BYC's 4th of July Star Spangled Hatch-Along

[ronott1]

5 ducklings and 8 chicks so far. Ended up assisting the upside down duckling. No way it could get out- the air cell took up half the egg (detached due to shipping).

Good job!

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

@LydiaB On closer inspection, I think the one egg must have a been a little dirty. Not really noticeable, but enough to cause a little mold growth, because the chick had actually stopped developing. In retrospect, I think the signs were there, but I didn't notice. And now too if I am a little more diligent with my candling at lockdown, I probably would have noticed a difference compared to the others, because the air cell was way too big. :/

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

Nine chicks!

 

[LydiaB]

I got a total of 10 ducklings and 10 chicks. The duckling that was upside down appears to be feeling much better. Time will tell. I think my humidity was possibly too high? They hatched sticky with albumen. It was only 55% though, but 80% for lockdown as I couldn’t get it to 75%. I opened up the dead eggs and some had even internally pipped… but died in spite of the safety holes. Probably shipping issues, but could also be too high humidity.

 

[muddy75]

On all the hatches!

 

[LydiaB]

All the duck babies that hatched.

 

[LaurenRitz]

First pip! 10 made it to lockdown.

 

[Debbie292d]

17 hatched on the 3rd/4th but waited to post them to look a little fuzzier. Four were sold yesterday morning only because they live just a few miles away. Otherwise, I wait until they are at least two days old before letting them go.

 

[MountainWoman73]

Here's mine outside for their first time. We ended up with one barnyard mix EE, and 4 black copper marans. Not a great hatch rate (I originally set 16 eggs). Shipped eggs, potentially a little old, because the seller took forever to fill my order. I think the incubator ran a little uneven in temperature. But I'm happy with what I got. I'm officially guessing: 2 boys and 3 girls.

 

[LaurenRitz]

Of 14 eggs set, 2 were clears and 10 made it to lockdown. 5 have hatched and 5 remain, 4 of which have pipped. Dry hatch.