7th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2016 Hatch-A-Long

[Peep-Chicken]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1070929/new-baby-quail-it-isnt-looking-good

Can anyone help me out with my quail? Thanks.

 

[ronott1]

This baby finally made an appearance at 3 am this morning! By 7:45 "she" had a "sister"

How Sweet!

Oh and we must not forget the PROUD AUNTIE!

Nice Rabbit!

Boss sent me home from work a little early! Now up to 5 pips - chicks waited on me!!!

However - my first egg to pip has been pipped for 26 hours or so and no progress since... I know they can rest a while, but on my last hatch the chick died after pipping so now I am worried...but still hopeful

Wait until the pipped eggs hatch and check on the no progress chick.

Is your humidity good? If it has dropped then it is a good idea to get some water in there. They will often start zipping when the moisture goes back up.

You can get a spray bottle with clean water in it, lift the lid, fill the tanks and spray a couple of times away from the eggs. Humidity will go back up quickly when you do this.

I hope the chick is ok!

 

[Cynthia12]

Mystery and zipping egg problem solved! The chick came out of this egg. I thought it still had a chick inside. I am the new chicken on the block.

lol..that's ok!

 

[ronott1]

I had babies hatch all day yesterday and last night. I have 8 babies. Here is a photo with 5 in the brooder, I now have 6 in there, and two in the bator still.

Little Silkie babies. I love this Partridge. It still had curled toes when I got up this morning, so it is now sporting a very popular pair of boots.

I sure hope this Partridge is a girl!




I have three paints, three blues, the Partridge, and one black, at least I'm thinking it's black..still wet in the bator.

Very nice!

I hope the partridge is a pullet too!

What did I do? Lol!
I start getting nervous if they stop for longer then a half hour. I had one take 2 hours once (on my first hatch) and I just helped open the zip a little and it popped right out. It ended up having a crooked toe. Probably from taking so long. Once they are zipping, they are ready. So a tiny help, imo won't hurt. But best for them to push out, as it strengthens the legs.
I wait 30 hours and then take the egg out and check on how the chick sounds and see if I can moisten the membrane a little and see any veins.

Yes, check for signs of life a day or so after the last one hatches.

Mystery and zipping egg problem solved! The chick came out of this egg. I thought it still had a chick inside. I am the new chicken on the block.

This happens all the time!

 

[Cynthia12]

Congratulations to everyone having chickies!

That's awesome!

I went into lockdown (ok...the "no-turning" phase for me) yesterday with 13 eggs for the NYE HAL. Had a few non starters and some quitters. Took one sneaky egg out the evening prior to lockdown when I candled and saw it was a quitter. Here's the eggs tonight...



So far no pips, zips or hatching. But I did hear peeping tonight

when I opened up the bator to turn the blue O eggs (due to hatch Jan 17th)

Exciting to hear the peeping!

And I'm glad that these chicks are alive after my failed Christmas hatch.

I wasn't sure what to expect after the small temp spike. I dropped the temperature ever so slightly a few days ago and opened the large holes in the bator like I had it before. Tonight I took out the dampened paper towels and instead I'm trying 4 plastic pudding cups to my stationary rack for humidity. So far it's holding at 61% humidity and hopefully it's less to maintain and the chicks can't drown if they surprise hatch on me. (I also like the reusable/throwaway aspect of the cups.)

I can add more racks with more cups if needed.

Best of luck to everyone...hope everyone's hatch is great!!!

This is great!

This post is the winner of the random post. The prize is a golden feather membership.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU WICKED!!

 

[Saris]

@Wickedchicken6

Congratulations!

 

[S5apiotrowski]

How Sweet!

Nice Rabbit!

Wait until the pipped eggs hatch and check on the no progress chick.

Is your humidity good? If it has dropped then it is a good idea to get some water in there. They will often start zipping when the moisture goes back up.

You can get a spray bottle with clean water in it, lift the lid, fill the tanks and spray a couple of times away from the eggs. Humidity will go back up quickly when you do this.

I hope the chick is ok!

Thanks a bunch. The long-pipped chick pipped early on day 19, so I am not in a hurry to assist. Since the others are just starting to pip and get started, it would be a LONG time before I could help this chick if it needed it. I just read the assisted hatching article, and it looks intimidating to me. I never marked the air cells (but learned a lot since on this hatch-a-long that can help me in the future!). I don't see the "movement" or "breathing" that you can see through pips, but the egg is positioned a little away from me, easily obstructing the view. Our pipped egg that hatched after being abandoned by the not-so-broody broody hen unzipped after 24 hours of idle pip. I am just sad because I lost my only fertile Marans egg after pipping and not my BCM is molting :-(

As far as humidity goes, humidity was a problem on my last hatch. Humidity was low and reservoirs were full, eggs were getting wet and almost all were late quitters. This time I have wash cloths soaked in water on one end in addition to the full reservoirs. Humidity is higher and comparable to my first and second hatches (both were extremely successful), but the gauge is still below the "Hatch" humidity marker. The clear lid is full of water droplets and condensation - but I may need to add a couple of sponges?

Not much is happening right now. Think I'll go to the gym and swim for a bit to take my mind off of things and hopefully see more progress when I get home. Nobody is unzipping yet so I don't think I'll miss a thing

 

[ronott1]

Thanks a bunch. The long-pipped chick pipped early on day 19, so I am not in a hurry to assist. Since the others are just starting to pip and get started, it would be a LONG time before I could help this chick if it needed it. I just read the assisted hatching article, and it looks intimidating to me. I never marked the air cells (but learned a lot since on this hatch-a-long that can help me in the future!). I don't see the "movement" or "breathing" that you can see through pips, but the egg is positioned a little away from me, easily obstructing the view. Our pipped egg that hatched after being abandoned by the not-so-broody broody hen unzipped after 24 hours of idle pip. I am just sad because I lost my only fertile Marans egg after pipping and not my BCM is molting :-(

As far as humidity goes, humidity was a problem on my last hatch. Humidity was low and reservoirs were full, eggs were getting wet and almost all were late quitters. This time I have wash cloths soaked in water on one end in addition to the full reservoirs. Humidity is higher and comparable to my first and second hatches (both were extremely successful), but the gauge is still below the "Hatch" humidity marker. The clear lid is full of water droplets and condensation - but I may need to add a couple of sponges?

Not much is happening right now. Think I'll go to the gym and swim for a bit to take my mind off of things and hopefully see more progress when I get home. Nobody is unzipping yet so I don't think I'll miss a thing

Yes, a sponge in a dish is great for raising humidity!

I fill the dish up to the top of the sponge--you need to make sure the hatched chicks do not drown in the water.

 

[Terry Morache]

We have a Pip!!! A Blr Wynadotte!!!

 

[ronott1]

We have a Pip!!! A Blr Wynadotte!!!

Perfect timing!

I thought I saw a pip yesterday but was seeing a shadow on the egg.

I do have 4 pips now though!

The Whole foods fertile eggs are hatching first.