4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[cochins1088]

So sorry to hear. I may be in the same boat. No activity here but I'm gonna give em some more time. I think my temps were running a little low.
Anyone have experience with low temps/late hatches? When should I give up and candle to check them for probs? I don't want to do anything yet just in case we're still good here.

I have had a chick hatch as late as day 26 so I usually give them until day 27 before I call it quits. I have had the majority of them hatch on day 23 once because of low temps. so definately don't give up.

 

[delisha]

Quote: I have most of mine just starting to pip..and most no activity at all

 

[cochins1088]

tap on the egg..if you hear it peep..it can breath fine

It's membrane is completely exposed, like I said, long story. I know for fact it can't breathe.

 

[Happy Henhouse]

I have had a chick hatch as late as day 26 so I usually give them until day 27 before I call it quits.  I have had the majority of them hatch on day 23 once because of low temps.  so definately don't give up.

Thanks. That gives me some hope. Come on little silkies

 

[Razadia]

I think they're very sensitive to the temperature. So if you had your incubator running at 99 instead of 99.5, that will make them take a bit longer, if you have it running at 100, which is what I think mine ran at) they'll hatch early. Do you see any activity? BTW, that's real actual temps, not necessarily what the thermometer read out was

It ran at around 100 the whole time. For some reason the sponge didn't work and my humidity dropped really bad. I have 4 shrink wrapped chicks. I took a little of shell off where they originally pipped, added more water and added a wet wash cloth in as well. Not much I can do aside from that. I hate not being able to tell what my humidity really is. I just fog the windows over a bit. It used to work so well, but for some reason it doesn't anymore. I think I may need to take it off the dresser it's on and move it to the lower one.

 

[delisha]

I think bigger chicks take longer

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

I'm in quite the situation. Long story short, this guy is shrinkwrapped, but hasn't internally pipped yet. I've been keeping the membrane moist for the past 12 hours and blood vessels are decreasing, but he still hasn't pipped so he isn't breathing. He's slowly down and I'm scared I'm going to lose him. I'm debating between leaveing him (risking suffocation) or finding his head to ge him to start breathing (risking hitting a vessel or premature hatch). He's REALLY slowing down, which makes me REALLY worried about suffocation, but their are many risks to helping too. I'm looking for opinions because if I need to do something, I will probably do it in 10 minutes. Oh, and I only have 3 eggs that I'm hopeful for, so every egg counts!

pip for him and wet the inner membrane

 

[Herducks]

So sorry ... but today is only day 21 ... how did you know they were dead?

I often have early hatch so was starting to wonder, I candled and had no movement. I left them a ccouple hours and candled again, still no movement, I carefully picked a hole into the air cell so if they were still living I would not hurt them, but none were moving. I wet a qtip with warm water and touched them through the membrane so if they were just resting they would move and nothing. One I could see was not fully developed so must have died a couple days ago. one was upside down , and the other everything looked good, but no movement.

 

[cochins1088]

pip for him and wet the inner membrane

I lost him. The moment I decided to go through with it, he suffocated. What my luck. If I would have made the decision 5 minutes sooner, he might still be alive.

 

[Brechin]

I lost him.  The moment I decided to go through with it, he suffocated.  What my luck.  If I would have made the decision 5 minutes sooner, he might still be alive.

Oh no Cochins! I am so sorry I hope nobody looses any more during this hatch or any hatch.