August Hatch along?

[Jules929]

Great news, named Lucky?

 

[slordaz]

not mine to name, the ones out early are ones I added in their for my neighbor, thought I do call the first one out squawk box, it actually helped the mal positioned one out I think, will see how today goes as those 2 were a day early still got 44 eggs in there. usually when have mal positioned they haven't absorbed the yoke but this one had.

 

[JDB99]

5 out of 13 have hatched now, more on the way. Looks like they are all going to be yellow with little black dots on the back of their head. Moms are buff orpingtons and dads a white, black breasted easter egger with splotches of red on his wings.

 

[Jules929]

Aww, cute!

 

[slordaz]

moved the early ones over to the other incubator, these 2 both belong to my neighbor outta her flock, they weren't to happy as humidity in the other one is running about 87% right now

 

[slordaz]

ok , these guys were placed in with pointy end down, got 3/4 mal pipped mal positioned, 1 made it 1 is still working on it other one died, they were in egg turner that had them standing on end so kinda frustrated here with this, need to figure out whats causing mal positioning

Incubation was with fan forced at 99.5 humidity was running about 50% up to day 18 removed vent plug , laid them down and dropped to 98.5 and 70% at lock down and spiked to 87 on day 20 when 2 chicks hatched early when get internal pips day 21 was at 97.5 humidity is stay the same
3 feet over head 2 died
3 beak away from air cell 1 died
1 died showed no activity and opened to do eggtospy on 9 remaining eggs that showed no activity and it started moving, these appear to be 5-7 days behind the rest of the hatch so left remaining 8 and will pull if they start to smell

Total up to date live chicks 4
needs more coffee

 

[MichelleBelle]

Day 20 here, and have 1 baby hatched, and 2 more externally pipped.

 

[slordaz]

Third one is out of shell safely after freeing up her legs

1 looks like it's unzipping without an external pip yet and another with external pip

 

[dpenning]

ok , these guys were placed in with pointy end down, got 3/4 mal pipped mal positioned, 1 made it 1 is still working on it other one died, they were in egg turner that had them standing on end so kinda frustrated here with this, need to figure out whats causing mal positioning

Incubation was with fan forced at 99.5 humidity was running about 50% up to day 18 removed vent plug , laid them down and dropped to 98.5 and 70% at lock down and spiked to 87 on day 20 when 2 chicks hatched early when get internal pips day 21 was at 97.5 humidity is stay the same
1 feet over head
2 beak away from air cell

I leave them on t heir side the whole time and only had to help one egg on my last hatch. Mama's don't have them on end, why should we?

 

[slordaz]

I leave them on t heir side the whole time and only had to help one egg on my last hatch. Mama's don't have them on end, why should we?

gonna try that next, so far this is one of the better hatches I have had other than the mal-positioning, here she is after she got rid of the egg shell she was dragging around and dried out