April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

[gmjarvi]

Help! This was that egg I was iffy about in my earlier post. Here are pictures of it at different angles... this is day 10

If it’s dead in shell the eggtopsy will be somewhat satisfying because I’m curious View attachment 2093576View attachment 2093577View attachment 2093578View attachment 2093579

I have always seen veins and movement at D10. Do you see veins or movmement?

 

[BuckeyeFoodie]

It's hatch day! I have 6 external pips (3 Silkie, 2 Ayam Cemani, 1 Phoenix-X), 3 internal (2 cochin, 1 AC), 1 silkie thats moving a lot, and the last Ayam Cemani I think might be a dud. I'm very excited for the Silkies to hatch, these are the first eggs of my grey pen since I had a single tester hatch in November, and that pullet is suuuuuuuuper nice.

Pipped eggs are up front, back left three are internally pipped, back right two are the questionable ones.

Periscope link - https://www.pscp.tv/w/cWhaHDF4blFyb...UNuhg2CDYLq9cTFEZ08kINeTE2bIBGoLxdb8?t=16m50s

 

[SongBird1798]

I have always seen veins and movement at D10. Do you see veins or movmement?

I’m losing my mind there because I’m not sure. I want to say maybe... would it be bad to leave in there?

 

[Akoharski4]

8/10 that went into lockdown made it. 7 hatched by days end yesterday... i removed the 7 from the incubator late last night because I didn’t want them stuck for another 12 hours.

I left the last 3 in overnight and I know I heard cheeping and saw wiggles. One hatched this morning and the other two had external pips. I checked the last two over and heard nothing/saw no movement. So I decided to do a safety hole. After that I heard no sound so I assumed they didn’t make it.

After opening up their eggs, it seems one never internally pipped. It was facing completely away from the aircell. The other internally pipped but never externally pipped. Both looked completely formed and no abnormalities, but they hadn’t absorbed their yolk sacs completely. Darn darn darn.

 

[CindyinSD]

Help! This was that egg I was iffy about in my earlier post. Here are pictures of it at different angles... this is day 10

If it’s dead in shell the eggtopsy will be somewhat satisfying because I’m curious View attachment 2093576View attachment 2093577View attachment 2093578View attachment 2093579

It doesn't look good to me. Leave it in a day or two if you think you should; it won't hurt anything. I tossed one like that last night, but I had been watching it for several days. Just FTT, I think. (failure to thrive) It wasn't meant to be. Not this time, anyway.

 

[SongBird1798]

It doesn't look good to me. Leave it in a day or two if you think you should; it won't hurt anything. I tossed one like that last night, but I had been watching it for several days. Just FTT, I think. (failure to thrive) It wasn't meant to be. Not this time, anyway.

Possibly... 9/12 are still going great though

 

[CindyinSD]

8/10 that went into lockdown made it. 7 hatched by days end yesterday... i removed the 7 from the incubator late last night because I didn’t want them stuck for another 12 hours.

I left the last 3 in overnight and I know I heard cheeping and saw wiggles. One hatched this morning and the other two had external pips. I checked the last two over and heard nothing/saw no movement. So I decided to do a safety hole. After that I heard no sound so I assumed they didn’t make it.

After opening up their eggs, it seems one never internally pipped. It was facing completely away from the aircell. The other internally pipped but never externally pipped. Both looked completely formed and no abnormalities, but they hadn’t absorbed their yolk sacs completely. Darn darn darn.

It happens. I don't open them. I don't like looking at the poor things. I am sure that in some time and some way, they get another go at life. Enjoy the ones that made it.

 

[kelseyk]

Please, show pics of your Sapphire Gems after the hatch

Will do! They are technically a Sapphire Gem/Lavender Orpington cross. The person I bought them from wanted to keep the Coloring where Sapphire Gems don't breed true.

 

[Taylorenee]

FINALLY LOCK DOWN!!! It is day 18!!! what should I try to keep my humidity at during lock down ? I have it at 55% currently is this a good percentage??

 

[beth1004]

I transferred all my eggs to the broody silkie because I had a lone ameraucana chick that needed companionship. She is now with the broody ameraucana hen. I’ll candle the eggs tonight. They should hatch Tuesday. Once they hatch and fluff up I’ll put some of the new babies with the Ameraucana hen. The last time I had 2 broody hens. They shared/fought over the eggs but co-parented the babies. I wish these 2 were on the same eggs. I think it would be easier than trying to maintain 2 separate broody hens.