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Okay, my eggs seem to be going into overdrive!

I knew I had several due on the 31st (yesterday). One of them had completely hatched and was out and waiting to go into the brooder when I woke up Thursday (the 30th). All other eggs had hatched yesterday before I came home from work, except one. I candled it last night and it SEEMED like it may have died during hatch, but I gave it until this morning anyway. I'm visiting the "What gender or breed is this?" thread and helping to answer a few of those posts and start to hear a LOT of soft chiping. You know, the kind of chirping they make when they are actually zipping out.

So I go to look, hoping it's the one late egg. IT'S NOT! It's an egg dated for... FEBRUARY 3RD! Two days early! It was the next one due after the ones I expected on the 31st, so it's no surprise that it was hatching next. And I checked the last egg from the 31st, cracking into the air cell, and yes he died without making an internal pip at all.

But between all of the 31st eggs hatching so quickly and the one early guy, plus this one hatching two days early, I'm wondering how and why my eggs have suddenly gone into overdrive! Not that I'm disappointed, mad, or anything like that. I love seeing baby chicks, and this was is hatching on my day off of work, which is better to me. I'm just really thrown off by all of these eggs hatching so quickly and early.



Did someone sneak Miracle Grow into my incubator's water trays or something? LOL!
 
abmaddox1981 said:
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Haha! That is hilarious!!!
 
LTygress said:
Okay, my eggs seem to be going into overdrive!

I knew I had several due on the 31st (yesterday). One of them had completely hatched and was out and waiting to go into the brooder when I woke up Thursday (the 30th). All other eggs had hatched yesterday before I came home from work, except one. I candled it last night and it SEEMED like it may have died during hatch, but I gave it until this morning anyway. I'm visiting the "What gender or breed is this?" thread and helping to answer a few of those posts and start to hear a LOT of soft chiping. You know, the kind of chirping they make when they are actually zipping out.

So I go to look, hoping it's the one late egg. IT'S NOT! It's an egg dated for... FEBRUARY 3RD! Two days early! It was the next one due after the ones I expected on the 31st, so it's Yno surprise that it was hatching next. And I checked the last egg from the 31st, cracking into the air cell, and yes he died without making an internal pip at all.

But between all of the 31st eggs hatching so quickly and the one early guy, plus this one hatching two days early, I'm wondering how and why my eggs have suddenly gone into overdrive! Not that I'm disappointed, mad, or anything like that. I love seeing baby chicks, and this was is hatching on my day off of work, which is better to me. I'm just really thrown off by all of these eggs hatching so quickly and early.



Did someone sneak Miracle Grow into my incubator's water trays or something? LOL!
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Your early hatch was due to slightly higher temperatures. A lower temperature would have caused eggs to be late.
 
mrsdszoo said:
I'm so sad and angry I can't even see straight. My beautiful home grown babies are gone, every single one. I went to take care of my animals at our little farm (separate property from our house), and my husband called to say that my chicks were gone and there was just shells everywhere. My Australian Shepherd got into the incubator and ate them all. While my husband was home. I don't know who I'm more mad at, him for not keeping the dog away from the incubator, the dog for just being himself, or me for not being sure that the dogs couldn't get to the incubator
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I'm so sorry. Just remember - it's not what happened that is as important as how we handle it. Probably not much help right now but we all make mistakes and I hate to think you are beating yourself up about it. Hugs to you.
 
LTygress said:
It's a breeder in Villa Rica. Apparently a lot of us have found out, after bringing kids to purchase chicks from him, that he is a convicted sex offender. And he sold me chicks that died - but I'm also not the only one. Apparently someone on Craigslist is posting about it, but I've been flagging his posts. It hasn't worked though. It just makes me sick knowing about the kids we have all taken to pick up chicks, only to find out it was the home of a convicted sex offender....
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omg... it must be the same one. The one I am posting about lives in Villa Rica as well. He ripped me off and lied to me. I didn't even know about the rest of it.
 
Just posting here since it's local, if not OK just let me know. We have a truck for sale, '01 Ford Ranger, low mileage.

PM for more info if you or someone you know is interested and I can give CL link there.

Maybe not *directly* chicken related, but I have transported chickens *in* it and it worked out great! :p ;)
 
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