August 2023 hatch-a-long

[Canadian Wind]

I'd probably pull one inside....

But thats based on watching non broodies with chicks....

Maybe your broody will accept...but I like to play it safe

I would try sneaking it under her. I’ve had a hen accept chicks that were a week younger than the others.
But if you feel like it, you could play it safe and keep the chick inside.

I'll try tomorrow, I think. It's gonna be really cold tonight.

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

Sorry that you ended up with a lonely chick!
Hope the hen will adopt it

I am feeling a bit nerve wrecked right now.

Incubator says 2 days left on my duck eggs, which really means 4 more days until day 35 (I set it to less so that the turner would stop 4 days before hatch)

One looks fine, one I couldn’t see any movement and it has small dark blobs here and there which may or may not be normal.

#4… well i think i saw 2 roundish shadows in the air sac, but no noise and it’s really hard to tell if it is maybe internal pips. Can such shadows not be pips?

Of course when I went to take a photo it was gone. And then I got worried the egg would get cold so I put it back in. I’ll try for a photo later today (and will likely post a separate thread for more help as well then)

So exciting to be close to a new hatch, but I’ve never been this worried at the same time XD

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

Photos didn't work but you can kind of see what I mean on this video:

FYI posted it here for general help, so I don't spam this thread with my questions: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-with-assisting-twin-hatch-muscovi.1596613/

But I'll keep this group updated with further developments.

 

[junior67]

Photos didn't work but you can kind of see what I mean on this video:

FYI posted it here for general help, so I don't spam this thread with my questions: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-with-assisting-twin-hatch-muscovi.1596613/

But I'll keep this group updated with further developments.

Couldn't tell if internally pipped but definitely Shadowing that happens before an internal pip.

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

Well, definitely have an internal pip now! And heard a chirp
edit: make that 2 internal pips, but not in the same egg...

 

[Canadian Wind]

Sad ending for the OEGB eggs. Two didn't hatch (I blame my bad incubator), and the one that did I culled today. Two club feet. It was also very weak, and had trouble hatching, so I think this was for the best.

 

[Chive]

Sad ending for the OEGB eggs. Two didn't hatch (I blame my bad incubator), and the one that did I culled today. Two club feet. It was also very weak, and had trouble hatching, so I think this was for the best.

I am so sorry!

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

Sad ending for the OEGB eggs. Two didn't hatch (I blame my bad incubator), and the one that did I culled today. Two club feet. It was also very weak, and had trouble hatching, so I think this was for the best.

 

[Chive]

My friend took a few pictures of the chicks today. The last 2 look like they are Cream Legbar mixes, due to the crests on their heads. I’m super excited about that! I love crests! And feathered feet! My guess is that the 2nd (the light one) is a boy, and the 3rd (the brown one) is a girl. Unfortunately the one pure breed Cream Legbar egg that was developing didn’t hatch
The last picture is of the Americauna chicks that I hatched in July. They are so big compared to when I left! They were about 3 weeks old when we left, and they are about 7 weeks old now. I can just see all the boys I’m going to have to deal with when I get back.

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

Ducklings hatched successfully overnight
No twins after all!