The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[wolftracks]

my ebay eggs are lost. Went to Tracy , Calif. instead of Stockton, Calif. now they have to go back to Sacramento then Stockton than back to Modesto. Boy I am praying they make it to Modesto intact. Got my fingers crossed.

OMG!!! It's the PO here I swear! I sent eggs to Bakersfield last tuesday and they traveled the state. Tons of re routing and the buyer got her broken eggs this morning. I'm going to collect for her again and send them either friday or monday. This is getting rediculous. I've gotten so many damaged boxes and even boxes that looked fine that had every egg broken. The best one was the box that had probably been run over (Not kidding) with stickers and chicken clipart and warnings all over it. It was half in and half out of a plastic bag which had a sloppy "Received Damaged" sticker, barely holding it onto the box and egg running all over. But this is getting to be a habit with them sending boxes all over.

 

[ThaiDye]

Quote: You have a mini zoo compared to me. Lets see...
3 lovebirds
6 cockatiels
2 doves
1 canary
1 meyers parrot
14 adult hens
2 adult roos
9 juveniles
17 chickies (claimed 7 as keepers)
3 cats
5 dogs
4 horses
oh yeah, and 2 fish.

OMG How did this happen? I've become an animal hoarder!!

 

[Time-Out]

Quote: Try not writing 'Fragile' on it. Over here, some posties take it as a challenge and play soccer with the boxes. Not too nice when you post live fish



Congrats to all the winners!

Sooo my eggs... they didn't get the memo to pip then rest lol. I had two pips before bed last night and 7 chicks bouncing around in there this morning.

My temps were low. One was low because the humidity sensor stopped working properly halfway through and humidity affects the temp, so although it was reading a certain temp, it was in fact slightly lower because the humidity was higher than what it was reading. That's my theory, anyway, and I'm sticking to it. Eggs normally hatch a day early out of that bator.
The second incubator was low because I forgot to turn it up a bit (not self adjusting like the first) when I went away. Of course I turned the heating in the house down, so the bator was much cooler. Doh!
At least they weren't all dead, like I feared when I got back to no chicks!

A pet sitter came to check on everyone and top the water up in the incubators. She had a bit of a rough time lol Here's one of her messages:

All ok at allotment and home. Progos face seem a bit better. Had fun trying to get the two bantams to feed. Could only catch one of them which did eat quite a bit while I collected eggs from next door. Ended up with 'hen poo' in my hair by trying to get to the far corner collecting eggs! Yuk! Got 12 today although the little one with the attitude still attacking my feet. All good fun! Have a good weekend. x

Before leaving, I left her some instructions. One of them was: If you hear cheeping coming from the incubators, cheep back!

 

[mama2my4]

I believe these are the 3 SFHs I hatched.

And here is the little SL bantam Cochin. Excuse the food all over her.....

There were also 9 OE/EE in the hatch.

 

[lericson]

2 more duckies hatched over night last night. I get up at 3am to check on everything and there they were, along with my first chicken egg pipped! She pipped sometime before 3 am - I get up now and she's zipping already, WOW they are MUCH MUCH faster than ducks - I have 9 ducks eggs in there still nearly all of them pipped about 2 days ago and still not much going on with them (but you can hear them tapping away at it).

 

[angelobutter]

You have a mini zoo compared to me. Lets see...
3 lovebirds
6 cockatiels
2 doves
1 canary
1 meyers parrot
14 adult hens
2 adult roos
9 juveniles
17 chickies (claimed 7 as keepers)
3 cats
5 dogs
4 horses
oh yeah, and 2 fish.

OMG How did this happen? I've become an animal hoarder!!

same here lemme see if i can list everyone:
12 dogs, 3 cats, 2 axolotls, a beta, 6 goldfish, 15 little fish, 11 rats, 23 mice, 6 hamsters, 1 gerbil, 50 snakes, 7 crested geckos, 9 dart frogs, 3 scorpions, 2 tarantulas, 5 varieties of pet cockroach, 12 chickens, 2 roosters, 4 guinea hens, 16 older chicks, 15 two week old chicks, 2 few day old chicks, 4 brand new chicks, and 3 brinsea octagons full of hatching eggs. ... i think that is everyone lol pretty much all we do here is take care of and play with the pets lol.

 

[rarebear]

Try not writing 'Fragile' on it. Over here, some posties take it as a challenge and play soccer with the boxes. Not too nice when you post live fish



Congrats to all the winners!

Sooo my eggs... they didn't get the memo to pip then rest lol. I had two pips before bed last night and 7 chicks bouncing around in there this morning.

My temps were low. One was low because the humidity sensor stopped working properly halfway through and humidity affects the temp, so although it was reading a certain temp, it was in fact slightly lower because the humidity was higher than what it was reading. That's my theory, anyway, and I'm sticking to it. Eggs normally hatch a day early out of that bator.
The second incubator was low because I forgot to turn it up a bit (not self adjusting like the first) when I went away. Of course I turned the heating in the house down, so the bator was much cooler. Doh!
At least they weren't all dead, like I feared when I got back to no chicks!

A pet sitter came to check on everyone and top the water up in the incubators. She had a bit of a rough time lol Here's one of her messages:

All ok at allotment and home. Progos face seem a bit better. Had fun trying to get the two bantams to feed. Could only catch one of them which did eat quite a bit while I collected eggs from next door. Ended up with 'hen poo' in my hair by trying to get to the far corner collecting eggs! Yuk! Got 12 today although the little one with the attitude still attacking my feet. All good fun! Have a good weekend. x

Before leaving, I left her some instructions. One of them was: If you hear cheeping coming from the incubators, cheep back!

my ebay eggs are lost. Went to Tracy , Calif. instead of Stockton, Calif. now they have to go back to Sacramento then Stockton than back to Modesto. Boy I am praying they make it to Modesto intact. Got my fingers crossed.

SUE, I HAVE NON STOP PROBLEMS WITH THE POST OFFICE. I FINALLY WENT TO THE GOVERNMENT WATCH DOG THAT HAS POWER OVER THE POST OFFICE AND THEY ARE TAKING ACTION. YOU CAN MAKE COMPLAINTS EASILY AND TRHEY DO GET BACK TO YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE THAT IS HAVING PROBLEMS SENDING OR RECEIVING.

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[mstricer]

Okay out of the 98 i set. I got 50 chicks to hatch. 2 died and 3 zipped then died. I tried to save one. but it didn't make it now I know why you shouldnt try snd save. it had a cross beak and one eye stuck out far and not sure if it had a second eye. I sold 6 so far.
Thank you to Chooks, Sally and Mike for the hard work you did.

 

[jbenson]

You have a mini zoo compared to me. Lets see...
3 lovebirds
6 cockatiels
2 doves
1 canary
1 meyers parrot
14 adult hens
2 adult roos
9 juveniles
17 chickies (claimed 7 as keepers)
3 cats
5 dogs
4 horses
oh yeah, and 2 fish.

OMG How did this happen? I've become an animal hoarder!!

I'm using your zoo as an example to prove mine is a mini zoo I would love to have that many. I've claimed about 30 of my chickies as keepers though I know about half of them will be roos and have to go live elsewhere or become chicken dinner.

 

[Gardeningmama]

Good Morning All!!

Quote:

You have a mini zoo compared to me. Lets see...
3 lovebirds
6 cockatiels
2 doves
1 canary
1 meyers parrot
14 adult hens
2 adult roos
9 juveniles
17 chickies (claimed 7 as keepers)
3 cats
5 dogs
4 horses
oh yeah, and 2 fish.

OMG How did this happen? I've become an animal hoarder!!

HAHA!!!

Welcome aboard!!

Quote: Ugh, don't you just hate that??

My $35.00 worth of Barred Cochin Eggs for this hatch were so scrambled that I got NADA! I should have seen it coming. I went to pick the box up and every side had this end up arrows.....Postal Lady had it sitting behind the counter ON IT'S SIDE!! I'm getting ready to send out my first set of eggs Thursday. They only have to make it 2 hrs. away

I believe these are the 3 SFHs I hatched.







And here is the little SL bantam Cochin. Excuse the food all over her.....



There were also 9 OE/EE in the hatch.

How adorable! I'm really loving #3

Okay out of the 98 i set. I got 50 chicks to hatch. 2 died and 3 zipped then died. I tried to save one. but it didn't make it now I know why you shouldnt try snd save. it had a cross beak and one eye stuck out far and not sure if it had a second eye. I sold 6 so far.
Thank you to Chooks, Sally and Mike for the hard work you did.

Good Hatch!!! At least you have 50 chickies, right??