November Hatch-A-Long (2014)

Iko127 said:

Good luck!! Mine are just starting to pip!

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Rainier said:

I made a small safety hole last night in the two remaining eggs who had been internally pipped for over 24 hours. This morning I woke up to one of them externally pipped. The other one has not pipped but the egg is still moving and I can hear it chirping so I know it's still alive.

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Pyxis said:

Well, I have two pips! Nothing from the other eggs yet. This is the first time that I've actually been able to hatch in my Brinsea - usually I have to lock down in the LG because I have staggered batches going. So this exciting for me! I get to see if the Brinsea works well as a hatcher.

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Fullofstitches said:

How do you pronounce that? I want to say something fancy like due-clay, but I read it as duckle.

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Sustained said:

no that was my fault. I was feeling a bit panicked and didn't articulate as well as would have been helpful. No there was no blood thank goodness! when I candled the veins looked like they were drying out? or receeding? Not sure how to describe that. they were very thin and looked like there wasn't much blood in them. I thought it was because the chick was dead. I've been reading up on assisted hatching. Thank you so much for that idea btw!! It didn't occur to me to go that route. I was trying to look up how to help or what to do but the only thing I could really think to google was 'I'm an idiot, what do I do now?'  Humidity is naturally climbing in the bator. It's at 75% without me doing anything. I read that was a good thing but will it affect the other eggs in lockdown?

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thecluckenfarm said:

Do you have an air hole or 2 open? I had to do that for mine when the humidity climbed. We also had 2 ducks that shrink wrapped and had to assist. They had the same type of air hole for 34 hrs and we could tell they were shrink wrapped and the membrane was too dry and starting to stick to them. We carefully zipped them and dripped warm water on the membrane (watch for the beak if you do it. Don't want it to drown.) Then we placed them back in the bator and let them push out so it would help strengthen their muscles. They were a little floppier than normal when they got out. Left them in the bator until they could hold their heads up, but those little suckers made it!

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rachelpotter said:

We have chicks! While waiting for the Serama to zip... Another egg pipped and hatched! Two more pips!

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