August Hatch-A-Long!

[ihavechickens]

Yay

 

[roostersandhens]

On hatching day for my 4 eggs (August 17th) happens to be this dog show (for all dogs) that I go to every year. I really don't want to miss the hatching of my hens chicks or the dog show. I'm so disappointed. I was looking forward to both of those things. ughhhh!

 

[ihavechickens]

Wheres the dog show at

 

[Roxannemc]

On hatching day for my 4 eggs (August 17th) happens to be this dog show (for all dogs) that I go to every year. I really don't want to miss the hatching of my hens chicks or the dog show. I'm so disappointed. I was looking forward to both of those things. ughhhh!

You probably wont miss a lot if You go to the dog show. It takes a while to hatch and when you come back you will have a suprise maybe and maybe sTILL have to wait so I say GO...
If you dont go you will just be running over to the bator 10,000 times to look in LOL

 

[Roxannemc]

Slow Poke is out his shell! He was completely pasted the membrane but all the yolk and blood was absorbed. His navel was protruding a little so I dabbed corn starch on it help dry it. He is very tired, hope he makes it. I made a concoction of warmed egg yolk and sav-a-chick probiotic and electrolytes powder and scraped a tiny bit into his beak. I will give him a little more later.



I still have 3 pipped eggs and 4 with no action. I suspect the 4 are not viable anymore, but we'll see. So I guess that means we have 13 hatched of 20 so far!

I wouldnt worry about feeding them manually for 12 hours anyway even slow poke .Could choke him if he breaths it down his lungs
I know you are trying to do all you can to help out but its better to let nature takes its course as much as possible

Even the slow poke they don't even want food water that much for hours , after they dry anyway.and they always rest after they are out for awhilte some are more chipper than others andtakeright off others lay around a lot. .... VERY tired ...it was a hard job to try and hatch!

They SAY they can go 3 days without water or food as the yolk gives them the energy to be strong so id let them do whats natural unless something goes on too long wit h them
I wouldnt put anything else on the navel as it might not be sterile and could give him an infection
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.They dry up after a while even when wet or even a chunk of hatch junk trailing off of it...One of mine this last time dragged the shell with him for about an hour or so then it fell off.. It all drys up When dry and stiff if it doesn't come off ok to cut it off..... once stiff and dry... but I would leave them alone until then... see how it goes. Sometimes trying to do the best for them to help might harm GOOD LUCK on Slow Poke!!

13 of 20 is awesome!

 

[familypendragon]

Lost the little pip from yesterday .  It pipped the wrong end, but seemed to be doing fine, lots of noise, and was zipping, so I figured I'd be ok to go to bed, got up this morning and it had only zipped about 2/3, but no noise, no movement, took it out of the bator to check and it was dead.  Really malpositioned, both feet behind head, wings kinda to the front, like the legs pushed them forward.  Wish I had stayed up now, poor little guy.  The yolk wasn't absorbed all the way either, but the blood vessels had receded fully.  Still 2 eggs to go, it's officially day 21 here!  3 little babies have already been moved to the brooder!

Aw, sorry about your little one.

 

[familypendragon]

I wouldnt worry about feeding them manually for 12 hours anyway even slow poke .Could choke him if he breaths it down his lungs I know you are trying to do all you can to help out but its better to let nature takes its course as much as possible Even the slow poke they don't even want food water that much for hours , after they dry anyway.and they always rest after they are out for awhilte some are more chipper than others andtakeright off others lay around a lot. .... VERY tired ...it was a hard job to try and hatch! They SAY they can go 3 days without water or food as the yolk gives them the energy to be strong so id let them do whats natural unless something goes on too long wit h them I wouldnt put anything else on the navel as it might not be sterile and could give him an infection . .They dry up after a while even when wet or even a chunk of hatch junk trailing off of it...One of mine this last time dragged the shell with him for about an hour or so then it fell off.. It all drys up When dry and stiff if it doesn't come off ok to cut it off..... once stiff and dry... but I would leave them alone until then... see how it goes. Sometimes trying to do the best for them to help might harm GOOD LUCK on Slow Poke!!

13 of 20 is awesome!

Well I drilled in to the air cells of the 4 I suspected were gone (does anyone else just feel it in the weight/coldness??) and indeed all 4 had died due to malposition and never pipped or had stopped developing a little earlier. All 3 left are pipped and one is zipping. So I think we will end up with 16 of 20 on my first hatch - I feel extremely blessed Thanks everyone for all the help!

 

[roostersandhens]

Wheres the dog show at

Arroyo Grande California. It's like 15 minutes from my house. I might just not stay the whole time.

 

[Roxannemc]

Just set 32 more eggs yesterday.
Soon as I want to shut down someone wants some and I had such cute mixed last hatch I set some of them again.but THIS is IT as I dont want chicks in the house all winter again.
So I think about Aug 24 they will hatch.
My broody is still sitting on the eggs out there.
They have to hatch soon
Wish i would have written down when I put them under her

but came in the house and other things came up .Now im stymied Thought it was when I put these incubated ones in.

My hatch last week was great 10 of 14 hatched ..... this last this week hatch not.

The temp went down on the bator too low the last week and i didnt get many chicks

Checked it 1/2 way thru and it was about 99.5 but before lock I notice it was lower
98.something guh...
So didn't get much NO LOs and only 3 of 6 LAMS One pipped and died 1/2 way thru zip and the other needed assisting so one wild good guy.
Not sure the assist will make it
Hes small and peeps all the time which isnt a good sign to me on any from past reference
.He seems ok but wouldnt shock me to see him dead
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Hes not interested in eyedropped food to give him energy..not a good sign either Sometimes that will perk them up ifthen eat it ..I have seen him pick at food a little but not sure he is eating or just picking at it.
If they don't thrive after hatch and they didn't hatch on their own often due to some problem we might not see, needed assisting, and peep a lot... then its not a good sign... usually they die within the first week
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Id say about 1/3 of the chicks ive assisted have some leg or foot problem or inner problem and died later but you have to help to save the 2/3 that are fine
Still I cringe when I have to assist as what problem will I see or will it be fine... and assisting happens pretty often on one egg at least and I HATE to CULL!!!
..I wait until NO progress AT ALL for at least 12-15 hour then i assist never have blood etc so always the right time but ...still problems sometimes on these chicks
Something was for sure wrong towards the end of this hatch the only possible thing is that low temp the last week

as the other good hatchers from last wek were in the same bator the whole hatch too until the last week.
So aggravating after 3 weeks of care but its not the first time or the last I guess something will screw up and ruin a hatch.
Oh well.
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[Roxannemc]

Arroyo Grande California. It's like 15 minutes from my house. I might just not stay the whole time.

Oh 15 minutes ... that's fine !Have any pipped or zipped?
You cant open the bator anyway while on lockdown or shouldn't so all you can do is look. Cant help them.