Anyone Due to Hatch on the 15th of July?pics GC's

[walkswithdog]

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What is this "woke up" of which you speak??? I do not know this term... LOL I didn't do any of that elusive sleeping thing last night with this hatch. Congrats.

 

[mahalo4]

I am so Eggcited for all of you!!!

I am still waiting for my first pip have a couple wobblers today is day 21 at 2:30

maybe when I get home from work.

 

[IggiMom]

Well I have had a small catastrophe here. LOTS of little quails (is the plural of quail quails or quail)--anyway out of 16 eggs 11 hatched, which I think is great, my best hatch yet.

BUT--this morning when I walked in here a few minutes ago, they were ALL BUT ONE swimming in the jars of water in there for moisture. I thought the jars were tall enough to be safe but I was wrong. ALL of them frantically swimming about. Only one has died, so far, of course I took them out and they are all wet and flailing about. I expect more will die they don't look good, but you never know.

Well, shoot if I can't use jars to keep the humidity up, now what am I going to do?

This hatch is over, anyway, do I have taken all water stuff out. Um, they are wet enough as it is.

So--cross fingers for my baby quails. This sort of thing is very discouraging, isn't it.

One BO has hatched in the other incubator. Hopefully more soon.

Catherine

 

[purelypoultry]

We have Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, New Hampshires, Production Reds, Rhode Island Reds, Buff Orpingtons, Light Brahmas, White Rocks, White Wyandottes, Assorted Rare, Assorted Bantams, and hatchery choice guineas that we are hatching today. If you order today we might be able to get yours out today or next week.

 

[mahalo4]

you can screen the tops/and i have heard of people blow drying their chicks/then dry and warm/hope this helps

 

[walkswithdog]

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Blow dry the chicks, asap. Hatching at 50-60% humidity is possible and doesn't require extreme effort. Use wet wool socks if you need to boost humidity.
I'm sorry you learned the first rule of chick the hard way - the suckers can get all kinds of places you think they can't.

It always hurts to find one cold or injured or dead because there was NO WAY a chick could get in there and it did. We all learn those the hard way. You can't KNOW until you find out, unfortunately. Dry them on low, keep the dryer moving so you don't scorch them and change the towel you're holding them in a couple of times to help them dry. You can rub at them a little with the towel - it helps.

 

[IggiMom]

Thanks Walks with Dog, you always have good advice, and I will take it.

I still can't believe it, you should have seen all those little things thrashing about in their little swimming pools.

Off I go to get a hair dryer.

Catherine

 

[Pattymal]

Catherine,
Keeping my

for your keets!
Next time maybe you could you put a piece of nylon stocking over the jars?
I guess we learn each time we do this- I had put some strips of washcloth down in the bator to help keep the humidity up. One of my chicks got a string stuck to her leg. I was afraid it was wrapped around and I spent a good 1/2 hour trying to get it off her using a bamboo skewer poked through the holes in the bator.

Next time I won't put in the strips!

So

to hear about everyone's

!!!

 

[Pattymal]

How long does it usually take for a chick to get dry & fluffy?
What if they don't?

My first and third hatchers look the same (big, yellow), and they are pretty much fluffed out, but my second hatched (the scrawny little brown one that looks like he doesn't fit in) still looks wet and has a few pieces of shell stuck to him.
Should I intervene?

 

[NU CHICKS]

I have 2 very cute maran/EE crosses.

I will post picts once they dry off. Someone mentioned that you can blow dry them (?) Is this correct, please explain. These 2 are causing havoc on the bator, knocking down eggs and such.