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

[kwhites634]

He externally pipped!! Wow, he's cooperating!! Lol!!

I love when anything hatches, I swear!!! Pure endorphins!

No sleep for you tonight!

 

[mixedUPturk]

Day 4

 

[FridayYet]

He externally pipped!! Wow, he's cooperating!! Lol!!

I love when anything hatches, I swear!!! Pure endorphins!

Fastest way to becoming an addict I hear - and of course we're all hatching enablers here,

 

[FridayYet]

Day 4

Great picture!

 

[RubyNala97]

Day 4

Love the pic. You're going to have to post lots of candling pics so I get my fill. I'm trying not to candle this batch besides 7,14,18. How boring! But I gotta try! What kind of egg is that?

Fastest way to becoming an addict I hear - and of course we're all hatching enablers here,

Exactly! One thing I'll miss about the mini when I get a bigger incubator is the dome! You can literally watch at eye level!

 

[Ravynscroft]

He externally pipped!! Wow, he's cooperating!! Lol!! I love when anything hatches, I swear!!! Pure endorphins!

Day 4

Good pic... I'm trying not to look at mine yet... :/

 

[WalnutHill]

How many readers have roosters who climb in the empty nest boxes and wiggle around, making it just so, tossing bits of nesting material over his shoulder, and clucking up a storm to entice the girls to "lay an egg here"?

My roo has 100 hens to keep him busy. And he wouldn't fit in a nest. He just waits for the girls to come down from the nest before they shake their feathers back down.

 

[kwhites634]

My roo has 100 hens to keep him busy. And he wouldn't fit in a nest. He just waits for the girls to come down from the nest before they shake their feathers back down.

That's one exhausted but very happy rooster!

 

[WalnutHill]

I lost a huge multi-quote, so just doing these after all that lost typing!
Maybe the ones on the outside were delayed a couple days then? How long did you leave the incubator on for after the last chick hatched?
I love the "like a respectable pullet" line!!! Classic!!
Ok: these are the best eggs I ever had shipped. From GA to NY. Only half had loose air cells. The other half had no damage. Hatch rate was about 60%.

These are the Worst air cells I've ever had, all extra loose, half detached totally. 0% hatch rate. From Northern (Jacksonville) FL to NY. Both 4 day priority trip and a 20 hr express trip. Don't know % on current batch.

Inside the egg carton, each egg is wrapped in a THIN layer of bubble wrap.

Burrito pack with air cells up has been great with my shipped eggs, with single or double box.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I think an evening with Sally and Oz would be just the ticket.

I knew she'd been off, but didn't know she's been sick. I do hope all is well with her now. I did talk to her yesterday, I think.

Gonner. May as well serve it up for breakfast.

Winter is a great time to do your research. I spent from the first summer to the following Feb. researching, before I set eggs to hatch my first flock.

Rep is not all it's cracked up to be. My son was once bit by his friend's St. Bernard.

All I can think is "Cujo".

Ruby, we're only talking a 2 day overlap with quail and shipped eggs. This is what I'd do: I'd put the quail egg in a container with a damp paper towel, perhaps wait to add the damp paper towel until the quail starts cheeping or has an external pip. Keep him in the bator. Go ahead and add your shipped eggs. A day or two of extra humidity won't be a deal breaker for them. My understanding is that humidity issues are a cumulative thing, not an issue for momentary highs and lows. So, give the quail the benefit of the doubt, and go ahead and set your other eggs. Hopefully, by keeping quail egg in a container (be sure it has plenty of ventilation) with your humidity source in the container, it won't kick up the humidity in the rest of the bator too much.

Awesome!!!

Hey, who's side are you on, anyways?

How cool is that to see the internal pip! Awesome about the amount of research you've been doing and I'm hoping you remember it all so I can ask you questions next time I order eggs. (If I ever do.)

For a bright note on a really horrible day, look what I found in the run:

First Marans Egg!

Great! Congrats!

He externally pipped!! Wow, he's cooperating!! Lol!!

I love when anything hatches, I swear!!! Pure endorphins!

Yay!!


I had the candle egg pic quoted too but the darn thing dissapeared! Anyhow- That looks great!