DAY 23!

[jennyb]

I have successfully hatched a dozen it so clutches of geese and chickens. My daughter is is Kindergarten teacher and has my two incubators in her classroom

15 eggs from my coop were placed on Wednesday 3/22 at 6 pm. They were candled on Day 7 and 14 and 18. Five were early quitters or not fertile.

Day 18 they were placed in incubator 2 for lockdown. The thermostat was wrong and they were in 90 degrees F for about 10 hours.

Then that night the humidity went from 70 to 23 over 10 hours. There was a crack in the lid fit.

I estimate pipping should have started on the 12th in the afternoon. Nothing. Emergency candling, very gentle, showed at least 6 eggs with movement, other 4 looked ok. No break into air space but a lot of activity.

Temp and humidity since the problem have been 99 and 70 down to 50 in the early AM.

Nothing today, Day 23. The children are asking if those are real chicks and are we just going to pretend they hatch? (!)

Advice? Help with the pip? leave them alone? Pretend they hatch?

This is a really big deal to 20 5 year olds.

 

[Purelychicks]

I have successfully hatched a dozen it so clutches of geese and chickens. My daughter is is Kindergarten teacher and has my two incubators in her classroom

15 eggs from my coop were placed on Wednesday 3/22 at 6 pm. They were candled on Day 7 and 14 and 18. Five were early quitters or not fertile.

Day 18 they were placed in incubator 2 for lockdown. The thermostat was wrong and they were in 90 degrees F for about 10 hours.

Then that night the humidity went from 70 to 23 over 10 hours. There was a crack in the lid fit.

I estimate pipping should have started on the 12th in the afternoon. Nothing. Emergency candling, very gentle, showed at least 6 eggs with movement, other 4 looked ok. No break into air space but a lot of activity.

Temp and humidity since the problem have been 99 and 70 down to 50 in the early AM.

Nothing today, Day 23. The children are asking if those are real chicks and are we just going to pretend they hatch? (!)

Advice? Help with the pip? leave them alone? Pretend they hatch?

This is a really big deal to 20 5 year olds.

I just hatched some last week and they all hatched day 23/24. Personally, I got worried and candled a few to check development. They were fine. As long as they are not pipped, shrink wrap isn’t super common. I’m not really sure what the case is with those, though.

 

[jennyb]

I have successfully hatched a dozen it so clutches of geese and chickens. My daughter is is Kindergarten teacher and has my two incubators in her classroom

15 eggs from my coop were placed on Wednesday 3/22 at 6 pm. They were candled on Day 7 and 14 and 18. Five were early quitters or not fertile.

Day 18 they were placed in incubator 2 for lockdown. The thermostat was wrong and they were in 90 degrees F for about 10 hours.

Then that night the humidity went from 70 to 23 over 10 hours. There was a crack in the lid fit.

I estimate pipping should have started on the 12th in the afternoon. Nothing. Emergency candling, very gentle, showed at least 6 eggs with movement, other 4 looked ok. No break into air space but a lot of activity.

Temp and humidity since the problem have been 99 and 70 down to 50 in the early AM.

Nothing today, Day 23. The children are asking if those are real chicks and are we just going to pretend they hatch? (!)

Advice? Help with the pip? leave them alone? Pretend they hatch?

This is a really big deal to 20 5 year olds.

WE HAVE THE FIRST PIP!