She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[AmyLynn2374]

I waited. But then I set them in LGs...

I think I see where this is going....

 

[bantam brood 17]

Happy Birthday Fridayyet Have a great day

 

[BYC910]

he looks good see if you post a picture from the front so we can see his breast btw sorry about your little ones not doing well

 

[scflock]

It's so obvious I didn't even comment

 

[AmyLynn2374]

It's so obvious I didn't even comment

 

[chicapee]

It is probably prudent to wait, for any bator. I want to do my best by these eggs. They are exceptional.

 

[lazy gardener]

I need help fast! Three of the 20 meat chicks.
Last night one had a wet bottom, Andi thought he had just fallen inter watered. This morning t and two others have wet bottoms, closed eyes, are standing in the corners with their wings slight lifted. Does it sound like Cocci?

That would be my first guess, and IMO, once they are sick, no harm can come from giving them the Amprolium. I wish you the best. I'd recommend switching them over to fermented feed. Will help with a good dose of pro-biotics to boost the gut flora.

If you can, can you post a pic of the packed eggs before you take them out? I've never shipped before, but sideWing and WV will be getting my first trial, so I will be looking at packing pictures

I'd like to suggest that we do a round of shipping eggs this spring. If others are up for it, I'm game.

It's a great morning! I woke up to a heaping 12 beautiful ducklings. Started with 18 eggs five were not fertile out of the 13 eggs all hatched except 1. I candled it but there is no internal pip...should I open it a tad?

I'd give it an other 12 - 24 hours then do a pin hole in the air cell and investigate for signs of life. Any signs when you candle, or tap? Float test??? IMO, if it's merely shrink wrapped, or malpositioned, it deserves a chance... what's the worst thing that will happen if you intervene? Dead chick. Best possible outcome? Healthy # 13. If you do nothing... dead chick.

I received 100 turkey eggs this spring wrapped and packaged the same way. They also were perfect. Fat end up!

What was your hatch rate???

Not comparing to the packing above (because it looks awesome), but all this talk about packing reminded me that I was going to post this packaging for SC reference.

Here is how my EE eggs showed up. No stickers on the box (my request) and we had a great hatch with them. Eggs shipped 1,300 miles from sea level to 5,000 ft elevation. Hatched 11 out of 14.

Shredded paper, box within a box.



Individual bubble wrap. Eggs are stacked in every direction and not big side up. I thought I liked big side up, but after this batch I really don't care.

By the time the box gets tossed through the USPS, it probably doesn't matter which end is up.

 

[BYC910]

It's so obvious I didn't even comment

I know there's a joke in there some where. I'm thinking Tate will go well with tots

 

[WVduckchick]

(Why doesn't the fire picture come in the quote??)

 

[sideWing]

When our boys were young, I thought they looked pretty much the same. Now that they are older, you can tell the type on yours is much better. That just goes to show that the pros know what they are talking about. I will try and get a good shot of Tate tonight to compare. I keep joking about how they commented on how he tapered from front to rear, but yours is noticeably thicker with a more full tail. Hopefully I will get a good rooster out of these next few batches.

I have high hopes for your new brood.

Here he is with the Marans type overlay. He needs to fill out in the chest a bit it looks like.