Come hatch along with us!!! Last sets of the year! 10-18 to 11-7

[kizanne]

Just found out my splash EE will throw all blue chicks with my current roo. I've hatched out two of her eggs.


So far I have 12 hatched one in the middle of an assist and 6 not showing any external pipping yet but today is day 21 so I'm still hopeful on them. I got 3 used Little Giants Friday to help hatch and keep seperate my different breeding combinations. I'm just glad they seem to be all working properly and hoping for some more hatches. Have 1 marans left. Have 2 1/2 EE's left to hatch. One pipped really early yesterday but made no progress only one tiny hole. This afternoon I opened the hole up some cause the membrane looked dried. I only removed the outer membrane and put warm water on the inner membrane. I could still see veins so I stopped and put him back in the hatcher and have been periodically moistening the membrane with warm water. Hope he comes out on his own. I hate doing much more, so he's 1/2 hatched. He's alive, breathing and only 3/4 of a shell on him. One barred rock mix and one red mix left. Most of the ones left haven't pipped as I said. I have now started to circle around.

The ones that hatched yesterday are starting to get antsy in the hatcher so since there are alot of unpipped shells I'm gonna grab them out of there after dinner.

 

[LissyB]

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I have been incubating for a flippin 32 days now. I don't hear anything, and I saw some movement.

 

[Shades of Blue]

I am waiting to see all the pics from everyone as they are hatched out....I just found this thread.

I enjoy hatching the little chickies.....and feel the rush with you guys and they are not even my chicks...lol

 

[kizanne]

I have been incubating for a flippin 32 days now. I don't hear anything, and I saw some movement.

Ok I might have missed this but what kind. Some duck eggs take up to 35 days to hatch other not as much

 

[LissyB]

It is a Khaki Campbell. They take 28 days typically.

By the way... congrats on your new little guys!

 

[SilverDuck284]

I think only muscovy ducks take 35 days. I could be wrong of course.

 

[Brookhavens]

how do you calibrate one?

I bought one of these calibration kits off of ebay. Just put the hygrometer in the bag and seal it and let it sit for 12-24 hours. Or you can use a ziploc bag and a 1/2 cup of table salt (NO IODINE) mixed with water to make it the consistency of wet sand. Here is a video on how to Calibrate with table salt

 

[LissyB]

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Ya, IDK if the parents were purebred or not, we got them at a feed store, and it was their first time bringing in ducklings and chicks... so they didn't really know what breed they were.

 

[Roxannemc]

If your humidity was stable and not too high throughout incubation then don't worry too much for lockdown. As long as they lost the moisture they needed to, they wont drown. At this point, more is better than less, you don't want them to shrink wrap. Keep your rags damp, and keep an eye on them.

Thanks for the help. That makes sense
.I aimed for 35-40
I try to do 40-45 usually but one set of eggs the breeder (in my state) said they do well at 34.No action yet evening of day 20

 

[kizanne]

Yes just checking. wouldn't want to crack a Muscovy 3 days early. I have never hatched a duck but being 4 days late would worry me unless you absolutely know you have a low temp for lots of the time.