I Love his name!I am so torn between posting pictures of my lady amherst pheasant, or one of my peacocks for the most handsome male fowl picture... decisions are not my strong point. Haha. My peacocks photograph better, but there are already some peacock entries,as well as last years winner.
However, as I was seeing if I could get some more pictures, my yellow golden was feeling like a model...
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I agree with @Sahwithchicks on some postal routes being murder on eggs. Try a different breeder from a different direction to see if it makes a difference. If you have the same experience again, it could be your local sort center or post office that is treating the package roughly. Sometimes, the day it is shipped makes a difference. I do not ship on Mondays as that is a very bad day for our sort center. One package that I sent out on a Monday going to AR actually went from Cincinnati (my hub) to Maryland to North Carolina and to Tennessee before finally getting to Arkansas about 5 days later.
Very pretty!I am so torn between posting pictures of my lady amherst pheasant, or one of my peacocks for the most handsome male fowl picture... decisions are not my strong point. Haha. My peacocks photograph better, but there are already some peacock entries,as well as last years winner.
However, as I was seeing if I could get some more pictures, my yellow golden was feeling like a model...
Meet Trump
With all this talk of shipping issues and hassles...I sure hope everyone's eggs arrive in excellent condition.
Local, I hope all is good with your 'bator.
I think I was half asleep when I was posting last night...I missed a LOT 'o stuff.
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Hmmm, I always read you should have the incubator up and running prior to the eggs arriving, that way temperature and humidity is good to go when you're ready to actually start incubating. And I'd imagine the using the turner right away might depend on the state of the air cells. If damaged, I'd let them sit without turning as well but if they're not loose, does it matter much? Also, is 8 hours enough for them to rest before adding the heat of an incubator? My temps are going to be a warm 20s-30s next week when they arrive, so I'm assuming they're going to be cold when they get here. I can't imagine going from 30-40 degrees to almost 100 degrees in an 8 hour span is good for them. But then, I'm totally new to this so who am I to say otherwise?
Besides, if you want me to incubate within 8 hours of receiving them, I'll be too early for the hatch-a-long
[COLOR=006400]O.K. I'm only 553 posts behind.Anyone care to fill me in on what I missed?[/COLOR]
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I hatched 7 of 9 honas!
(If I keep posting this joke, eventually someone will laugh.)
