Cochin Thread!!!

[WVduckchick]

Thy won't start here until march

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I'd send you a couple of these if you weren't clear across the dang country! :/

 

[WVduckchick]

Oh, I have one last pip, and one just hatched a couple hours ago, and 3 eggs that never pipped. I pulled the hatched chick and checked to make sure the pipped one was still alive. It is. Grabbed the other 3 eggs, candled, tapped on the shells and all 3 peeped back at me!
So I put them back in. Might have to consider air holes if the don't pip soon.

 

[billiejw89]

Oh, I have one last pip, and one just hatched a couple hours ago, and 3 eggs that never pipped. I pulled the hatched chick and checked to make sure the pipped one was still alive. It is. Grabbed the other 3 eggs, candled, tapped on the shells and all 3 peeped back at me!

So I put them back in. Might have to consider air holes if the don't pip soon.

Good luck with the last of them!

 

[WVduckchick]

Good luck with the last of them! 

I did a safety hole in one egg, but not in the other 2. Got up this morning and that one hatched! The other 2, I'm pretty sure are gone, but that's ok. I got a bunch of cute babies!

 

[billiejw89]

I did a safety hole in one egg, but not in the other 2. Got up this morning and that one hatched! The other 2, I'm pretty sure are gone, but that's ok. I got a bunch of cute babies!

So adorable!! Congrats!!
I checked our eggs, pretty sure 2 of them are gone. Saw movement in the other, made a safety hole and it looked Shrink wrapped. The membrane was white and thick looking. I moistened the membrane and gently made a hole to get the beak out. It still has some major blood vessels and yolk so I've been checking on it every few hours. It's starting to peep stronger every time I do so I have hope for it. Just waiting.

 

[NanaKat]

I checked our eggs, pretty sure 2 of them are gone. Saw movement in the other, made a safety hole and it looked Shrink wrapped. The membrane was white and thick looking. I moistened the membrane and gently made a hole to get the beak out. It still has some major blood vessels and yolk so I've been checking on it every few hours. It's starting to peep stronger every time I do so I have hope for it. Just waiting.

Your late hatching chicks may be the ones you set later in the incubator.
Some Cochin eggs can be slower to hatch. I've had a few late hatchers with each load in the incubator...I don't clear to incubator until day 23.

 

[billiejw89]

Your late hatching chicks may be the ones you set later in the incubator.
Some Cochin eggs can be slower to hatch. I've had a few late hatchers with each load in the incubator...I don't clear to incubator until day 23.

I set all 6 eggs on the same day. 2 were clear. I had humidity at 60-63 for lockdown maybe it needed to be higher? The chick is making stronger sounds by the hour. How will I know when it's ready to "hatch" I know to look for veins which are getting smaller every time I check but what about the yolk? I don't want to help it out and have the yolk still out. How long does that process usually take?

 

[WVduckchick]

I set all 6 eggs on the same day. 2 were clear. I had humidity at 60-63 for lockdown maybe it needed to be higher? The chick is making stronger sounds by the hour. How will I know when it's ready to "hatch" I know to look for veins which are getting smaller every time I check but what about the yolk? I don't want to help it out and have the yolk still out. How long does that process usually take?

Wow! Great! I hope you get another one! I shoot for 65-70% for the last 3 days I had to assist a couple this time. I went ahead and removed the whole shell cap around the air cell, moistened with vaseline and waited. Once the veins were clear, I removed the membrane. I had one that took several more hours to push out! But it did.

 

[WVduckchick]

Group photo (minus one or two non-cooperative ones lol)

 

[billiejw89]

So through the membrane I can see what appears to be a small amount of yellow it doesn't look like yolk, it looks like pale yellow scrambled egg. The blood vessels are 99 percent gone. Just waiting a little longer but the yellow stuff is concerning. Any thoughts?