BYC Edu thread, keep on rambling - HERE incubation Qs answered, lots of information!!

[Auroradream26]

Soooo my icelandic eggs (not from mike) came packaged in toilet paper in paper egg cartons and SIDEWAYS! if the paper didnt suck the moisture out of them and make air cells larger, the eggs traveling on their side was too much for these eggs.

Three rollers, one cracked, dont laugh I hot clued the sucker cause its one of three that air cells were only slightly bad.... the other dozen.... well look at the image and you can see why they all got loose on one side of them,

ughhh does common sense NOT tell people that gravity will make those dang air cells ALWAYS try to move to the highest points!!!! And the paper! people most falsely believe that eggs need air so they can breathe!!! ughhhhh not at this stage dang!!!

sorry I have been stewing over it since yesterday when I opened them. We pay good money for eggs, I failed and FIGURED this time that they of course knew how to ship eggs!!! WRONG!!!! I am never giving anyone the benefit of the doubt again, I dont care if they think me nuts, if I buy eggs I would pay more to have shipped the way I want them!! Images tell the story.....
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Well thar really sucks I'm sorry Sally. People really need to educate themselves if they're going to sell hatching eggs!

@Sally Sunshine Yikes! That's awful!

Good afternoon, folks! Well, maybe not good. This morning was bad. No change in the lone egg. It's taking its dear, sweet time. I woke up to a dead cat and one of her kittens. Found one still alive and in hiding. One is still missing. This was one of many feral and stray cats that hang out around my house that the neighborhood likes to feed, but refuses to help me get fixed. So I'm overrun with kittens. One of the calmer males came on the back porch to eat and his tail is torn up. Something is out to get the cats. I can't tell if this is a coyote or dog doing this. There are tons of coyotes around and there's a feral (possibly an abandoned fighter) pitbull (male) and some puppies running around that are starving. I can't get animal control to do anything about them. I ran one of the puppies out of the yard earlier. It looked awful and I felt bad about it, but I can't risk the pup going after a cat or one of my chickens. I think I'm going to take a friend up on their offer to use their trail cam.

We, I'm sorry to hear that I wonder why animal control won't do anything? Isn't that their job?

 

[Duckling and Spider]

@Sally Sunshine Yikes! That's awful!

Good afternoon, folks! Well, maybe not good. This morning was bad. No change in the lone egg. It's taking its dear, sweet time. I woke up to a dead cat and one of her kittens. Found one still alive and in hiding. One is still missing. This was one of many feral and stray cats that hang out around my house that the neighborhood likes to feed, but refuses to help me get fixed. So I'm overrun with kittens. One of the calmer males came on the back porch to eat and his tail is torn up. Something is out to get the cats. I can't tell if this is a coyote or dog doing this. There are tons of coyotes around and there's a feral (possibly an abandoned fighter) pitbull (male) and some puppies running around that are starving. I can't get animal control to do anything about them. I ran one of the puppies out of the yard earlier. It looked awful and I felt bad about it, but I can't risk the pup going after a cat or one of my chickens. I think I'm going to take a friend up on their offer to use their trail cam.

The camera is a good idea. At least you can know exactly what you are dealing with.

 

[Razadia]

Well thar really sucks I'm sorry Sally. People really need to educate themselves if they're going to sell hatching eggs!



We, I'm sorry to hear that I wonder why animal control won't do anything? Isn't that their job?

It is, but for some reason, we've always had problems with them not coming to our area. I tried to get them to come out several years ago when a bunch of dogs killed 3 of my chickens. They said they were sending someone and they never showed up. Last year my neighbor tried to call on our mutual neighbor for horse abuse, but they never sent anyone out. They seem to really hate our area.

The camera is a good idea. At least you can know exactly what you are dealing with.

Yep. If it's a coyote, I know trappers that will be happy to deal the problem for me. I wouldn't consider it, but they're overpopulated in my area. If it's one of the feral dogs I'll figure something out. Neighborhood dogs, I'll get the city involved since AC won't do their job. I can handle anything else on my own, but it looks like a dog or coyote got ahold of them. Including poor Grey's tail.

 

[Akrnaf2]

5 cuckoo Marans
7 BO
2 SLPR
2 light Brhama
2 LS

 

[Heather Feather]

It is, but for some reason, we've always had problems with them not coming to our area. I tried to get them to come out several years ago when a bunch of dogs killed 3 of my chickens. They said they were sending someone and they never showed up. Last year my neighbor tried to call on our mutual neighbor for horse abuse, but they never sent anyone out. They seem to really hate our area.

Yep. If it's a coyote, I know trappers that will be happy to deal the problem for me. I wouldn't consider it, but they're overpopulated in my area. If it's one of the feral dogs I'll figure something out. Neighborhood dogs, I'll get the city involved since AC won't do their job. I can handle anything else on my own, but it looks like a dog or coyote got ahold of them. Including poor Grey's tail.

I think it's an Alabama thing! I have a terrible time getting animal control to come out for problems in our area.

 

[Razadia]

I think it's an Alabama thing! I have a terrible time getting animal control to come out for problems in our area.

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

you must have a boatload of eggs at this point lol

last count was around 60 or so, a few more may have fallen in since then though
and i have more eggs coming dont tell my hubby
he said after this batch it was getting unplugged and i was done, so i just need to make this 'batch' last forever

I don't have a trap big enough. Mine are sized for squirrel and rabbit. The kittens are a month old at most. They're just starting to get their legs under them good. There's another litter close in age that I put the one I found with. Mama didn't care that she had an extra kitten. The pups, I don't really know. They're less than 6 months and I've never seen them with a female. It's always the male with them if they have an older dog with them at all. I think there's 3 of them if they all survived since the last time I saw them over a month ago. The thing that kills me is that these pups and the male aren't mutts. They're all American Gatormouth Pitbulls. They're the favorite around here. No one has even tried to catch them. They've managed to escape rabies so far.

I'm wondering if there may be a way to keep them coming back, but have them leave the cats and chickens alone. I could probably tame them the same way I've been doing with the feral cats. Food and patience.

i hope you can figure something out

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5 cuckoo Marans
7 BO
2 SLPR
2 light Brhama
2 LS

awesome!!!

 

[Turtle Rock Farm]

Liz, you're getting MORE eggs? Where are you gonna put all these chooks?

 

[Heather Feather]

Thought this was a cute article...
http://www.lovemeow.com/this-cat-ha...th-him-more-photos-2402215834.html?from=homer

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Liz, you're getting MORE eggs? Where are you gonna put all these chooks?

i am getting 50 quail eggs (reship) and some call eggs
no more chickens
lol

i was actually just trying to figure out how to do this to set more eggs and the overlap