June 2015 Hatch A Long HAL

[Purpletie3]

The eggs are not peeping and rocking now, they were yesterday. No shell pips. Humidity was moderate at best, wonder what went wrong? I think next time I'll incubate with more than our ambient 30-4o% humidity. Perhaps the air cells were too big for proper chick positioning.

Did any make it out? How were you tracking the humidity in your eggs? I hope they are just in a resting period for you and you get some to hatch!

 

[cppeace]

The eggs are not peeping and rocking now, they were yesterday. No shell pips. Humidity was moderate at best, wonder what went wrong? I think next time I'll incubate with more than our ambient 30-4o% humidity. Perhaps the air cells were too big for proper chick positioning.

I'd candle before giving up entirely. Sometimes they get quiet and still before hatching.

 

[WashingtonWino]

Did any make it out? How were you tracking the humidity in your eggs? I hope they are just in a resting period for you and you get some to hatch!

I hope so too! I have a digital thermometer/hygrometer that I have in the incubator, it transmits wirelessly to a base unit (very fancy) that is in my kitchen, so I could keep close tabs on things. I filled the water channels up at lock down. So many of the eggs had large or saddle shaped air cells, I candled too often and they were shipped. I guess I should be happy 3 hatched.

 

[cppeace]

I hope so too! I have a digital thermometer/hygrometer that I have in the incubator, it transmits wirelessly to a base unit (very fancy) that is in my kitchen, so I could keep close tabs on things. I filled the water channels up at lock down. So many of the eggs had large or saddle shaped air cells, I candled too often and they were shipped. I guess I should be happy 3 hatched.

Shipped eggs are always hard to get a good hatch from. You only over candled if you constantly lost humidity or messed up the temp for good while while doing so.

 

[Purpletie3]

I agree. Shipped eggs can be such a gamble. As hard as our sellers try to cradle them with amazing packing the post office uses mechanical sorters and drop and shake them all over.

I have had better luck recently with shipped eggs. I leave them set. In the turners go the ones with healthy attached air cells. I rotate them 1/4 turn every few days so they don't saddle as much. Hopefully the others with the Detatached or partial Detatached air cells Re-attach & can go up in the turners.

Sometimes they hatch...most of the time...no go!

Congrats on the three chicks!!!

 

[MesMama]

Well today is day 21...I'm waiting not so patiently for them to hatch LOL! The hens are still sitting tight, haven't noticed anything different. Come on babies hatch already!

 

[MesMama]

So I listen for chirping? That's the way I'll know if they've hatched? Until mama takes them out of the nests?

 

[MisfitMarie]

My flock's offspring hatched this week, and they are SO cute!

Blue Wheaten Ameraucana over EE hens:

 

[Purpletie3]

Super cute...love the cheeks!

 

[Pyxis]

Congrats on the hatches! Purpletie, let me know how the cemani eggs you got from me do! I just hatched three out of three eggs, and all were keepers e My broody also started hatching last night. She had at least one chick and another pipped egg, so I'm excited to check again when I get home.