The Fathers Day Hatch-A-Long!!! The Last Day To Set eggs Is June 3rd!!!!

[Arielle]

I forgot to add--

2 french black copper chicks are out as of 9 am. From 2 small very dark eggs!!!

 

[yinepu]

Geese? So cute I have some white Chinese/grey & white saddleback Pom babies under my goose due Sunday if not before.

yup.. sebastopols

 

[crazypetlady]

yup.. sebastopols

You don't happen to sell & ship those cuties do you?

 

[zekii]

Candled last night Day 9, 5 of the 16 looked clear or funky, marked those, the others
had some veining, so hopefully they will progress from here. Will recandle at day 16, and toss
then.

 

[yinepu]

You don't happen to sell & ship those cuties do you?

maybe next year.. these are from shipped eggs. I am trying to get some local goslings to add in some different bloodlines

 

[CayleeMarie03]

Here is my crowing rooster!!! It was soo hard. I would hear him crow at random times run out there then he would stop crowing. So I heard him crow 3 times a little bit ago. He came out of our old playhouse. I soomed in my camera and he crowed!! Sorry for the unclear kinda blury pic but here it is!!!

 

[MoriahQuilts]

As far as time shipped, if eggs are handled carefully by the USPS shipping time is increased dramatically. I sent eggs to the midwest and 5 days later they arrived, non-machined, as requested.Less damage to the eggs. While the USPS can reroute packages to kingdom come and back, sometimes there is another reason.

Thanks, I hope so. I hadn't thought of them being careful, maybe that's what it was. They were shipped on a Friday morning, and sat in that post office until Tuesday, when they finally started west. They did arrive in good condition.

And congrats on the Marans hatch!!

 

[MoriahQuilts]

Well I ran my first hatch on 45/65% and I had 100% hatch rate, but they were local eggs. After seeing the very large detached air sacs I bumped the humidity up to 65%, I think I will leave it there and then possible bump it up to 70% for lock down and see what that produces. The huge change in elevation and oxygen availability has me a bit concerned, I hope I get at least a 40% hatch out of each incubator.

I think I will candle them again tonight to see if there is a change in the air sac size since I upped the humidity. I don't think it will have shrunk, but I would love to see no change. If it stays that way I think it might be ok.

Best of luck to you! I look forward to your positive results

!

 

[Tripp16]

Here is my crowing rooster!!! It was soo hard. I would hear him crow at random times run out there then he would crow. So I heard him crow 3 times a little bit ago. Came out of the old playhouse. I soomed in and he crowed!! Sorry for the unclear kinda blury pic but here it is!!!

I know! It is hard! My poor rooster left yesterday so I didnt get one. He would crow I would run out and then he would stop....

 

[Arielle]

Quote: I'm at three, #4 is zipping. Others are popping out too.

I'm always learning something new. I though if I bred my EE hens to my high production rooster (brown shells) I would get blue eggs. NOT! It's a green egg. A very pretty bright green egg. I need to figure out how to make more blue eggs.