Here are the little ones: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera, Minerva, Venus, and Juno. (In no particular order, yet)
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Here are the little ones: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera, Minerva, Venus, and Juno. (In no particular order, yet)
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Hi! Is it possibly for a chick to develop upside-down in the egg? I'll get to that later.
Threeacresfarm - love the names! What happens if they turn into boys, though? Those are all goddess names.
For me, hatching was slow this time around. It took FOUR WHOLE DAYS! I'm amazed... Anyway, the last ones hatched yesterday afternoon. There was a total of 22 hatched, but I could see one that was pipped but hadn't done anything in about two days. I widened the pip a bit but there was no movement - every other time I've done that the chick begins moving and peeping a little (sometimes a lot, and loudly!). I thought that it might be dead and only grew more convinced as I began to zip. There was still no movement at all. I peeled the egg and couldn't feel/see any breathing or heartbeat and the abdomen looked quite unusual. So that was odd.
Anyway, nothing more happened for 24 hours, and then when I was cleaning out the incubator just now, I noticed that something was peeping VERY LOUDLY. I worked out which egg it was and tried to remove it from the carton only to find it was stuck. Which is unusual, to say the least. After carefully extrediting, it, I saw that the chick had zipped all the way around -- but at the wrong end of the egg! The cardboard of the carton had dried out the membrane around the zip and the chick had been stuck to the carton. The chick, however, was still very much alive, and very eager to share its displeasure with the world.
I put the egg on a warm, wet facewasher and dampened the edges of the zip until I could widen the crack a bit. When the chick was no longer stuck at the edges, it had no trouble hatching in the normal way (out of the wrong end of the egg). It had a large patch on its back of hardened membrane and bit of shell and cardboard, though. I gave it a quick 'bath' in warm water, keeping the head above the water, and it peeled off easily enough.
The chick is now doing fine. It's very strong and seems healthy. It was definately ready to hatch - it had already pooed that horrible green first poo, inside the egg. I'm keeping it seperate from the others until it dries off, though.
It was all a little odd. I've never heard of a chick being upside-down in the egg before. Mum says it happens sometimes with human babies, though. But this chick is a bit of a miracle after the stillborn one yesterday!
Anyway, the incubator is clean, and my sister has just set 2 dozen duck eggs in it. No more chicken eggs will be set for another week (I want them to go into lockdown at the same time). Heh... Yes, I'm addicted to incubating chicks. Is that a problem...?
from Rachel.
PS, Sorry I don't have any pictures. My sister says I use her camera too much!
Threeacresfarm - love the names! What happens if they turn into boys, though? Those are all goddess names.
For me, hatching was slow this time around. It took FOUR WHOLE DAYS! I'm amazed... Anyway, the last ones hatched yesterday afternoon. There was a total of 22 hatched, but I could see one that was pipped but hadn't done anything in about two days. I widened the pip a bit but there was no movement - every other time I've done that the chick begins moving and peeping a little (sometimes a lot, and loudly!). I thought that it might be dead and only grew more convinced as I began to zip. There was still no movement at all. I peeled the egg and couldn't feel/see any breathing or heartbeat and the abdomen looked quite unusual. So that was odd.
Anyway, nothing more happened for 24 hours, and then when I was cleaning out the incubator just now, I noticed that something was peeping VERY LOUDLY. I worked out which egg it was and tried to remove it from the carton only to find it was stuck. Which is unusual, to say the least. After carefully extrediting, it, I saw that the chick had zipped all the way around -- but at the wrong end of the egg! The cardboard of the carton had dried out the membrane around the zip and the chick had been stuck to the carton. The chick, however, was still very much alive, and very eager to share its displeasure with the world.
I put the egg on a warm, wet facewasher and dampened the edges of the zip until I could widen the crack a bit. When the chick was no longer stuck at the edges, it had no trouble hatching in the normal way (out of the wrong end of the egg). It had a large patch on its back of hardened membrane and bit of shell and cardboard, though. I gave it a quick 'bath' in warm water, keeping the head above the water, and it peeled off easily enough.
The chick is now doing fine. It's very strong and seems healthy. It was definately ready to hatch - it had already pooed that horrible green first poo, inside the egg. I'm keeping it seperate from the others until it dries off, though.
It was all a little odd. I've never heard of a chick being upside-down in the egg before. Mum says it happens sometimes with human babies, though. But this chick is a bit of a miracle after the stillborn one yesterday!
Anyway, the incubator is clean, and my sister has just set 2 dozen duck eggs in it. No more chicken eggs will be set for another week (I want them to go into lockdown at the same time). Heh... Yes, I'm addicted to incubating chicks. Is that a problem...?
from Rachel.
PS, Sorry I don't have any pictures. My sister says I use her camera too much!
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That's amazing! Poor little baby! 
When do you think you could post pictures?
When do you think you could post pictures?
It happens when the egg is in the wrong position during incubation sometimes. Other times it just happens for no reason. My last try at incubation the one that made it to day 18 was upside down. I think it drowned because it wasn't able to get to get to the air sac at the top of the egg.
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I think that's what happened with one of my eggs. None of them ended up hatching. I'm going to crack them open today and see how far they got in development.
interesting ! what did you find?
how did your eggtopsy go?
I have a blue egg in bator today (day 21) and one blue and one brown egg on day 20. I had movement on last candle 2 days ago. Can I at least see a little rocking????
I also have 15 silkie eggs in bator #2 due to hatch on thursday the 18th. I am praying that is a good hatch.
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Horrible!! Only three out 10 eggs were fertile!! There was one chick that was barely developed, one that was about 15 days developed, and one that was just days away from hatching but, they all died. The cracked egg the only one in my incubator was never even fertile. But the eggs under my broody Ember all died, so I know it wasn't my fault there. I can tell you one thing though, I am never buying from that lady again.
Auhhhg..... but, I have more eggs coming in the mail (from a different person), but now Ember has to sit 21 more days.
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