~*Third Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatch-Athon*~ all poultry welcome!

[foxvalleyfarm]

You are probably right about it not fully mattering if the eggs are upright or on their sides. I have received them both ways also but never documented if one way seemed to do better then the other. I do feel like upright would keep the aircell positioned where it is supposed to be though.

I have to say that I seem to get the best rate when I get eggs that were shipped on their sides.

 

[uphilljill]

Yay! Glad they arrive safe. Helps that you're only one state over. Good luck with the hatch. Can't wait to see pics!

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Right now I am incubating the eggs I received from the photo bomb contest, Thanks again uphilljill.

Her packing was great and all the eggs made it safely. I received Midget White turkey eggs, Pearl Guinea eggs, Heritage Barred Rock eggs and Barred Rock X BLRW eggs. I let the eggs settle for 48 hours and then set them on 5/17. I got anxious and candled on day 3  and all the chicken eggs are developing and aircells look great. The turkey eggs I saw a few with veining but I candled so early so I couldn't tell in all of them. I will candle again in about 2 days. The guinea eggs a few of the aircell look odd and I didn't notice veining yet but again day 3 for candling is very early. I have a very good feeling about all these eggs.

Thanks again uphilljill. Ill keep you all posted.
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[uphilljill]

Oh-no! so sorry to hear about your eggs If you want replacements, let me know.

 
Right now I am incubating the eggs I received from the photo bomb contest, Thanks again uphilljill.

Her packing was great and all the eggs made it safely. I received Midget White turkey eggs, Pearl Guinea eggs, Heritage Barred Rock eggs and Barred Rock X BLRW eggs. I let the eggs settle for 48 hours and then set them on 5/17. I got anxious and candled on day 3  and all the chicken eggs are developing and aircells look great. The turkey eggs I saw a few with veining but I candled so early so I couldn't tell in all of them. I will candle again in about 2 days. The guinea eggs a few of the aircell look odd and I didn't notice veining yet but again day 3 for candling is very early. I have a very good feeling about all these eggs.

Thanks again uphilljill. Ill keep you all posted.

I got midget whites & guineas from Jill as well, but I think USPS played soccer with my box. She packed very well but I still had a ton of bad air cells. Only 1 out of 13 even started on the midgets & it was a very early quitter (around day 3). Several guineas tried to start, but a lot didn't. Tons of blood rings there. I only have 2 out of 15 left in the bator. I know it isn't the bator, because I set 11 of my own turkey eggs with them at the same time & only pulled 1 blood ring. I also set 34 anconas at the same time, but they were split between 2 bators. Some were in with Jill's & some in another bator. I pulled a couple stinkers (cracks I hadn't seen when I set them) & some cloudy clears (JJ washed some of my duck eggs!!!) that were headed toward being stinkers. Other than 1 or 2 blood rings, all of the unwashed anconas are developing nicely from both bators. It really is all in how eggs are handled during shipping.

As for which end of the egg is up when packed, think about this: How often is your box on it's side, upside down or even sitting on a slant during shipping? I have had mail carriers sit boxes on my porch all different directions when they are clearly labeled which end is up & that they are fragile or live embryos or hatching eggs. I even watched a carrier drop 1 of my boxes on it's side on the street from about 3 feet up because he didn't want to bother to bend over to sit it down properly. I have watched carriers sort packages when they return from collecting them. I watvhed several boxes (1 very clearly marked FRAGILE in big red letters that I could see from about 30 feet away) get flung about 15 feet in the air from the ground beside the trucks up onto the loading docks & then drop back down 6 feet into the loading bins. I walked inside & gave the postmaster hell about what I had just seen & was informed that they had no other way to get the packages onto the dock without walking them all clear around to the ramp. UMMMM...walk your lazy A S S around to the ramp!!!!

Therefore, knowing what I do about how my packages are treated, I concentrate more on making sure they are sufficiently cushioned & packed tightly enough that they can not move inside the box to bang together. I have much better success shipping this way than worrying about which end stays up & leaving gaps for the eggs to move because they didn't fit tightly enough into the box or allow enough room for padding around them because I turned them a specific direction & it left gaps or put the ends too close to the top & bottom of the box. My advice: worry more about sufficient padding & tight packing than which way the air cell is popinted & your eggs will travel much better. Mine do.

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[foxvalleyfarm]

Maybe someone here can help me kind of id this baby. I'm pretty sure is a mixed breed bantam. But it seems to be silkie or frizzle. It has 8 toes total and send to maybe getting a crest.

 

[SilkieSensation]

Maybe someone here can help me kind of id this baby. I'm pretty sure is a mixed breed bantam. But it seems to be silkie or frizzle. It has 8 toes total and send to maybe getting a crest.

Cochin

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Cochin

Is it silkie or frizzle? Or is it to early to know?

 

[SilkieSensation]

@uphilljill I'm moving next weekend so let's not worry about it for now. I haven't shipped your duckie eggs yet so maybe we can swap some babies once I get moved instead?

 

[uphilljill]

@uphilljill I'm moving next weekend so let's not worry about it for now. I haven't shipped your duckie eggs yet so maybe we can swap some babies once I get moved instead?

Sure thing/no problem. Happy moving!

 

[winteree]

I mist the walls with water. And I have two sponges in containers with water.

good idea i have a air pump hooked up to a air stone in my water container now that keeping the humidity around 43%-57% right now so getting the humidity to 75%-80% shouldn't be an issue with your system combined with mine

 

[SilkieSensation]

Cochin

Is it silkie or frizzle? Or is it to early to know?

Definitely not a silkie cross. Legs are orange. They would be black if it was mixed with silkie. If it's a frizzle the feather tips will soon start to flip outward. You will be able to tell within about a week when wing feathers start to cpme in well.