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[missy1971]

 
The Duffeys are who I got my Swedish Flowers from at the Poultry show.   All 3 were boys and I am trying to sell them.  I also bought 6 SW hatching eggs and 6 Chocolate Orpington hAatching eggs.  Only 3 of the SF were fertile and only 2 hatched.  Of the CO, 3 were starters but developed blood rings.  The other 3 hatched.....two of which ended up being Chocolate Cuckoos.  So, she sent me 6 'replacement' eggs.  4 SW and 2 CO.  They were packed fantastically!  But, the 2 CO never developed and 3 of the SW never developed.  So out of all the replacements, only 1 SF is still going. 

I usually have a great hatch rate (85% or better) and so I suspect the shipped eggs where messed up in the mail.

Hope you have better success since you picked up the eggs yourself! 

I was just thinking about this as I got sick to my stomach candling day 10. I started with 3 Isbars, 1 suspect blood ring, giving it a day. Had 4 cream legbars, 1 definite blood ring (discarded) and 1 infertile. Had 4 Bielefelders--1 looks very porous but hard to see, and suspect one is infertile. 5 out of 11 from them look gone to me right out of the gate. It kind of bums me out considering I had 26 eggs shipped from California and Florida---in 2 separate shipments I've only lost 1 of the California bunch and 2 from the Florida bunch. The air cells are not ideal on the CA bunch but I think that probably has to do with the distance and handling. Do you think it's worth reaching out to the Duffeys or just let it go?

I would definitely reach out.

 

[livhatcher]

I would definitely reach out.

You are probably right. I'm looking at 15% loss on my florida batch (20 polish bantams--1 blood ring & 2 clears) and frankly, with the extras he sent, that means I really am only down 2 on day 10. On my california eggs, I've just lost 1 which was infertile. She sent two extra, so I'm actually still ahead on that batch.

With the picked up eggs, driving the 40 miles plus the $40 and my time, to lose 5 of 9 (11 if you count extras) is pretty bad IMO. Thank for the advice.

 

[Flowerbh]

You are probably right. I'm looking at 15% loss on my florida batch (20 polish bantams--1 blood ring & 2 clears) and frankly, with the extras he sent, that means I really am only down 2 on day 10. On my california eggs, I've just lost 1 which was infertile. She sent two extra, so I'm actually still ahead on that batch.

With the picked up eggs, driving the 40 miles plus the $40 and my time, to lose 5 of 9 (11 if you count extras) is pretty bad IMO. Thank for the advice.

It makes me wonder if her parent stock are too young, too old, they don't have a good ratio of roos to hens, or they just aren't healthy enough. I know she had some other hatching eggs on the table and she decided not to sell them because she didn't think they would hatch right. She may also be storing them too long.

 

[livhatcher]

It makes me wonder if her parent stock are too young, too old, they don't have a good ratio of roos to hens, or they just aren't  healthy enough.  I know she had some other hatching eggs on the table and she decided not to sell them because she didn't think they would hatch right.  She may also be storing them too long. 

Look at how porous these eggs are:

I've tossed two that didn't develop & two blood rings

 

[Flowerbh]

Look at how porous these eggs are:






I've tossed two that didn't develop & two blood rings

Yeah, that looks bad. On a happy note, I ordered 12 duck eggs, received 15 and have 12 going strong!

I was trying to get the profile, but it kept moving!

 

[Flowerbh]

This is for all you Naked Neck haters! Their is a friend of mine in Arizona who has spent the last 5 years breeding her most naked neck to her most naked neck. She finally produced totally naked chickens! In the winter, they wear coats she has made for them! This one's name is Rudy. Adorable!

 

[GAMarans]

Flower and Lady ...

 

[speckledhen]

OMGosh, this one made me LOL. Good thing I wasn't drinking anything!



RE: porous eggs. They are not always a no-go situation. One of my BR hens has porous looking shells and ALL her chicks manage to hatch. It's just difficult candling them at the early stages.

 

[lilwildrabbit]

OMGosh, this one made me LOL. Good thing I wasn't drinking anything! RE: porous eggs. They are not always a no-go situation. One of my BR hens has porous looking shells and ALL her chicks manage to hatch. It's just difficult candling them at the early stages.

I agree I had Porous eggs and they hatched I have about 14 little proofs running around in the outside coop no w!

 

[eclecktic1]

We never left the country, tech school at Lowry in Colorado where my older son was born and we left when he was three weeks old. Then, Hill AFB in Utah where our second son was born, on to Wright-Patterson in Ohio for 12 years, then again, Hill AFB and retired there, came back to GA. We turned down an assignment to Hawaii from Utah the first time, too expensive and that was our one turn-down.

Hey, I knew how to pronounce Natchitoches! Crazy name.

Hey, I'm from Dayton! I even worked "across the street" from the base at Airway Shopping Center in the early 90s at Hancock Fabrics.