Red,White and Blue block swap

[keepmumsane]

Thanks fenrosie, my girls nearly 11 and our school is so small, shes so lonely. Next year her sister will be the nearest to her age... interestingly...or horrifying ..when I went for the teacher interviews this term both girls were declared bright and yet no interest in encouraging them to fly. Now to talk sister who is 9 into the benefits of shifting.
The school Im shifting her to is Twice the size, still small 112 kids, but lots of girls and fired up teachers. Fingers crossed, she starts after easter holidays.
Been a rough few years ... parenting is torture some days.

Why do they ignore the bright ones...maddening and quite common. Seems counter productive.

Thanks though, positive !

 

[katsdar]

We have the same problems here my son was in the same boat, he would get finished with his work fast then he would go and be a social butterfly so I told the teacher to challenge him yeah that required more work on her part but thankfully he did get into a school that challenged him. I still say pay the teachers more so we can pick the cream of the crop since they are teaching our future, ok enough of my soap box sermon,

 

[quailtrail]

We have the same problems here my son was in the same boat, he would get finished with his work fast then he would go and be a social butterfly so I told the teacher to challenge him yeah that required more work on her part but thankfully he did get into a school that challenged him.  I still say pay the teachers more so we can pick the cream of the crop since they are teaching our future, ok enough of my soap box sermon,

I agreed!!!! Same issues here.

 

[katsdar]

Guess what finally swam ashore yesterday!!!! yep the New Zealand blocks are here nice and dry but a little tired and I will sort and ship I hope to get them in the mail sat but no promises but definitely next week. The blocks are just beautiful and you all will be sooooo happy, the quilt these will make will be spectacular. I will as usual post tracking numbers by zip code when I get them.

 

[cathiesue]

Excited!

 

[keepmumsane]

Yahhhhh! And phew

 

[FeyRaine]

Looking forward to the blocks!!
Sadly the 2nd round of UofA Blue eggs all got tossed last night, early quits/blood rings, so even picking up at the PO directly didn't help

Here is the new kid, born 4/3 to the very sweet "Motzerella" aka "Motzie" we bought 2 wks ago.
The kid has great confirmation, heavy bone, & robust, he is 50% Kiko, yes sadly the single kid is a male.
He is nice enough I might find him a herd sire job somewhere, we can hope...

 

[RustyHen]

Looking forward to the blocks!!
Sadly the 2nd round of UofA Blue eggs all got tossed last night, early quits/blood rings, so even picking up at the PO directly didn't help

Here is the new kid, born 4/3 to the very sweet "Motzerella" aka "Motzie" we bought 2 wks ago.
The kid has great confirmation, heavy bone, & robust, he is 50% Kiko, yes sadly the single kid is a male.
He is nice enough I might find him a herd sire job somewhere, we can hope...

FeyRaine, how were your eggs packaged when you got them? I have gotten eggs shipped from Maryland to Oregon and had 90% success. Maybe too early in the year for good results yet?
My daughter -Rainy- has a dog this color and guess what his name is--Motzie! Her husband is Montie and sometimes I can't tell who she is talking about..

 

[FeyRaine]

FeyRaine, how were your eggs packaged when you got them? I have gotten eggs shipped from Maryland to Oregon and had 90% success. Maybe too early in the year for good results yet?
My daughter -Rainy- has a dog this color and guess what his name is--Motzie! Her husband is Montie and sometimes I can't tell who she is talking about..

That is even stranger than you can imagine -- b/c my DH's pet name as a baby (& no one now living is allowed to call him it) was Monty (short for Montgomery, long story).

All these eggs shipped eggs that keep not developing have been packed wonderfully, although have the boxes have had exterior shipping damamge.
& I know the issue is NOT my incubation, b/c I'm over run w/ all my own mutt test eggs which I set as a control w/ the shipped eggs -- I've got mutt EE chicks everywhere but so far on shipped eggs I've gotten in the past 6 months

Oct - 4 hatched of 30 eggs, only 2 of these lived the other 2 were not robust
Dec - 1 hatched of 45 eggs, she is fine although assisted, I waited too long on 6 others that internal piped but were malpositioned & couldn't external pip
Feb - UofA B 0/10
Feb - replacement box 1 from CA 3/12 all growing fine
Mar - replacement UofAB 0/6 - all early quit some w/ blood rings & I waitied til the rings were brown & fuzzy to be sure
Mar - replacement box 2 from CA - 4 eggs out of 20 still in bator...

Those 2 Mar box we did the 30 trip to the PO to pick up , avoiding them traveling on my rural delivery route but that clearly didn't matter <sigh>
Again, I've had 90-100% staggered hatch rates for months w/ my own eggs in these bators all last spring/summer, & the hatch rate of eggs mixed in w/ these above failures has been about 90% to the point I don't even want to set any more b/c I'm swimming in mutt EEs atm.

I will say EVERY box takes 1 day longer than listed on the tracking Website, & that 1 day has been scanned into Chattanooga and should be out to delivery the next day but it isn't.
& the above eggs all were shipped on mildest weather windows so I don't think temp. was the issue in these cases.

I will say I have no further plans to set shipped eggs, as I am clearly just jinxed for them

 

[quailtrail]

Set my first set if shipped eggs for the Easter hatch a long. Wheaton/Blue Wheaton Ameraucana...I'm a wreck. Meanwhile lock down today for my own eggs...eek!!!!