Day 18.....Lockdown

[Frankie Ruiz]

well you saying that just makes me feel way less stress. thanks!!

 

[sepaditty1]

I just love seeing these little babies! I set my eggs this evening for my very first hatch ever. I'm nervous and excited.

 

[gimmie birdies]

We all have tons of advice! I am on day 9 this was day 6 but now it is harder to see in egg. this is a brown egg.

 

[LDeBona]

I just love seeing these little babies!  I set my eggs this evening for my very first hatch ever.  I'm nervous and excited.

Good luck!!

Leslie

 

[LDeBona]

HOORAY!!! so glad she made it!

congrats on all the chicks everyone!!!!!

Farmer Viola......I need help. I have 5 wild chicks in my bator.....I have one pip, and 6 eggs that aren't doing anything yet. The chicks are climbing on top of the eggs. They are getting empty shells stuck on the other eggs. It's crazy. I'm afraid they are jeopardizing the other eggs. Is it ok?? I know I shouldn't open the bator with one pip. What should I do??

Thanks for your help.

Leslie

 

[Frankie Ruiz]

i just heard chirps !!!!!! yes !!!!!!!!

 

[ratelimit]

I live in Florida where the humidity has been relatively high the past 3 weeks. I had one side full most of the time. I was weighing the eggs every other day or so and tracking how much weight they lost. 13% over the 21 days is said to be ideal. Day 15 I was only down about 7% so I've left the water resivor empty to accelerate the weight loss. We are now on track and they cracked their shell this evening - now completely full of water for high humidity... I don't have a hygrometer.

I 'm following the weight loss chart / recommendations from Brinsea.

http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/humidity.html

-E

 

[Farmer Viola]

Farmer Viola......I need help. I have 5 wild chicks in my bator.....I have one pip, and 6 eggs that aren't doing anything yet. The chicks are climbing on top of the eggs. They are getting empty shells stuck on the other eggs. It's crazy. I'm afraid they are jeopardizing the other eggs. Is it ok?? I know I shouldn't open the bator with one pip. What should I do??

Thanks for your help.

Leslie

It's okay! I know it seems bad that they are running everywhere, but I see it as an alarm clock for the other eggs. Get up , get up, it's time to come out!
When you do pull them out it almost seems... oddly quiet. They won't hurt anything by running around or on top of the other eggs.

Don't open the incubator right now, because you have a pip. If you open it, you cause a sudden humidity drop, and that can dry out the membrane of the chick with the pip. It might glue that membrane to it's head right there at the pip mark and it might be unable to twist in the egg. Better to just wait.

Once that egg zips and comes out, and if there are no pips, that would be your window of time to take them out! Make sure the brooder is warmed up and ready

 

[Lyrika]

The barred rock that pipped has hatched but has stuff stuck on his butt. Quail have pipped but aren't doing much and no other pips from the chickens... I hope I get a couple more hatch.

Also just discovered someone knocked the temperature dial on the second bator that I have more quail eggs and a few araucanas in... I'm pretty sure they all got cooked =(

 

[LDeBona]

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It's okay! I know it seems bad that they are running everywhere, but I see it as an alarm clock for the other eggs. Get up , get up, it's time to come out!
When you do pull them out it almost seems... oddly quiet. They won't hurt anything by running around or on top of the other eggs.

Don't open the incubator right now, because you have a pip. If you open it, you cause a sudden humidity drop, and that can dry out the membrane of the chick with the pip. It might glue that membrane to it's head right there at the pip mark and it might be unable to twist in the egg. Better to just wait.

Once that egg zips and comes out, and if there are no pips, that would be your window of time to take them out! Make sure the brooder is warmed up and ready

Thank you SO much for ALL of your help! Number 7 just hatched and I have 3 more pips! There are two more eggs not doing anything yet. Today is Day 21. This bator says it holds 24. I can NOT imagine that May chicks hatching in it! I think I'm gonna have to leave the house. I am So tempted to get the cute little fluff balls out and hold them. I'll post more pics later.

Blessings,
Leslie