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[buddy phoenix]

Lol maybe we should invent the egg tongs lol

 

[wolftracks]

Shipped eggs are always a gamble. Right after my parents and husband died I spent over $4500 in shipped eggs the first year. I needed to find something to be alive. I could sure use that grief money now. I had some decent hatches and some horrible hatches. Heck I have horrible hatches even now with my own eggs. My broodies are keeping my in chicks this year. I have as of yesterday 3 tiny Mottled Japs in with mom and dad who are strutting around like no one else out there ever hatched a chick. I have co broodies that hatched 3 out early, so one SPPR, one Silkied AM and one Black Sumatra. I have another broody that had a hidden nest, so I suck a few eggs in with her and she has some of her own eggs under her too, but I used one of those long grippers to put the extra eggs in with her and I got down a little while ago to see if she had done anything and a chick was standing in front of her staring at me. Only problem is I can't get to it. I should have thought that move through, before adding those eggs!

Thing is, the PO has a lot to do with it. They don't care what's written on the boxes. I don't write on some and write on others and most times the blank boxes travel better. You never know. With any hatch, if you think about the fact that one chicks hatches, it's successful. There's life. Took me a while to figure that one out. I had always had great hatches before and if I got half of a shipment to hatch, that was an awesome hatch. I've gotten eggs from all the top breeders and when I get one to hatch, that's a victory! I may have had to start with just a couple of birds from each one here and there, but now I have my own and from great stock. That's hard to do unless you order chicks, worry about them dying in route, Eggs are usually cheaper but may be harder to have success with, but when you do, it's like you've done it for yourself. I don't even want to think of what I would have spent if I had had birds shipped. I did go in on a shipment with several people and one other BYCer when I ordered my Blue AMs from rockinpaints. We kind of had an overload of little roos though. They were cute, just lacking in the ability to pump out some eggs. LOL She has nice birds though.

Lots of us have projects. I also had Silver from Pips&Peeps. I have a roo grow out. He was gorgeous and I had wanted to get more, but for some reason, my grand daughter and I could walk outside without a problem, but he attacked my youngest son and daughter every single time. Never a reason, but he did and I cried like a baby when I sold him. I'd like to see those Silver Blues grown out. Bet they're beautiful and geee, some of my favorite lines! LOL You need to post lots of pics of some of those. My Chocolate Bantam AMs are still considered a project. Doesn't stop me from hatching them out or selling eggs. Chocolate became popular and everyone started their projects. That's how you get something different and that no one else has. My birds came from a great breeder and next season I should have some that hatch out only chocolates, so happy with what I have and I love that I got them after they had been worked on for so long. Matter of fact I'm keeping everything I hatch out from that project this year. I do sell some of their eggs every once in a while, but I figure since their bantams I can always find the room for them. LOL

For anyone who is looking to breed or just wants some really nice quality birds, shipped eggs are still the cheapest way to get what you're looking for. Might take you a few times to get a hatch right, but when you do, it makes you feel really good about helping them find life. That 21 days may be hard on us, but I've been watching my broodies a lot and those hens let nothing bother them. Wish I was that patient!

 

[kaybee123]

Shipped eggs are always a gamble. Right after my parents and husband died I spent over $4500 in shipped eggs the first year. I needed to find something to be alive. I could sure use that grief money now. I had some decent hatches and some horrible hatches. Heck I have horrible hatches even now with my own eggs. My broodies are keeping my in chicks this year. I have as of yesterday 3 tiny Mottled Japs in with mom and dad who are strutting around like no one else out there ever hatched a chick. I have co broodies that hatched 3 out early, so one SPPR, one Silkied AM and one Black Sumatra. I have another broody that had a hidden nest, so I suck a few eggs in with her and she has some of her own eggs under her too, but I used one of those long grippers to put the extra eggs in with her and I got down a little while ago to see if she had done anything and a chick was standing in front of her staring at me. Only problem is I can't get to it. I should have thought that move through, before adding those eggs! 

Thing is, the PO has a lot to do with it. They don't care what's written on the boxes. I don't write on some and write on others and most times the blank boxes travel better. You never know. With any hatch, if you think about the fact that one chicks hatches, it's successful. There's life. Took me a while to figure that one out. I had always had great hatches before and if I got half of a shipment to hatch, that was an awesome hatch. I've gotten eggs from all the top breeders and when I get one to hatch, that's a victory! I may have had to start with just a couple of birds from each one here and there, but now I have my own and from great stock. That's hard to do unless you order chicks, worry about them dying in route, Eggs are usually cheaper but may be harder to have success with, but when you do, it's like you've done it for yourself. I don't even want to think of what I would have spent if I had had birds shipped. I did go in on a shipment with several people and one other BYCer when I ordered my Blue AMs from rockinpaints. We kind of had an overload of little roos though. They were cute, just lacking in the ability to pump out some eggs. LOL She has nice birds though. 

Lots of us have projects. I also had Silver from Pips&Peeps. I have a roo grow out. He was gorgeous and I had wanted to get more, but for some reason, my grand daughter and I could walk outside without a problem, but he attacked my youngest son and daughter every single time. Never a reason, but he did and I cried like a baby when I sold him. I'd like to see those Silver Blues grown out. Bet they're beautiful and geee, some of my favorite lines! LOL  You need to post lots of pics of some of those. My Chocolate Bantam AMs are still considered a project. Doesn't stop me from hatching them out or selling eggs. Chocolate became popular and everyone started their projects. That's how you get something different and that no one else has. My birds came from a great breeder and next season I should have some that hatch out only chocolates, so happy with what I have and I love that I got them after they had been worked on for so long. Matter of fact I'm keeping everything I hatch out from that project this year. I do sell some of their eggs every once in a while, but I figure since their bantams I can always find the room for them. LOL 

For anyone who is looking to breed or just wants some really nice quality birds, shipped eggs are still the cheapest way to get what you're looking for. Might take you a few times to get a hatch right, but when you do, it makes you feel really good about helping them find life. That 21 days may be hard on us, but I've been watching my broodies a lot and those hens let nothing bother them. Wish I was that patient!

Yoir thoughts on hatching are mine as well. There's just something about hatching your own eggs. Since I can only have a small backyard flock, hatching a couple of each breed is okay. I just pray they hatch and then pray for a girl! Lol. No Roo's allowed. Hatching eggs from quality breeders gets me the quality I want. If I could just hatch a BCM!!!!!! I've not been able to get any to hatch, they don't even seem to develop very long for me either.

And with the PO, I truly believe if they see hatching eggs or live embryo they shake the box up to scramble them.

 

[Cynthia12]

i think they're drowning. I keep my humidity at 20-35 first 18 and bump it up to 60-65 for lockdown. Everyone has a different opinion about it but in my experience I have had dramatically better hatches with dry hatch method.

This is pretty close to what I do also. I have decent hatches with this.

 

[Cynthia12]

Yeah, because we know they came out of a sterile chicken butt, (sarcasm intended), and then spend 3 weeks in broody poo. I laugh when I hear of people putting on gloves to collect their hatching eggs.

Nature has provided mechanisms to protect an egg from bacterial invasion/infection. It's one reason you don't wash hatching eggs.

True, but some folks don't think about that perfume they just put on, or that lotion..a little different than the all nat..ur all.. lol...chicken poo. Lotion is greasy, perfume/cologne has alcohol in it. Doesn't hurt to be cautious. And as I wash my eggs for eating..I've noticed some just don't have the blume that most eggs do..very dry/porous. Just thoughts.

 

[fowlmouthgirls]

This is pretty close to what I do also.  I have decent hatches with this. 

Mine are in now, and I agree that 50% seems really high for days 1-18. When they go to break through the membrane to the air cell and take their first breath, the air cell is filled with water and they drown.

 

[grannychicken54]

Yeah, because we know they came out of a sterile chicken butt, (sarcasm intended), and then spend 3 weeks in broody poo. I laugh when I hear of people putting on gloves to collect their hatching eggs.

Nature has provided mechanisms to protect an egg from bacterial invasion/infection. It's one reason you don't wash hatching eggs.

Yea I always wondered about that when a broody hatches it is not sterile by any means but it is mentioned alot . My eggs that I hatch from my hens are not always spotless but they hatch anyways.

 

[grannychicken54]

Yeah, because we know they came out of a sterile chicken butt, (sarcasm intended), and then spend 3 weeks in broody poo. I laugh when I hear of people putting on gloves to collect their hatching eggs.

Nature has provided mechanisms to protect an egg from bacterial invasion/infection. It's one reason you don't wash hatching eggs.

Yea I always wondered about that when a broody hatches it is not sterile by any means but it is mentioned alot . My eggs that I hatch from my hens are not always spotless but they hatch anyways.

 

[CyndiChick]

I agree that is probably what happened with the fully developed ones, but I had another 9 that stopped around day 7 or so from what I could tell at eggtopsy. I have lowered the humidity to 30% in the incubator now and will try with that.

 

[emvickrey]

Auction for 6+ Sizzle eggs. (PG paint silkie eggs too) What is laid during the weekend and I'll mail them monday. Auction is over at midnight tomorrow (sunday). Auction starts at $5 and shipping is $13.

The three hens I know are laying are a sizzle partridge hen, silver laced grey hen and a paint silkie hen. The grey laced is not frizzled but she does carry the frizzle gene. I don't know who else is laying Possibly the paint sizzle hen or the splash sizzle pullet but not sure. I'll post pics of them also just in case. These sizzles will feather out in different colors. There are many colors in their genes. I have had a grey silkie roo, calico silkie roo and a paint roo in with them of course at different times. I kept a pullet or two from each roo that was in the pen. The only relation the girls have are to each other, not the roo. The splash pullet is a mix from a blue sizzle hen and a WC blue bantam polish roo. I have 4 of her chicks right now. Three out of the 4 are frizzled. Still young to tell exactly how they're gonna turn out in color but they are looking 2 splash and 1 blue, the other splash has smooth feathers.

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The roo behind the splash pullet is the current roo in the sizzle pen. He looks all white but he has a few black spots. I call him a paint but he's not a good paint the same with the paint sizzle hen. She has a few black feathers. The paint silkie hen in this pen also is not a good paint but i'm hoping with both her and the roo having the gene they make a better paint. I just have the 1 silkie hen in this pen. The other hens are frizzled or carry the frizzle gene.

There is 2 hours and 10 minutes left on this auction. The highest bid is $5 as of right now. I have 10 eggs wrapped, packed, and boxed ready for a label. They will go out tomorrow to the highest bidder. Please Please Please send payment at end of auction so I can get this box completed so DH can take the box to the PO on his way to work in the morning.