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

[Sally Sunshine]

no, people keep asking me if i sell them
but i need to get a turner set up hubby is getting mad at me for taking too long

taking too long for what?

 

[Duckling and Spider]

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 just pulled 6 little bowlers out of the hatcher. An hour or so ago, there was nothing in there but pipped eggs but it seems that the turkey poults coordinated and hatched at the same time lol. I also checked on the zipping duckling since I hadn't seen any change in a while. It must have died halfway through zipping I'm hoping that the other 9 ducklings are stronger and hatch out.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

taking too long for what?

too long to turn them

 

[Turtle Rock Farm]

Liz, youse insane.

There's really that much of a market for quail? Huh, mebbe I'll have to try them again.

 

[MikeLM]

Beware the evil Broodies!!

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she now has 3 eggs and will try to kill anything that gets within a foot of her

Nice!

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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Horrible, I hope the ones that should be there tomorrow are in better shape.

@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.

Sorry you are going through this.

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

Good luck!

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

...
awesome!!!

The never ending hatch!

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

Cute!

I just pulled 6 little bowlers out of the hatcher. An hour or so ago, there was nothing in there but pipped eggs but it seems that the turkey poults coordinated and hatched at the same time lol. I also checked on the zipping duckling since I hadn't seen any change in a while. It must have died halfway through zipping I'm hoping that the other 9 ducklings are stronger and hatch out.

Congratulations on the poults, sorry about the duckling.

never, gotta grow 'em out then find out gender then process

Bringing home the classroom chicks tomorrow! Expect picture overload shortly after!

 

[Turtle Rock Farm]

@Harveyhorses jump on in! We don't bite, and I always need another hockey fan around here to help even out the other sports fans.

 

[Dan26552]

 

[Harveyhorses]

@Harveyhorses jump on in! We don't bite, and I always need another hockey fan around here to help even out the other sports fans.

Thanks, my fanish heart is a bit dented right now, I'll recover.
Also college hoops and football but they are very secondary.
Ya'll are funy

 

[Duckling and Spider]

A very sweet person sent me a package earlier. It was the one thing that will ensure my devotion. COFFEE!!! Both Starbucks and Kahlua! Aaaaaaaaaaand... a Princess Bride mug. I couldn't ask for a better gift. But it gets better! It was a Mother's Day gift. My heart about broke out of my chest. It was so sweet!!!

 

[Turtle Rock Farm]

Thanks, my fanish heart is a bit dented right now, I'll recover.
Also college hoops and football but they are very secondary.
Ya'll are funy

We can mope together. Better luck next year... Just not good enough luck that you beat the Habs