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Daily Digest for The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!
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One has 5 toes. The yellow hatched from a green egg. YAY BROODIES!!! I will need them. Now to pray 3/4 are hens
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There are lots of reasons why hatches can be unsuccessful. First, question would be to try to figure out what part of the incubation is the issue.
How many eggs are viable at days 7, 14 & 18?
At hatch, how many start hatching and quit?
At what stages?
Internal pip?
Pip?
Zip?
Etc...
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Chime in on what CayuseRanch asked.
I force myself to open each egg and try to figure out when they died. If most of them died at the same time, then I try to figure out what happened at that time. I have helped with figuring out stuff like this before and pictures really help! Once it was a heat spike on day 14 or 15. Nicely formed chicks with healthy looking egg sacks.
To continue...
In High School I was on the wrestling team as a sophmore. The coach drilled into us to work on the basics. The Basics for incubation are:
1. Temperature
2. Humidity
3. Ventilation
Temperature you will work on when you get an accurate Thermometer. The Brinsea is very good and they will work with you if the one you get is defective. I would get it directly from them and get the current discount code from their facebook page. Thermo works is another good one. Look for one that is as accurate as possible.
Humidity is not as critical since a range from 25 to 60% will work for most eggs.
Ventilation is often over looked. All the vents need to be open after the first week or so. Ventilation, heat too high and humidity too high will suffocate the chicks. Oxygen goes down in the incubator to lethal levels. You also need to make sure any vent holes in the bottom are open. Egg shells often get into mine. The place that the incubator is in also needs to have good air flow.
Please post more information and we will help you for sure!
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Thanks for using my pic of the emu
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I did not know that PAchickenlover was a transmission dismantler! Good job!umbs:
Lol neither did I but I was tired of looking at it sitting in our driveway and having to walk around the thing. It was worth a lot more taken apart than it was intact. (Hubby is a mechanic, and I took a course on auto body repair) I've had a good teacher. Lol
I am from a Family of Mechanics. I worked at Wrecking yard my first year in College. It was a great experience.
It's good to know that the parts are worth that much in a transmission as salvage.
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Welcome to the 5th Annual Easter Hatch a Long Daily Digest!
4-4-2014 Issue
Setting eggs for the HAL: FarmGirl9494 set on the 28th and 22nd; onlygirloutof6 posted a set count update
A bunch of us are candling! Scrambles55 might; BroosterSpringsteen did; Bhmathews posted a picture see post 7623; Tomorrow for Whoops, candled anyway; CayuseRanch is off to candle 103 eggs; enola has all 6 developing!; Math pulled 8 with 44 left; Book may have 7 of 10 left; misbhaven needs to candle—found a stinker; sillycmoy wants to candle
ImpulsiveFarmer got a huge
JennaLynn122 dropped the hygrometer! And has ordered a new one.
Sueg4332 posted Naked Necked x cochin bantam chick pictures! Post 7626
Scrambles55 and Bhmathews will be away on thatch day! Do not worry.
Cynthia12 posted a picture of an Ayam Cemani
Quailtrails Daughter is logging the hatch for development as a school project.
Abmaddox1981 has Cotton Patch Geese(bred for keeping bugs down in cotton fields) has some fixing to hatch!
CayuseRanch reminded us to calibrate new incubators.
Misschickenlittle has a power outage! It lasted all night and the incubators got down to the 60s…
SoManyHats is having Thermometers going wonky for unknown reasons.
Anconna Duckling! Post 7667
We talked about mean roosters. Crony Caleb has one that is good as a flock master but gets Corny. Some mean Roosters become chicken dinner!
GerbilsOntoast is addicted! Chicks somehow made it from TSC to a Brooder at their place. Gyreyes is further lost.
Cynthia12 said Good Morning!michaelf said Happy Friday! It was good for cynthia12—the missing eggs showed up!
Jbher asked when to candle 7, 14, 18 to check air cell
Foxvalleyfarm posted cute chick pictures post 7730 More cuteness in post 7747
Salleyshunshine is baking an Apple Cake for DHs Birthday!
Today is WinDanceres Birthday too.
Blarneyeggs posted a Broody picture! Post 7757
PAchickenlover had a hen lay a huge egg! Post 7766 It is a double yolk egg. It might go into the bator….
Jinks12333 wants to candle but has eggs in lockdown in the same bator!
Please post your set numbers if you have not already posted them.
Remember the thermometers that all went bonkers for SoManyHats? They all agree not.
Foxvalleyfarm lost all of the recently hatched chicks
Michaelf has an odd egg in post 7808
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Welcome to the 5th Annual Easter Hatch a Long Daily Digest!
4-5-2014 Issue
Setting eggs for the HAL: EnnisLakeFarm on time set 28; cluckinkere set on the 29th ; Sprin-Egg on the 29th; Joaov87, quail; hiddenacres(not sure when); GerbilsOnToast; Redtractorranch(did not say when); AbbyTravers;
Candling: BRogo; quailtrail; Montanadolphin; ImpulsiveFarmer; LBKS; Cynthia12; Whoops; BridgetBarger; cindynkidsd; Sclark73; cacooley;
Abmaddox1981: Goose eggs hatching but humitity looks high. Happy chooks asked about it.
Hiddenacres is nervous—sees blood rings and a spot but they might not be those. 3 are going strong for sure.
Pray for sasimpson – Foster Dad has leukemia.
Blarneyeggs took a picture of a Hawk! Post 7845
Chickenlisa posted a cute picture with toy poultry on it to ecourage hatching! There was a plug which lead us to discuss vents and even high altitude hatching!
DCdhicken is hatching some ayam Cemani eggs!
Luvmypets is hatching for the first time! Welcome!
Quailtrail lost all the eggs and wants more! Go Maine!
Hockeydad6791 posted first hatch pictures in post 7898
Cynthia12 said good night! Sleep like a baby…
Sclark73 is hatching a Double Yolk egg!
Gardeningmama said happy Saturday!
Wisher1000 has Silver Campines popping in the hatcher! Oz wants on the list to get some!
LBKS won the first Random post Prize! Congratulations!
Foxvalleyfarm’s DH did not need surgery but did get several stitches! I hope he heals up nicely!
Austinbndr28 won the wet poultry photo contest!
Oz has quite a production going Post 7987
The funky egg that michaelf posted a picture of had yolk! Post 7999
Misbhaven had a turner failure and now a zero hatch!
Cynthia12 said Good Afternoon!
Pyxis posted a picture of the Sebastapol Gosling that hatched last night! Post 8019
TJChickens is worried about her hatch because the turner did not turn on after a 5 day rest. Do not sweat the small stuff! They will probably be fine.
HerbGir1972 has chicks hatching at DDs school
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Thanks Ron!
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Your welcome!
I ran out of time for the smileys but will get them into tomorrows Digest.
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