August Hatch-A-Long!

[jnjmanning]

So my 3 chicks have open navels. The one isolated is healing slower (& I'm putting a lot of faith that it is *healing*) so they both have their own food and water. How does this setup look? Any suggestions?



The clear container is a lot smaller than it looks in the picture, the 2 others have more space further back.

Looks fine. Important thing is to keep the area clean and keep the other chicks from pecking at the sore. Good Luck

 

[Gen9]

Looks fine. Important thing is to keep the area clean and keep the other chicks from pecking at the sore. Good Luck

Thanks yeah whenever they poop I place another folded paper towel over it. I put the 3 together in the incubator & observed them for awhile. I didn't see any interest in pecking at the site but I have seen it in my last hatch - although, these are much different than prolapse)

 

[KuroKitsune]

just added 7 more button quail eggs to my bator today should hatch about the 29th. and i removed and did eggtopsyies on the eggs i had gottten from my uncle and they were apparently to old when i got them or infetile as none of them had any development at all...which is sad but i have hope i'll get atleast a few chicks from the button eggs in the bator

 

[DeannaA]

The information I have gotten is that the small eggs do not give enough room for the chick to grow and hatch.
I do not set pullet eggs. gives me the creeps to think there may be a growing chick that runs out of room and dies as a result.
Others may have a different opinion............
You could also write hatching pullet eggs into search and see what comes up.....

Good Luck

Thanks, that makes sense.

Honestly I would wait & it may vary depending on the breed. I have tried incubating a few of my marans pullets eggs at 7months old, they may start developing veins but nothing after that. By pullet went broody, so I'm letting her sit on hers & a few full grown hens' eggs just do she won't be disappointed

It's not for my eggs but eggs I'm buying. I just wanted to know when I'm buying.

I was hoping for Calico bantams, but Frizzles would be fun too. I'll look on Ebay, thanks!

I looked up calico bantams. Where did you find those? They are so cute. This is what I bought. They haven't hatched yet but they have been developing really well. They hatch on the 21st.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cochin-Bant...027?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4175be4cdb

I have a broody Russian Blue cat... he has sat patiently by the incubator for weeks through all the hatches - and now suddenly today I am constantly chasing him OFF the incubator

Good thing I stay home to keep him off of it.

He might just be hungry.

 

[DeannaA]

I put my last 2 EE eggs into lockdown, 2 out of 28 shipped eggs 6 breeds and all the made it was the EE.
9 out of 27 guinea eggs and all 6 quail (because I can't see thru the shell) also went into lockdown.

I picked up 14 seram and 10 EE eggs that are going into the incubator tonight.

 

[cocopop]

Well good news and maybe some bad news. The last egg in my incubator hatched tonight. The hen hatched 1 out of the seven on Day 18 in the morning. This afternoon she stepped out with the new chick and left the six other eggs. I put her back on the eggs along with the chick when they started to roost. Does the hen know the other 6 won't hatch or is she thrown off because one of them hatched early? Should I wait if she will continue sitting on the rest of the eggs or do I try to incubate them? Help advise please.

 

[familypendragon]

He might just be hungry.

LOL! He doesn't even know he is a cat We inherited him and he was kept in a single room his whole life before that. Now he is scared to go outside. He is getting braver though, this giant monster of a cat... if we leave the door completely open he will venture as far as the edge of the porch steps. His buddies spend all day playing on our 3 1/2 acres, hunting field mice, and laying amongst the chickens dreaming of being tigers. LOL!

 

[familypendragon]

Have y'all seen this

He isn't quite THAT sweet - I don't think...

 

[Gen9]

Have y'all seen this

He isn't quite THAT sweet - I don't think...

Cute!!!

 

[Heidisgran]

Well good news and maybe some bad news. The last egg in my incubator hatched tonight. The hen hatched 1 out of the seven on Day 18 in the morning. This afternoon she stepped out with the new chick and left the six other eggs. I put her back on the eggs along with the chick when they started to roost. Does the hen know the other 6 won't hatch or is she thrown off because one of them hatched early? Should I wait if she will continue sitting on the rest of the eggs or do I try to incubate them? Help advise please.

coco...she will only sit a few more days then start raising the baby...have you candled the other eggs? in my experience if her baby is only 1 or 2 days old she'll accept a new chick even if it's hatched in the incubator...when her first one is getting older than that she may not....it does depend on the bird though!