Day 18.....Lockdown

[wildde]

Yeah!!!!

Doing happy dance for you. I'm hoping my tonight I see some little fuzzy butts of my own. I have removed myself from incubator room. Or I might go crazy and open bator again.

 

[Farmer Viola]

I know I shouldn't have, but just couldn't help myself. Moving in egg I see the white membrane that they are suppose to pip thru moving and hear a little chirp. The beak is not in the air sack. I have 3 eggs 1 black austrolop 1barred rock and I think the other is a rir. I'm nervous because last three eggs I sat all were upside down and only one was strong enough to make a pip on the wrong side of egg. I was checking to see if this is the case with these 3.

okay just trying to understand, so you have made an artificial pip thru the shell but not the membrane, that is good.

can you see any veins in the membrane? are they red? are they black? if the membrane begins to dry out, you can use anti-biotic oinment WITHOUT PAIN RELIEVER to soften the membrane. look at vein color once softened.
you can do this for the chicks who you see moving, but cannot locate the beak. sometimes the beak is under the wing. and sometimes the chick is malpositioned, as you already know.

If veins are RED, put it back it is not time.
If veins are BLACK, the chick is getting low on CO2 and will need to breathe air soon. this is the time to take action.

if black veins: you CAN make an artificial pip but it is very very risky. you must take extreme caution not to nick a vein. I feel that since it is day 22 you are not at risk of having high levels of water/clear in the egg that could cause drowning. but hitting a vein would probably kill the chick right now.
make a very small incision above the beak so it can breathe air, then put it back in the incubator to rest. the acclimation of the lungs should take 12-24 hrs. after that the chick should start trying to fight its way out.

I would not artificially pip the ones whose beaks you cannot locate.

if red veins: put it back, do nothing, wait longer.

 

[wildde]

Thank you, as of right now the veins are red I sat them back and hoping they pip themselves. I won't check again until later hoping I'm just being paranoid.

 

[Farmer Viola]

Okay good, it would be best if you left them alone and allow them to hatch on their own.

red veins, not ready yet.

I wanted you to have the proper information though, but please continue erring on the side of WAIT LONGER!!

 

[LDeBona]

5 pips and lots of chirping!! It's getting very exciting!

 

[Houma Saint]

5 pips and lots of chirping!! It's getting very exciting!

Sounds great. Good luck

 

[Lyrika]

Good morning everyone, it's almost 7 am here in Australia. Things are still happening here. My welsummer and hamburgh eggs hatched, and a barred rock is zipping. I'm still waiting on pips from 2 more barred rocks and another Sussex, plus the quail of course.

And I have some good news.

Meet Mal-the-formerly-malpositioned. She hatched into my hands at 2am last night, over 24 hours after initially pipping the wrong end of her egg. Her fluff is a little stuck down where it was under exposed membrane but she seems to be doing okay.

 

[kallan]

5 pips and lots of chirping!! It's getting very exciting!

Congratulations! Sounds like your home will soon be increasing by ten little feet!!!

 

[kallan]

Good morning everyone, it's almost 7 am here in Australia. Things are still happening here. My welsummer and hamburgh eggs hatched, and a barred rock is zipping. I'm still waiting on pips from 2 more barred rocks and another Sussex, plus the quail of course.

And I have some good news.


Meet Mal-the-formerly-malpositioned. She hatched into my hands at 2am last night, over 24 hours after initially pipping the wrong end of her egg. Her fluff is a little stuck down where it was under exposed membrane but she seems to be doing okay.

Mal is gorgeous........your patience with her was definitely worth it. Great job!

I am so happy for you! Congratulations and enjoy your new life!

Time to rest now.

 

[Frankie Ruiz]

i have 3 or 4 very tiny pips in the bobwhite eggs and most are internally pipped. none have hatched yet. i hope everything goes well and not like last time

. not much action going on