4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

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STINK EYE!

Cute cute cute

Ok let me clairify,

The membrane right under the shell that I opened was totally 100% dry, like that old onion skin typewritter paper for those old enough to remember that.

The membrane inside between the chick's body, and the interior of the air cell through which they have poked their beaks (between 10-50% of break protruding through)
is ALSO looking exactly like the other membrane, ie dry white onion skin, except in the case of EggB, the central area I can see is less dry more see through, but has distinctly a red vien running in the middle of it laying on top of the chick (like if the chick had hit that it would have bleed out already). So clearly Egg E needs more time (several hours??).

But in all the cases that inner membrane is totally plastered against what I can see of the chicks (all dark feathers btw) and it looks to me like they can't even wriggle under it, they can move their beaks ever so slightly to chirp a little, but they can't really spin or lift their head to even push through that thin little membrane or tear it farther for what I can tell squinting into the tiny holes I made. I maybe miss judging, this is the first time I've ever seen this...

My concern on time is at least 1 chick peeped about midnight last night - that is 14 hrs ago, & W w/ only 10% of beak through membrane sounded very very weak in its couple of peeps, so if that one internally piped 14 hr ago should I break it out now, or keep waiting??

You just gotta be the judge. The danger is simply rupturing veins or yolk sack. I suggest if you do open up, only do enough for them to kick out, less than half the egg, make sure they can breathe and aren't getting squeezed down on their chest, then you won't risk the yolk sack being pulled apart and he'll push out when he's ready. Also, keep him wrapped lightly in a wet towel (I used a hand towel, last time, but ... er... be prepared to sacrifice the towel, LOL.

Howdy everyone, sorry my stupid 1200$ HP laptop which I purchased in 2010, lost it's boot drive, don't ask how because the only thing I can think of is the BF stuck a SD stick in it and it was corrupt. So I had to wait until he called so I could get on his gaming computer, (maybe I should stick the stick in it haha not really funny) Well I'm working on getting the contests buttoned down and putting the winners on the main contest thread. There are some still needing some votes here are the links
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/733230/voting-for-the-nyd-hatchalong-flapper-contest (closes midnight jan 4)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/732753/nydh-contest-9-egg-art-contest-voting-here/10 (I'm closing this at 5pm EST Jan. 2 today, so if you haven't voted do so now)
These too I know for sure are still taking votes, I'm still looking into the others, trying to get answers sorry.
Michele

You can reinstall it in windows repair. Google it

I have some really cute chicks also. The one that was stuck, was a strong little kid and stayed alive for the two days everyone else was hatching, its little feet got curled but it is a trooper.

Awww, make him some of those flipper sandals, seems to help!

guess my eggies thought this was the January Hatch A Long...
I have five Jubilee Orpingtons out, a polish trying... and now a Barred Rock just popped out! I have some pips in there too...
the marans are being totally lazy tho... but I'm not ready to give up... I think they are just 'late bloomers'!!!

Awesome, glad the marans are coming along now!

OMG SMARTER than chickens SHOULDA NAMED this video "I DONT FORGET YOU!"

Too cute!

Yay i can hear chirping but cant see the pip. Not due til early friday morning.i can jear the egg moving but cant see which one. Im excited finally hatching some chicks after trying 6 dozen i havr 14 of 14 that were fertile in lockdown. 7 were not fertile. Hope i get a good hatch. Can't wait to see what i get. Roosters are Dominicker and buff orpington. Hens are a variety
Backyard flock lol. Wish me luck.

for a healthy hatch!!

Just wanted to share a pic of my littles. Other than the 4 RIR and 2 lav Ams, I'm pretty much clueless as to which are my black mutts and which are BR or BAs. Well it will become clear over time I guess.

I gotta make something like that for lockdown when I try hatching my own eggs so I know who came from whom cool!

Well, unfortunately the remaining eggs look like day 17 or 18 quitters. I opened them all and nothing viable was left. So sad, but at least I got 4 healthy babies! I really wasn't expecting super awesome results considering the source. It's not like grocery stores are careful about shipping. That, along with the low temps and the age by the time they get to the store, and I'm amazed I got 4!!! I originally set 11.

Here's some pics of them all fuffed up.

I'm glad you got those 4, they're really sweet! What do you think they are? They look like my leghorns??

Nope, her skin is pale. but my chicks are all random... haha.




it's a little hard to catch on the camera, but she's a reddish brown and black... it seems she has black skin on her face, but not all over.

I love her down color! Pretty chickie!

OK aside from the first chick there seems to be nothing going on with the remaining 19 eggs..absolutely nothing...I sure hope I am not going to end up with a lone chick...I don't think they even sell chicks at the feed store in January so I don't know if I'd be able to get him a buddy...keep your fingers crossed everyone!!!

Do you think they're just a little late, I mean the one chick just hatched, no?

I have one more pip, and one more that knocks back... it's looking like 5 for me.. but with possibility of 2 more if they are just slow.

You've had a good hatch!

This is just my luck. The fan in my room was turned off last night because it was too cool to have it on. Turns out that was the only thing between me and a massive temp spike.

I lost the three chicks that hatched and the six eggs I had left, 2 BA/RIRs and 4 serama. Nothing is moving in the eggs at all. I even float tested them again and got nothing. Maybe I just wasn't meant to have seramas?

Oh I'm so sorry! I did keep mine on the floor, even so it's colder there, the temperature varies less there. Next time, I hope to have some more room in a closet, that'd be perfect, I think!

I had to assist 2 more... One of my mystery eggs, and one OE. They had made extra large pip holes and even though they were moving their beaks around, they weren't zipping at all. They had been like that for at least 7 hurs. The mystery chick was starting to get some crystalized gunk around its beak. I steamed up the bathroom and put the space heater on, and one by one, I brought them in.

The Mystery chick still had blood vessels in the inner membrane, so I picked away a part of the shell and outer membrane, wet down the dry inner membrane, made the hole around its beak just a tad bigger, tried to clean a bit of the crystalized gunk off of its nostrils and from around the beak so it could open its mouth again, wrapped it in a warm wet paper towel, the put it back inteh incubator.

The OE chick had less of a space where the air sac should be, and all of its vessels were absorbed, so I chipped away shelll from the air sac area, wet down the inner membrane, and teased it back off of about half of the area I had exposed. I then wrapped it up in a warm wet paper towel and put it back next to the other one in the incubator...

I have to bring my daughter into town for confirmation classes in about 1/2 hour, so I'll check to make sure they are moist vefore I leave, the I'll be gone for at least 1 1/2 hours... Best way to make sure I keep my hand out of the bator and off of the eggs!!!

that it works!!

Ah, thank you so much! I should know better than to hatch a bunch of same-colored chicks! lol

LOL, that's funny

How do you know if a chick is shrink wrapped? I have a chick that pipped and then started to make it's hole bigger, but now it's just kinda sitting. I did open the bator briefly this morning because I had a hatchling on it's back in the corner unable to right itself, but I raised my humidity before I opened and it stayed stable. The peep is breathing and moving and all seems ok ... but I just wasn't sure how to tell if one was shrinkydinked.

Listen to it, and see if it is getting weaker. It will be quiet a lot, but if he is moving and when he does peep, if it's strong, let him have the time he needs to absorb his blood and yolk

 

[WVstruttin]

This is just my luck. The fan in my room was turned off last night because it was too cool to have it on. Turns out that was the only thing between me and a massive temp spike.

I lost the three chicks that hatched and the six eggs I had left, 2 BA/RIRs and 4 serama. Nothing is moving in the eggs at all. I even float tested them again and got nothing. Maybe I just wasn't meant to have seramas?

so sorry. I lost all of mine too, power went off and was out for about 17 hours

 

[ronott1]

What a hatch!

Since most have finished, now is the time to analyze hatching problems:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatchability-problem-analysis

 

[cochins1088]

so sorry. I lost all of mine too, power went off and was out for about 17 hours

Are you sure you lost them? I've had the power go out longer than that around hatch time and I had quite a few survivers. They just hatched a bit late.

 

[JulieNKC]

I've only got 1 chick so far, out of 27 set.

I wasn't expecting a great hatch, since most of them were japanese bantam eggs which have a lethal gene. Plus they were shipped. But 1? And it has extra toes.

I still have a few eggs left in there, but I'm not too hopeful for them. I recently added a fan, and this is my second hatch with it. I only had 1 of 10 hatch the last hatch, and my hatches are normally way better. I think I'm setting more, and trying without the fan.

These are from my girls who have finally started to lay again, so hopefully I'll have a brooder full of cuties too soon.

When they are done hatching, where are we supposed to enter our total hatched at?

 

[cochins1088]

Here's my only chick so far. I do have hope for one other egg, but the rest are dead.

For those of you who saw my thread, he's doing a lot better. He is a lot less 'mushy' now and he can stand with support. He's not walking yet, but I have been given some ideas of how to get there.

Here he is standing with some support:


Here's the problem with his legs, they stay in front of him like this and he flings them up and down which gets him no-where.

 

[Razadia]

You are not a failure! Sometimes things go wrong, and no one thinks poorly of you for it!

We set 37 eggs, as of today we have tossed 11, 13 hatched, one chick is laying in the bator struggling because the rest of its cell mates ran over its egg (that was partly zipped) and cracked it in half! The poor chick has some of its back skin hanging funny from its self, I do not think it is going to make it.
It is just horrid watching it, but I don't know if it will recover, so I am hoping against hope!
We have two pipped, but I think one has died (no noise, no movement).

So, we all have struggles and mistakes. It is part of life.
Be kind to yourself, and try again.

I will definetly be trying again. I think I know what happened. I normally put it on the vanity in my room, but this time I put it on the taller dresser. I did that last time and still had an ok hatch, but the temps here were mild to warm and I didn't have to switch between a fan and a heater. I think the higher elevation is what was causing all the problems. Next time it'll be going on the vanity where I know it'll be ok.

 

[heirloomorps]

Just checked after a road trip and we have a bunch more eggs with signs of hatching!

 

[tadpole98]

blurry cgicken photo!! LOL

 

[WVstruttin]

Are you sure you lost them? I've had the power go out longer than that around hatch time and I had quite a few survivers. They just hatched a bit late.

yep they"re gone. I candled and float tested, no survivors. It got down to around 45 here in the house just too cold