online Crazy Egg Chain Chat thread

[Quail_Antwerp]

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Hi Renee! How are the eggs you got from me coming along???

I have buff orps in from - I forget who

- due to hatch in the next couple days.

 

[quailbrain]

It's a huge downer. I think that's part of the problem why the thread is stalked now. There isn't a way to know who will be the "rotten egg" of the offers. I'm sorry you are having trouble too isadream!

 

[shay20]

I think i owe someone sumatra eggs

if i do can you please pm me, one of my girls went broddy and everytime i go to check eggs, the otehrs are laying in the same nest, so i can not ship any out until my broody is done, becouse i dont know how long she has been laying on some of the eggs.

 

[TennesseeTruly]

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See that's just wrong. They shouldn't be allowed to participate in other swaps then. It really burns me up.

If I ever forget to send eggs, please let me know. We have a very busy place here but I try to keep everything journaled on my Windows calendar. That way its right there.

Laurie

 

[ke_ben]

I think that the main reason for the slow down is the weather/heat. I know that I'm done 'til fall and I even pulled the boys to give the hens a break. It's just too hot.

I agree that there should be some kind of reporting for those that won't make things right somehow. There are always unforeseen problems but if there isn't any response/communication, that's not right.

 

[quailbrain]

I know with me I gave up cause I just never know if the eggs will show. We haven't had any heat here so I hadn't been thinking like that till I started reading it here.

 

[isadream]

I didnt give up trading because of that I just gave up on that one batch of eggs---Its just a risk we take I guess--the reason I stopped is because all my girls but my polish went broody. I have 4 fuzzy butts all crammed on one nest!! My sizzles, silkies and cochins are all broody right now and even one of my pure Ameraucana's is broody!!! 3 of 5 of my turkey hens are broody--the other 2 must be on strike! LOL

I took that as my hint to stop trading! All I have is mutts and some polish!

Edited to make it more clear!! Didnt sound right!

 

[TennesseeTruly]

I have alot of broody's too. Then I check fertility constantly here as well. I don't check fertility by cracking eggs and looking for a bullseye. So from every nest at least once a week I throw several eggs into an incubator to check for fertility. Ten days ago, I threw 9 eggs into an incubator from one of my breeds and none of them were fertile when I checked them at 7 days and then again today.

I cracked the eggs open and several had bullseyes yet they hadn't ever developed. I'm glad I caught it before I sent these eggs out for sale. Now I can switch things up and check for fertility in another week.

There's a lot more to buying/selling/trading eggs than I ever thought when I got involved in this.

Laurie

 

[donnie]

I have gotten the bad egg several times but it doesn't stop me from trading , my current situation has placed me on the slow side of trading eggs , quailbrain you know I like for anyone who gets my eggs to have a good hatch and I will send more eggs to them if they don't , so this is why I'm sending ebonyann more eggs and I owe renegaderidgefarm eggs for helping me out with oegb eggs sonce I lost all my birds and I owe dipence ameracauna x ee eggs and I lost that roo but I found a new one but I don't like him as well as my white roo I had tho

but he will make pretty chicks , but on a plus side to me loosing so many birds I have added more as od sat and sun I added more silkies , white cochins , black oegb , black and blue crested ducks , blue and black and cuckoo marans , ameraucans and ee and a few more leghorn and a beautiful speckled sussex roo who I believe I will place with my ameraucana and ee hens with the other roo for even prettier chicks

 

[chickenlittle32]

I know I owe eggs out to 3 ppl but I honestly can't even afford shipping at the moment...work was slow and now we are playing catch up with everything...