August Hatch-A-Long!

[BY Chicken Lady]

I've got a pip! now I hope it doesn't hatch til tomorrow.

last chick I had hatch on day 19 died from prolapse LOL I must be the only one that doesn't want my chicks to hatch yet.

Sorry about the one that died. Yippee for the new pipper!

 

[BY Chicken Lady]

I would PM Sally Sunshine It's worth a shot to hatch these Good luck! sorry to hear about your loss, the ones that survive we appreciate that much more.

I read something somewhere (try googling) that if you get eggs with air cells like that you can start incubating without turning for something like five days. It is suppose to help reset the air cells. Also let them rest at least 24 to 36 hrs before incubating. I will try to find the article and post it if I do.

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: poor little things...I'm so glad

 

[BY Chicken Lady]

The hen is only a year old, so it shouldn't be age. I'm thinking that if it was incubator problems then the others would have this problem too..or at least some of them. It's only from this particular hen. At first I thought it could be that the eggs were too old, but it even happened with one that went straight from the nest box to the bator. Ugh! It's so frustrating trying to figure this out! If it weren't for the fact that I really want some of her babies for our breeding project I wouldn't be as concerned. :/

Could it be the rooster? Guess you won't know if its either one of them unless you breed them with someone else and see how their eggs do.

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: oh that reminds me I read that too!! not to turn them for a few!

 

[CarolinaHen]

Carolina let me know what the suggestion is...curious...I haven't had that problem with my home growns but with some from certain breeders

Will do!!

 

[CarolinaHen]

oh that reminds me I read that too!! not to turn them for a few!

These aren't from shipped eggs. They are from one of my own hens. I have her "sister" and none of hers have this issue. :/

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: oh did I post that to you? I meant it for a person with detached air cells in some shipped eggs...the chicken lady...remembered and I was just saying I remember reading that too...
I curious about your situation....I'm sure I read at some point that it's minerals missing in the parents...I tried researching but didn't come up with much...then you know how it goes you start looking things up and end up reading...good stuff...but not what you originally were looking for ! lol

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: oh did I post that to you? I meant it for a person with detached air cells in some shipped eggs...the chicken lady...remembered and I was just saying I remember reading that too...
I curious about your situation....I'm sure I read at some point that it's minerals missing in the parents...I tried researching but didn't come up with much...then you know how it goes you start looking things up and end up reading...good stuff...but not what you originally were looking for ! lol

Carolina I just had some results searching "death in shell" it does talk about nutrition...

 

[BY Chicken Lady]

My hen just took a break! I gave her some sunflower seeds, she was calling her eggs kinda like how a rooster calls his hens! it was so cute!! 1 week till her eggs hatch!!

I love that sound my rooster makes calling the girls...It reminds me of Barry White the way he woo's the girls.

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