August 2016 Hatch-A-Long

[SunHwaKwon]

Three blues

 

[Fluffyserama]

So I drilled into the air cells of the ones I thought had died and confirmed it. 3 had internally piped but didn't go any further, another had its head on the wrong end. I have 1 egg that is cheeping at me and am wondering what I can do to prevent myself from losing this one too? The last hasn't done anything yet but the vessels I can see look strong. Humidity is at 65% and I haven't had any external pips at all.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

So I drilled into the air cells of the ones I thought had died and confirmed it. 3 had internally piped but didn't go any further, another had its head on the wrong end. I have 1 egg that is cheeping at me and am wondering what I can do to prevent myself from losing this one too? The last hasn't done anything yet but the vessels I can see look strong. Humidity is at 65%  and I haven't had any external pips at all.

I know some people play chirping sounds for motivation. You might try that!

 

[teaton]

Fluffyserama
One of mine zipped and then positioned backwards and died like that too, I'm sorry I feel your pain, but when I played baby chicken noises on YouTube it got them going, you can try that, I heard not to help them unless you know you have to. Hopefully the rest of our hatch goes good, I can't keep my temp regulated ever since I had to take dead chick out, it keeps going to 102 and 104, I may not have any babies

good luck with yours!

 

[teaton]

Three blues

Awww! Adorable, congratulations! I'm glad you didn't give up on them!

 

[teaton]

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I've had that in a few eggs. I think it's normal. I wonder if it got stuck blocking the zip crack and suffocated.

Yes it was breech when I found it and opened it

 

[teaton]

That's sad to hear. Maybe it didn't absorb the yolk all the way. Best of luck for your other seven.

Thank you!

 

[Fluffyserama]

So I made a hole in the piped eggs and I'm glad I did! The membrane had collapsed around it and the chick was well on its way to being shrink wrapped. (Membrane was turning white in places) I upped humidity, put olive oil on the membrane and made a cap with another egg shell... how often do you think I should re-apply the oil?

 

[Fluffyserama]

I'm also thinking that the three chicks that piped but didn't make it failed because they piped in a funky air cell away from where they could reach the shell.
This has been quite the refresher course in incubation. I hope I do better during the September hatch

 

[Math]

I'm sorry this hatch did not go as well as you expected. I hope September is much better.