Detailed incubation records

[007Sean]

I got one of these yesterday. Huge belly, swollen head and neck, one curled foot, one crooked leg.

Aww, it's always a sad thing to witness. there are so many things that can cause defects in the developing embryos....% moisture, nutritional deficiencies of the parent birds, temperature...the list goes on and on...sorry to hear about your chick, Kathy.

 

[casportpony]

Aww, it's always a sad thing to witness. there are so many things that can cause defects in the developing embryos....% moisture, nutritional deficiencies of the parent birds, temperature...the list goes on and on...sorry to hear about your chick, Kathy.

Thanks.

 

[007Sean]

Thanks.

Was it a peachick?

 

[casportpony]

Was it a peachick?

Yes, white one. Pipped internally in an odd place, so I pipped externally for it in the normal zone and the beak was about 90 degrees from where I thought it should have been.

 

[Ebony Rose]

How's your hatch coming along Texas Kiki? They should be what now... day 10 of 18? My hatch, due about the same time, is going about as expected... since I ATE all of my cocks before realizing it... so had collected countless eggs that had iffy fertility. Seriously... only four of the whole batch were fertile... and crossing my fingers on those Hatching my neighbor's four eggs at the same time, one of hers was infertile and plan to just give her the whole hatch (hers and mine) since it's going to be a small number of birds.
I've since bought a 'grow out' cage (the pet store calls it a DOG KENNEL, the big old, 'I gotta doberman' hard-bodied type with a wire front door and windows (I've covered the door with hardware cloth). I've been putting my maturing cocks in there instead this time... no more "ooops" "that was the last male" problems!

 

[007Sean]

Yes, white one. Pipped internally in an odd place, s I pipped externally for it in the normal zone and the beak was about 90 degrees from where I thought it should have been.

A friend of mine who is also a member here, raises peafowl. She has had the worse year ever with curled toes and splayed legs. She has a GQF bator and keeps the temp and humidity at optimum operating levels. I've also heard from others that their having unusual problems as well....I wonder if it could be the feed that is being manufactured these days, something's going on that hasn't been a problem in the past.

 

[Ebony Rose]

Of the seven fertile eggs from the last hatch, six hatched. One died in shell, necropsy was one very wet, fully developed chick, never pipped. The sixth one to hatch was culled. It had a pronounced humped shoulder, splay leg, curled toes, one eye kind of bulging, unable to right itself and was kicking and screaming (yeah, making one heckuva racket) and was the last of the batch to hatch. Having just had a bad splay leg hatch that didn't go well, I put this little fella out of his misery as the hatch was promised to my neighbor who is trying to build her flock for eggs and meat, and more hatchlings in her future.
I've set 60 eggs today, turned the thermometer down another half-degree... expect only a 40 to 50% fertility rate. It would be right nice to get a good hatch, if I get 30 birds from this new hatch, I can give half to my neighbor and keep half.

 

[Kiki]

Of the seven fertile eggs from the last hatch, six hatched. One died in shell, necropsy was one very wet, fully developed chick, never pipped. The sixth one to hatch was culled. It had a pronounced humped shoulder, splay leg, curled toes, one eye kind of bulging, unable to right itself and was kicking and screaming (yeah, making one heckuva racket) and was the last of the batch to hatch. Having just had a bad splay leg hatch that didn't go well, I put this little fella out of his misery as the hatch was promised to my neighbor who is trying to build her flock for eggs and meat, and more hatchlings in her future.
I've set 60 eggs today, turned the thermometer down another half-degree... expect only a 40 to 50% fertility rate. It would be right nice to get a good hatch, if I get 30 birds from this new hatch, I can give half to my neighbor and keep half.

Good luck!


I forget... Do you have a calibrated thermometer?

 

[Ebony Rose]

I purchased a separate thermometer (the cheapest at the store, and was about $30 USD) that was obviously wrong... as the hatch came out WAY early... Guarantees only last until the store has your money in hand, after that, all bets are off.

 

[Larry Rose]

I purchased a separate thermometer (the cheapest at the store, and was about $30 USD) that was obviously wrong... as the hatch came out WAY early... Guarantees only last until the store has your money in hand, after that, all bets are off.