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  1. livhatcher

    August Hatch-A-Long

    On a chicken I'd say find the bad smell & remove immediately. If the entire mass of embryo is floating in the shell rather than moving or twitching, it's gone. You can also try tapping the shell to see if you get a response. I would get the bad one out so you don't jeopardize the rest of the...
  2. livhatcher

    August Hatch-A-Long

    They were external. They didn't make it. I'm so sad about it since they all looked so vigorous at lockdown. I have 5 more due this coming Thursday & 2 (a fertility test) due the next Thursday. Just trying to keep my chin up to cope with it.
  3. livhatcher

    August Hatch-A-Long

    Agree. I'm mainly worried bc they've pipped for over 24 hrs with no activity.
  4. livhatcher

    August Hatch-A-Long

    6 of my 10 Orpingtons have hatched. I'm worried about the last 4. :(
  5. livhatcher

    August Hatch-A-Long

    I do it at Day 3, 7, 10, 14 & 18. Not between 11-13 because that is supposed to interrupt them turning & positioning for hatch.
  6. livhatcher

    August Hatch-A-Long

    Sometimes you just don't know. I had one that looked good on day 14 dead in shell at lockdown. Sometimes they are malpositioned, don't absorb all their yolk or just aren't healthy enough to make it. It's sad, and I'm having to toughen up my soft heart.
  7. livhatcher

    August Hatch-A-Long

    I have 6 pips on day 20! Super excited! They are BBS & Isabel orps.
  8. livhatcher

    August Hatch-A-Long

    8/14 should be your day 18. Your birds should hatch the 17th august or thereabouts.
  9. livhatcher

    August Hatch-A-Long

    Is it too late to join this Hatch-along? I have eggs schedule to hatch this Saturday, the 10th & the 17th. Trying to juggle it all!!
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