October-hatch-along 2019

[Eliselove]

And then there were four.

I'm keeping it kind of dark where they are, but not sure that is right. They are sleeping pretty much all the time unless I go in to check on the temp.

I have about 5 others who have pipped the shells

everyone else is coasting

 

[Eliselove]

Monkey Business going on in the bator right now...These guys are trying to help jailbreak this chick from his egg
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Another Isabel Cuckoo chick still drying off
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This Lavender Orp chick has changed his mind about being hatched and wants to go back in the egg
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that lavender orp is destined to be a supermodel! OMG so pretty

 

[Kat MacK]

No action yet, Day 19 (all our bantams in the past have hatched day 19) . DD swears she heard peeping in the eggs earlier. Fingers crossed we'll wake up to some visible progress.

 

[Maiahr]

View attachment 1938799 So I was kidding my husband that we need individual cribs for the chicks that should start hatching monday .
He’s started the first one lol !

Apologies, for me the newby, what is this and why would you need one per each chick?

 

[flgardengirl]

that lavender orp is destined to be a supermodel! OMG so pretty

Thank you!

I figured out my unknown chick that I thought was supposed to be a Lav Orp is a Black split to Lavender. So appearance is Black but he/she carries the Lavender gene. The seller said they had two blk split Lav hens in their group of Lavender Orp hens with a Lav rooster covering them- so it was a possibility.
So I ended up with 5 English Lav Orps, 1 English Blk Lav Split, 2 English Isabel Cuckoo Orps, 1 English Choc Cuckoo Orp, and 1 Cuckoo Marans (supposedly Golden Cuckoo but looks like reg cuckoo to me).

I have some guineas and silkies I got from the feed store a week ago. They are all in together getting along.
I don't know if any more will hatch. I'll give it a few days.

 

[Rockporters]

Nothing bothers me more than people who do not put effort into packing their eggs to be shipped.

I’m with ya. It’s like just flushing the money away. I understand the USPS, and shipping in general is rough. I am willing to take the risk if the breeder does their part. When they don’t, it irritates me to no end. Especially when I’m spending $$$! It just isn’t that much extra effort to double box.

Stepping off my soapbox now lol.

 

[FortCluck]

Just a little laugh for today for all those dealing with the storms on the east coast... We made a dog rain coat out of our feed bag

 

[FortCluck]

I’m with ya. It’s like just flushing the money away. I understand the USPS, and shipping in general is rough. I am willing to take the risk if the breeder does their part. When they don’t, it irritates me to no end. Especially when I’m spending $$$! It just isn’t that much extra effort to double box.

Stepping off my soapbox now lol.

That's why I'm afraid to ever order fertile eggs that have to be shipped.

 

[flgardengirl]

The best shipped eggs I've got were always from this website. Several yrs ago there were tons of eggs being sold on byc, now there's hardly any..I had such good luck w the byc'ers eggs and crappiest luck ever w ebay eggs

 

[Eliselove]

so here's an update, one ended up being a failed egg from a week ago that my weak candler didn't show, I had 1 drown in egg white, 2 that were not positioned right and pipped through elsewhere than the air bubble and I didn't know to assist them, so they died stuck in the shell. I did assist the next 3-4 that were in that boat, and all but one are out. So in summary, I think like 4 dead or dud, 3 more that are a day behind are still cooking, 6 drying in the bator, five in the brooder. Several eggs disappeared into an alternate dimension because I started with 22. OMG I'm wrung out!