Air sac determines sex.

[Ladybird CA]

A 4th chick pipped and is breeched. From a white egg again.

I use the dry hatch method too after watching a YouTube video where she said she stopped having leg issues with chicks from it. I think she said splayed legs.

The trays were all full except half of one. I just filled the other half. It was 51% when I noticed the first pips so I added water and it went down to 48 then I added more and it went up to 50 and had been like that over an hour so I filled the other half of the tray. Usually when I do this with regular water it fogs up the incubator. I’m going to ask DH if we can turn off the dehumidifier in the basement until the hatch is over.

 

[Ladybird CA]

7 eggs pipped. One hygrometer read 99% humidity before dropping to 61% without me touching in the incubator and in a span of a few minutes. The other hygrometer was jumping between 45% and 52%. The screen lid is now fogged with water droplets. I hear them chirping. I’m just going to leave them alone and go get bloodwork done.

 

[Eggs_Over_EZ]

It is fascinating to watch hatching chicks but it is also worrisome. I find the best thing is to keep yourself busy. I would love to see pics when they hatch.

 

[TexasBlues]

Good luck on the hatch.
I agree on the keep yourself busy approach. My best hatch was when I totally left them alone.
I’m doing a dry hatch so far and humidity has been right at 25% for the first 2 weeks. I’m pretty sure I’m going to add water though on day 18 to bring it up to 50%. The die hard dry hatchers will say if you add any water it’s technically not a dry hatch, but I haven’t been sold on it yet so I’ll probably add water on day 18.
Next hatch I might just try it without any water the whole way through and see how the humidity does at hatch time. This hatch has some expensive eggs that I don’t want to experiment with. I’m not ready to go into lockdown at 25% humidity. Some people swear by it though. I gotta see it myself first.

 

[Roosterfeather]

I heard from a chick worker guy at tractor supply that if you hold a chick in your open hand, put your thumb on the chick's feet and tilt your hand downward that a male chick will just let himself go down and a female chick will try to get back up and resist going down. The worker said that he was told that by the guy that brings the chicks.

 

[Ladybird CA]

That’s what Boop did with the palm experiment before she disappeared. Thinking of finding a pic of Betty Boop holding a chick to get her to come back but I’m dealing with my own chicks booping around. Like the Colombian rock that decided to jump into the box next to it due to having to use 2 mesh bags. Little guy is already an escape artist. Thank goodness the chick didn’t jump in a water trough and drown. 5 have hatched; 3 EE and the other chick’s mom is the campine.

I never heard of that dry a hatch til now. I thought they would shrink wrap?

 

[Ladybird CA]

11 days old

Campine

EE

Light polish

Bigger polish

Last polish hatched

Fun pics- the benefit of getting Walmart delivery- free bags for your chicks to poop on. I also get to select gluten free, soy free and milk free items in the search filter.

 

[Ladybird CA]

I spoke too soon. I thought the squarer trays would be too high for the little guy to drown itself.

Wishing I didn’t remove that metal mesh barbecue thing. If I help it I’ll have to be quick or the others will drown in the egg. That 25% humidity at lockdown gives me hope.

 

[Ladybird CA]

I was debating whether or not to sell chicks this Sunday at a sale. This ADHD chick may have made the decision for me. Like how my older son helped me not want another kid til I changed my mind 6 years later. Now he’s being fussy, be back later.

 

[nuthatched]

I heard from a chick worker guy at tractor supply that if you hold a chick in your open hand, put your thumb on the chick's feet and tilt your hand downward that a male chick will just let himself go down and a female chick will try to get back up and resist going down. The worker said that he was told that by the guy that brings the chicks.

There is no guy "that brings the chicks", they come through the mail and are picked up at the P.O. it's a good way to hurt thrm