The Great Egg Shipping Experiment!

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Thanks, Jess, it has been a rough couple of days.

Late Sunday night, DH and I were out in the driving wind and lighting, trying to access and handle the results of the wind. Roofs off of two of my coops, trees down, flooding (not too bad at my place, just really soggy and a couple of inches of sheeting water in my coops) and no power for over 24 hours. I didn't loose any adult birds, but I had a chick in the "bra-bator" all night. I had washed it in warm water and put it in the hatcher to dry just before the power went out. The others were dry and in the brooder. The sad part for me is the eggs that were/are in the Sportsman. There are nearly 200 eggs that were in there that probably won't hatch. I had to work and couldn't be there when he hooked it up, so I don't know what the temp got down to, but my guess would be in the 70's.

Sixty of those eggs were an order for a lady that has a petting zoo and needs chicks for an Easter event in two weeks. I called to give her the news, and she just BOO_HOOed. She went on to explain that her barn flooded and she lost almost all of the animals she uses in her business. All but one of her pygmy goat kids, all her bunnies, piglets, kittens, and a few birds. It's so sad. She is struggling to get started and has just been able to secure a couple of large events and now she has no animals. The only insurance she has is for liability.

Eighteen of the eggs were the exhibition quality Wheaten/Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas that I had shipped and showed pics of last week. The rest were my Silver Campines that I have been working so hard to get started. The last batch of SCs are in the hatcher and there are no signs of pips today (day 22.)

We don't have a generator. We have several that we can borrow. All of those were in use by their owners and we were not able to get one for the first 8-10 hours. There are power company feverishly working to restore power, but there are lots of large trees to remove and detangle first.

As far as I know, there were no losses of human life in my community, but there was a child swept away and drowned in a nearby city. The strange thing is, these were not tornadoes. It was over 5" of rain to soak the ground, then strong straight line winds. It was just the right mix (or wrong mix) that caused the problems.

I have my friends, neighbors, and family, the animals can be replaced.

To top it off, work was mandatory yesterday. I was at work, trying my best to get everything taken care of so I could rush home when my phone rang. It was DS#3 and he said that there were some people there to buy some chickens. I had not arranged to meet anyone to buy chicks so I told him to hand them his phone. I asked to whom was I speaking and it was the NPIP inspector! I told her to use my boys to help her and I would be there as soon as I could. I finished up my paperwork and flew home (we live about 25 minutes from town.) They were just finishing up when I got home. She was very nice, and bragged on my boys being a huge help in catching and holding the birds for testing. At least that is out of the way and I'm NPIP certified Pullorum and AI clean (again!!)
 
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I scored in friendship, the eggs are a bonus.
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I have not wanted to disturb the eggs in the bator for fear of causing more damage, but last night I couldn't wait any longer. I pulled three eggs to candle. The first was from the batch for my petting zoo friend and there was veining and movement!! The other two were from the batch of Ameraucanas that were shipped from Texas. There were blurred veins and no movement detected in either. Granted, those last two were shipped eggs and the total viability is expected to be lower anyway, but they had both started to develop. I will just wait to see on the others.

I'm am experiencing some guarded optimism.
 
Wisher1000 said:
I have not wanted to disturb the eggs in the bator for fear of causing more damage, but last night I couldn't wait any longer. I pulled three eggs to candle. The first was from the batch for my petting zoo friend and there was veining and movement!! The other two were from the batch of Ameraucanas that were shipped from Texas. There were blurred veins and no movement detected in either. Granted, those last two were shipped eggs and the total viability is expected to be lower anyway, but they had both started to develop. I will just wait to see on the others.

I'm am experiencing some guarded optimism.
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I am hoping for you!
 

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