5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

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Guess I'm a little late for this hatch, I only had four eggs to set, I put them on lockdown three days ago so they should of hatched by today =/ checked for pipping this morning and made the discovery that one of my kids played with the lever, so now they will need an extra day or so. On the bright side atleast the lever didn't get turned the other way.
 
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Chrysolinsbirds said:
Guess I'm a little late for this hatch, I only had four eggs to set, I put them on lockdown three days ago so they should of hatched by today =/ checked for pipping this morning and made the discovery that one of my kids played with the lever, so now they will need an extra day or so. On the bright side atleast the lever didn't get turned the other way.
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Welcome!
 
well i was starting to give up hope on other eggs when 1 spazzed lol they must have took today off lol come on lil chickie just 1 more would be nice so lone ranger will not be so lone any more lol
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carriebain said:
I did a quick candling and saw movement in 4 of the marans eggs! I can't express how thrilled I am to see life! The whole time I wasn't sure. I know many things can still go wrong, but I have hope!
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i know how you feel....i candled a few hours ago saw no movement but just a bit ago i shined flashlight on egg through bator and 1 egg spazzed i have hope again
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CackleJoy said:
I had no idea hatching eggs would be a source of so MUCH DRAMA!

First is the paranoia and the worry.
Then the estactic joy of that pip.
Then the horror.

Oh how horrible! One of the dried out ones attacked one as it was coming out of the shell! Then they all got in the game and were flinging this poor thing around until it got a bloody wing. After some debate we decided we had better remove the dried chicks to save those coming on. Afraid to open the bator - but it must be done. I wet a dishtowel with hot water and flopped it in the bator as it was opened and the four dried out chicks quickly removed to allow the next ones coming on a better chance. There were 4 pipped at that time and I knew it was dangerous. Temp and humidity barely fluctuated and due to the warm towel went back up and stabilized quickly.

Then one hatched with a little umbilicus issues. It had a small bloody protrusion. I thought to myself that it didn't look too bad and I hated to open the bator again. Went to town and came home to carnage. Blood all over the incubator and this chick is hopping around dragging its insides after itself.
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Of course it had to be culled and quickly. The last chick also had a little bloody bum but I separated it by putting it in a bowl on newspaper shreds (still in the bator). What should I do for the last chick? I hate to cull it if a trick will fix it.

Are these bloody umbilicus issues from opening the bator?

Also, I have 6 unpipped eggs left. Set on the 12th at 12:08 a.m. I didn't candle before lock down. At what point do I candle these last eggs? The incubator has been opened 3 times today already. Kind of don't want to mess with it anymore.
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Can anyone help with ID-ing cause of umbilicus issues? Our 1st hatch = huge learning curve. Thanks for input!
 

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