told them to "throw the box away, because they're no good anymore". Postmistress at buyers PO said "we don't thow away packages". Yes, I called the Post Office and talked to the individual that took the call and the PostMistress. Buyer told me in email "Eggs arrived and were broken". USPS returned the box to me.
The box was delivered back here in perfect condition. I set them and they all hatched.
Good luck with ALL your hatches!

Lisa

 

[okiehen]

Hi Lisa, I had thought about shipping eggs to myself. It was a good chance to see how the eggs do.
So far I have 7 of 7 black sex link hatched so 100% on them.
And 2 welsummers have hatched and a few have pips. But to my experience with welsummers in the incubator is they are slower than other breeds to hatch.
The hen is up with her chicks she killed one by stepping on it so she has 11 now.
pictures coming asap.