Shark snipers Wine dots NEW HATCHES and puppies 1/24/2011 update

[charmed one]

So this is where you hang out now

 

[dak]

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What color Ameraucanas are you getting from p&p? I had 11/18 hatch from her, (some with alot of help) B/B, lav and Lav split.
This has by far been my best hatch. I only got 8/30 of my Harry Shaffer lav Ameraucanas, and 4/36 from my Cree eggs (the PO smashed/ scrambled one entire box worth! Plus the 10 blacks I got from the Smiths. I'm up to my ears in Ameraucanas. I really wish we had some kind of swaps around here because I'm going to have a bunch of cockerels needing homes or hubby will be busy. I would hate to eat a lav Ameraucana!

OH, I really need some hatching luck sent my way. I have LF black cochins from Bo Garrett on lockdown right now. today is day 20 and no pips yet.

 

[Brindlebtch]

I asked p&p for as many buffs as she could send and then round out to a dozen with B/B or Wheaten/bw.
I think buff ameraucanas are just a gorgeous color. Like 24 carat gold.

Beaming hatchin luck your way, dak!

Ooommmm...

Congrats on all the chicklettes, hoppy!

Sorry about the hatch, PP.

 

[sonew123]

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Kelly!!! no I havent really been on this post either-It has been so crazy with the the end of the year of school for DD's...It's still not over!!~

a few more days with graduation parties then Summer can really begin!!!

 

[Phage]

Seriously peeps if you bookmark the first page of the thread and put in on your toolbar it is always easy to find, even if it gets moved!

I hope the sharks don't abandon it

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BTW does anyone know if marking eggs with a sharpie or anything other than a pencil affects hatch rate.

I find the pencil fades and then I am in a real mess!!

 

[dak]

I just subscribe to the topic and it keeps coming up on my email with a link 20x a day. I guess only the western people are still up. I'm too nervous about my eggs to sleep. That and I'm expecting eggs at the PO tomorrow morning.

For those of you who are willing to help chicks hatch, I have several who have internally pipped this am, but still have not externally pipped. How long should I wait? I've had good luck and gruesome disasters when helping.

 

[Phage]

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What eggs are you expecting?

I tend to help only if failing to hatch after externally pipping (usually shrink wrapped). I find those that have not internally pipped never do well with intervention, so try to at least let them pip.
What sort of DVM are you?

 

[dak]

Expecting golden laced cochins from rarefeather. I hatched 3/7 from my first batch from her. The second batch had issues, so she is replacing (nice of her). I'm supposed to get some started GLCs this fall from a show breeder, but a bird in the hand...

I'm a small animal vet, and work on exotics if I have to. The only horses I work on are my own.

What about you? Do you do something in biotech with a name like phage? Aren't there a lot of biotech companies in that area.
My sister lives in Carlsbad,CA and I used to get out that way often. That was when I was single. Used to say "what happens in Carlbad stays in Carlsbad". Lots of hunky marines out that way, and a great Irish bar.

Do you have any good chicken projects going on now? It seems most are trying to slow down for the year. I should be. Hubby is getting annoyed.

 

[Phage]

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Yea my hubby gets annoyed as well but is trying to tolerate it. I am almost done with hatching mostly peachicks now- it is just for fun really as I live in Del Mar and can't keep a ton of birds. When they get too big I rehome most of the chicks.

Phage is the name my brothers gave me as a kid, I am actually an ex radiologist, ex because I just do high field MRI research at the local University. Also do imaging for the marine rescue at Seaworld which is a lot of fun. My pet project is developing imaging methods that reduce the numbers of animals used in research.

 

[dak]

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Yea my hubby gets annoyed as well but is trying to tolerate it. I am almost done with hatching mostly peachicks now- it is just for fun really as I live in Del Mar and can't keep a ton of birds. When they get too big I rehome most of the chicks.

Phage is the name my brothers gave me as a kid, I am actually an ex radiologist, ex because I just do high field MRI research at the local University. Also do imaging for the marine rescue at Seaworld which is a lot of fun. My pet project is developing imaging methods that reduce the numbers of animals used in research.

Wish I had use of an MRI, but its hard to get a cliet to pay for an x-ray nowadays. I had buddies who used to take care of the elephants at the wild animal park, so when I went out there they would let me go behing the scenes to play with the elephants. I"ve been to the dog beach in Del Mar, very cool! The Dobermans were in heaven.

I've heard peachicks are hard to hatch, and to keep alive once hatched. True? So beautiful and tempting, but might put hubby over the edge.