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

[GerbilsOnToast]

You have done a great job with this!

How do you know they are Roos?

These are feather sexable

 

[ronott1]

2 - 3 different breeds but the same as what has already hatched, Brahma, RIR, RSL x RIR, BA x RIR. The one that is pipped has only been pipped for 3 - 4 hours.

The guide to assisted hatching says to wait longer. The later they are in the hatch, the sooner they will hatch after pipping.

It up to you and you need to have a feel for when to help. Listen to the chick and look at the pip to check on color.

 

[FeyRaine]

Help...one pip has pushed his beck and eye out. The egg looks like it is expanding, like he is trying to push through the one hole instead of zipping.

Likely it is stuck so that it cannot zip & is moving the only way it can.

Personally I would assist , I would (holding it in the hot wet paper towel) carefully zip around the egg where it should have zipped, (stop if bleeding, return to bator, wait 1 hr start again),
if no bleeding then proceed to full zip, at that point you can see if the chick will hatch on its own (assuming it is not glued into place by this point) if it looks like it could hatch let it try to do so for an hr or so, do NOT pull it out b/c you don't know if the yolk is absorbed, just keep removing more tiny bits of shell around it every hr or so until it is free enough to come out...

 

[JDchicks]

Has it been pipped a long time? It might be shrink wrapped.

About 4 hours. Again he is late hatching. not making any noise, just breathing (labored). Now there is a spot of blood on the edge of the hole. But noticed the eye still has the membrane on it, beck does not.

My other pip is chriping alot, but not moving at all.

 

[ronott1]

These are feather sexable

That is not too reliable so I bet you have some pullets!

I am hoping for you!

 

[GerbilsOnToast]

That is not too reliable so I bet you have some pullets!

I am hoping for you!

Well... my track record on it has been extremely good so far, so I'll go with it, LOL. Unlike hatcheries, I don't have to do 200 birds an hour, which *I* think is why they mess up so often.

 

[ronott1]

Well... my track record on it has been extremely good so far, so I'll go with it, LOL. Unlike hatcheries, I don't have to do 200 birds an hour, which *I* think is why they mess up so often.

A lot of them are vent sexed.

I tried to find a video of the Dirty Jobs episode from Dirty Jobs but it was blocked. If you find it is worth watching.

 

[CackleJoy]

Here is a new picture of all 8 of my NYD hatch chicks. I will be selling all of these chicks

BB

They are so cute! I really do want a couple AM's and I'd love a pullet of the LCM. Just for the fun in my hen house I was too disheartened the other day to take a coherent count. Discovered today that my only BWA pullet was victim as well. Bummer. Sigh. I really liked her, she was so friendly! So yes, I do want a couple someday.

 

[Gardeningmama]

Quote: For me it's worked pretty well, but has fooled me completely on a couple batches. BLRWyandottes & Serama's it didn't work for me at all. Other than them it has been almost dead on. My best one was being told it didn't work for Lavender Orps. I got 13 as day olds...tried it, results : 4 boys 9 girls. I thought, man I KNOW it didn't work this time. Grew them out...4 boys 9 girls, I couldn't believe it! Unfortunately I'm pretty sure it does not work on Silkies at all..I have spoken with breeders that swear they don't even know the sex of their chicks for months.

 

[JDchicks]

Likely it is stuck so that it cannot zip & is moving the only way it can.

Personally I would assist , I would (holding it in the hot wet paper towel) carefully zip around the egg where it should have zipped, (stop if bleeding, return to bator, wait 1 hr start again),
if no bleeding then proceed to full zip, at that point you can see if the chick will hatch on its own (assuming it is not glued into place by this point) if it looks like it could hatch let it try to do so for an hr or so, do NOT pull it out b/c you don't know if the yolk is absorbed, just keep removing more tiny bits of shell around it every hr or so until it is free enough to come out...

Okay, that was not easy. He is completely filling the air cell. plus he has part of his wing out (looks like a bubble). Shell is very hard, break in chucks rather than pieces. The dark area towards the bottom looks like a HUGE vein. Blood at the top was from where he was pushing through.

Sorry not the greatest pic.