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post #181 of 193
5/4/12 at 1:08pm
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Have you candled them since the pushing you saw?  I'm going to candle again tonight and see if there's any change.

No, I was actually just about to do that.

I've got 2 cats, Dyllen and Star. I have 17 chickens; 3 BLRW, 3 mutts, 2 EEs, 2 White Rock roosters, 1 RIR, 1 White Leghorn, 1 Red Star, 1 Golden Campine, 1 unknown hen, 1 Partridge cochin, and 1  Golden Polish. I also have 1 Swedish/Black Indian Runner laying on 8 eggs.

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I've got 2 cats, Dyllen and Star. I have 17 chickens; 3 BLRW, 3 mutts, 2 EEs, 2 White Rock roosters, 1 RIR, 1 White Leghorn, 1 Red Star, 1 Golden Campine, 1 unknown hen, 1 Partridge cochin, and 1  Golden Polish. I also have 1 Swedish/Black Indian Runner laying on 8 eggs.

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post #182 of 193
5/4/12 at 2:21pm
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Well I still have chicks hatching...and it day 24 (i think) Craziest hatch I have ever had. I have had 3 chicks with partially absorbed yoke sacs, and 1 weird air bubble on the neck of a chick. So far I have had 2 die while hatching, they died while zipping. so sad. I just hope the rest of them make it out of their shells! 

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post #183 of 193
5/4/12 at 3:31pm

Well, I candled them and they look dead. I am going to wait until tomorrow morning just to be sure (I already have a batch waiting). I'll have to do an egg-topsie to see if I can figure out what I did wrong... Sigh.

I've got 2 cats, Dyllen and Star. I have 17 chickens; 3 BLRW, 3 mutts, 2 EEs, 2 White Rock roosters, 1 RIR, 1 White Leghorn, 1 Red Star, 1 Golden Campine, 1 unknown hen, 1 Partridge cochin, and 1  Golden Polish. I also have 1 Swedish/Black Indian Runner laying on 8 eggs.

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I've got 2 cats, Dyllen and Star. I have 17 chickens; 3 BLRW, 3 mutts, 2 EEs, 2 White Rock roosters, 1 RIR, 1 White Leghorn, 1 Red Star, 1 Golden Campine, 1 unknown hen, 1 Partridge cochin, and 1  Golden Polish. I also have 1 Swedish/Black Indian Runner laying on 8 eggs.

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post #184 of 193
5/4/12 at 3:36pm
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Well, I candled them and they look dead. I am going to wait until tomorrow morning just to be sure (I already have a batch waiting). I'll have to do an egg-topsie to see if I can figure out what I did wrong... Sigh.

Oh dang, that really sucks! hugs.gif  Hopefully you can figure out what is going on so that you can fix it next time around. 

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post #185 of 193
5/5/12 at 2:51am

So far out of the 11 that made it to day 18 I have had 6 completely hatch and one that almost hatched. out of that seven I only have 3. the one from Thursday did not make it. But I had one hatch yesterday and is looks healthy. all the yolk and has been absorbed. I sill have 4 more eggs in there that have not even pipped. 2 pm today will make day 22 so Im going to give it till sun or mon to see if they hatch. I have  already moved the 2 from wed out to the brooder and they are doing fine. I checked on them about 20 mins ago and they were sitting there under the light. most of the day they were about a foot from the light which lets me know it is warm enough out there. I checked the temp several times over about 3 hours before I took them out there. so far so good. I did have some major temp fluctuations it would go from about 95 up to 102. I didn't think it stayed that high for too long but from the ones that hatch early Im thinking that it did. I don't have a thermostat nor a fan in there. I did not have one. I will put both in this next batch. but I will make sure that the humidity and temp holds a little more steady before I but the new batch in.

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post #186 of 193
5/5/12 at 8:22am

I just did an egg-topsie. Only one was fully developed! The one that was fully developed was really big, and looked shrink wrapped.

I've got 2 cats, Dyllen and Star. I have 17 chickens; 3 BLRW, 3 mutts, 2 EEs, 2 White Rock roosters, 1 RIR, 1 White Leghorn, 1 Red Star, 1 Golden Campine, 1 unknown hen, 1 Partridge cochin, and 1  Golden Polish. I also have 1 Swedish/Black Indian Runner laying on 8 eggs.

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I've got 2 cats, Dyllen and Star. I have 17 chickens; 3 BLRW, 3 mutts, 2 EEs, 2 White Rock roosters, 1 RIR, 1 White Leghorn, 1 Red Star, 1 Golden Campine, 1 unknown hen, 1 Partridge cochin, and 1  Golden Polish. I also have 1 Swedish/Black Indian Runner laying on 8 eggs.

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post #187 of 193
5/6/12 at 5:57pm

I gave up and egg-topsied today... only one was anywhere near fully developed. It had its egg-tooth, but had not started absorbing the yolk. It looked to have died without being correctly oriented to hatch, as well. I'm wondering if, even though I have fans in the (homemade) bator, I should assume its large size means I should treat it like one without forced air, and crank up the heat a bit more. 
I will try again another time. *sigh*

 

 

 

(edited to clarify my egg-topsy description)

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~ Gandhi
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Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~ Gandhi
"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." ~ Frugal mantra
"Still, we ravage the world that we love. And the millions cry out to be saved. Our endless maniacal appetite. Left us with another way to die." ~ Disturbed: Another Way to Die
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post #188 of 193
5/6/12 at 8:07pm
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So...... I got another chick today!! Crazy!! I dont even know what day of incubation it is at this point. I didn't think that any other chicks would make it out. I had two yesterday that zipped, but died just at they were about to pop open. They looked shrink wrapped, but my humidity is at about 75%.... I really want to clean out the incubator because it stinks sooo bad sickbyc.gif but now I am afraid that another egg will hatch. so many problems. 

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post #189 of 193
5/7/12 at 7:47am

12 / 12 Marans hatched and by sexing with down color it looks to be 10 girls and 2 boys - CRAZY!

 

3 / 4 D'Uccles hatched

 

Very happy with the numbers, now I have Red-golden pheasants hatching this week - 1 is already pipped!

-  Annie  -

 

I have some Porcelain D'Uccles, Australorps, Araucana, India Blue Peafowl, Red Golden & Temminck Pheasants, Mandarin ducks, a few Nigerian & Pygmy goats, a couple cats, a DH and a few kids.  Simple and happy.

NPIP certified

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-  Annie  -

 

I have some Porcelain D'Uccles, Australorps, Araucana, India Blue Peafowl, Red Golden & Temminck Pheasants, Mandarin ducks, a few Nigerian & Pygmy goats, a couple cats, a DH and a few kids.  Simple and happy.

NPIP certified

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post #190 of 193
5/7/12 at 8:35am
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Originally Posted by happyhensny View Post

12 / 12 Marans hatched and by sexing with down color it looks to be 10 girls and 2 boys - CRAZY!

 

3 / 4 D'Uccles hatched

 

Very happy with the numbers, now I have Red-golden pheasants hatching this week - 1 is already pipped!

How to you do the down sexing?

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