Where is he now? and can you send a pic of what he looks like, I'm curious to see the hole, plus what is your humidity and temp at and do you have a fan. Also did you get rid of the paper towel? I'll give everyone my thoughts on wet paper towels let me play catch up a little bit here.
Well I wouldn't change a thing right now. It's been how many hours?Good morning all and I hope your hatches are going well, haven't had time to catch up.
I have one Marans out since last night and more on the way!!
So, last night at 7pm started day 21 for the first ones I set. And there's the first lesson for me, set all eggs on one day! Otherwise, if an early pipper needs assistance I risk losing others to drying out and whatnot opening up the bator. I had one pip yesterday morning, but not through the membrane yet. I opened the bator for 1-2 minutes to separate a carton and put in a wall of hardware cloth to separate some eggs I needed to identify. By afternoon that egg had finally broken through the shell and popped it's beak out, but it didn't start to zip. Meanwhile one of the eggs on the other side of the wall, a Marans, pipped, zipped and hatched. It started zipping about 7pm and was out by 7:30. By later that night still no change on the first one, so I opened the bator briefly to lay it down thinking maybe it could maneuver better (they were all upright). I left the lone Marans in and it's still in, fluffed up and chirping away. This morning there is still no change to that first egg (I think it's a CL egg with a BCM roo, so it is an OE), but it is still alive at least. I'm afraid it may be stuck. I have several others pipped and 2 zipped and working on hatching. Geez, I didn't realize this would be so nerve racking! At least temps are finally steady (they were fluctuating a degree or so, never higher than 100.6) and humidity is in my goal range of 70-80% based on what the lady successfully hatches at who I got the Marans eggs from.
Any thoughts from you seasoned hatchers from any "team"? I'd love to hear them. Thank so much and happy hatching!
ps: so excited to see these babies hatch! It's like Christmas morning!
I pull mine out as they hatch and become active.
OMG! So stinkin cute!! I'm picking up Sizzle eggs this weekend - my son wanted silkies until he saw the sizzles, we may get some of each.Whew.... Ok more than halfway into day 20.
I have 7 silkies out, all 7 of the Spitzhaubens, two of the green eggs (one nn one not). 5 pipped silkie eggs, one green egg in hospital -middle of assisting- for not enough moisture loss causeing a very large chick who couldn't turn with excess fluid in the shell. Prognosis=hopeful.
I have to share a pic of one of the silkie chicks. My fav pic thus far:
It first pipped yesterday morning. However, it is finally trying to push out! I'm hopeful!
I don't have any problems. I keep my humidity 70/75% during hatch.
There maybe a little dried membrane pulling the neck to one side that may need to be washed off. If you wash it and it doesn't straighten up after a while, It could be wry neck.Great, I may take some out today then. I had read that the temp and humidity difference between room and bator can draw cool dry air into the bator and shells within seconds.
The one I was worried about being shrink wrapped is out! It is strong and flopping all over but it's neck seems bent to the left. It also had a bit of bleeding at the umbilicus.
Good morning all and I hope your hatches are going well, haven't had time to catch up.
I have one Marans out since last night and more on the way!!
So, last night at 7pm started day 21 for the first ones I set. And there's the first lesson for me, set all eggs on one day! Otherwise, if an early pipper needs assistance I risk losing others to drying out and whatnot opening up the bator. I had one pip yesterday morning, but not through the membrane yet. I opened the bator for 1-2 minutes to separate a carton and put in a wall of hardware cloth to separate some eggs I needed to identify. By afternoon that egg had finally broken through the shell and popped it's beak out, but it didn't start to zip. Meanwhile one of the eggs on the other side of the wall, a Marans, pipped, zipped and hatched. It started zipping about 7pm and was out by 7:30. By later that night still no change on the first one, so I opened the bator briefly to lay it down thinking maybe it could maneuver better (they were all upright). I left the lone Marans in and it's still in, fluffed up and chirping away. This morning there is still no change to that first egg (I think it's a CL egg with a BCM roo, so it is an OE), but it is still alive at least. I'm afraid it may be stuck. I have several others pipped and 2 zipped and working on hatching. Geez, I didn't realize this would be so nerve racking! At least temps are finally steady (they were fluctuating a degree or so, never higher than 100.6) and humidity is in my goal range of 70-80% based on what the lady successfully hatches at who I got the Marans eggs from.
Any thoughts from you seasoned hatchers from any "team"? I'd love to hear them. Thank so much and happy hatching!
ps: so excited to see these babies hatch! It's like Christmas morning!
