Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[NestingHillsSC]

yea it is really hard. i have to physically move the incubator to my mothers house, so that i dont use it

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Chickenpooplady and I are on the same schedule. I would hate for any chick to die because it was shrink wrapped, and I didn't help. This hatch is going to be bad enough as it is. So, my question is do I sit on my hands, or assist? I see no egg rocking or internal pipping.

I never see them rock. Out of the last 13 that hatched I seen one egg rock. Just all of a sudden they will but out!

 

[Wax Myrtle]

Can I feed day 16, non-stinking clears back to my flock?

 

[Doug Hodges]

Ok, I have a question. I had one lone chick hatch yesterday which was day 21. She is very healthy but she seems very stressed that she is by herself. She keeps jumping at the side of the incubator and won't stop chirping. The other eggs are wiggling but they have not pipped and I can not tell if they are chirping because the lone chick is too loud. Should I take the chick out and put her in the brooder or should I still have hope that it is not too late for the others and leave her in there?

Once they get fluffy, I take them out but others have said that the extra noise can stimulate the others to hatch.

Chickenpooplady and I are on the same schedule. I would hate for any chick to die because it was shrink wrapped, and I didn't help. This hatch is going to be bad enough as it is. So, my question is do I sit on my hands, or assist? I see no egg rocking or internal pipping.

Hmmmmm. sit on hands a little longer.

 

[Doug Hodges]

bought two more dozen eggs. setting them wensday. then i must stop

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Quote: My wife needed eggs yesterday, I had 32. I told her to buy some at the store. LOL> I set them all in the incubator.

 

[BullChick]

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<sigh> I know I am being antsy. I know I need to chill out. But I am so anxious about this hatch. Several Ameraucanas, a couple OE, and 3 kinds of Marans. I don'[t want to have to tell the person that sent the eggs that the PO scrambled all of the eggs. I may accidentally ask why she didn't mark the box in any way to say fragile or hatching eggs. I certainly don't want to ask, and have her upset.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

My wife needed eggs yesterday, I had 32. I told her to buy some at the store. LOL> I set them all in the incubator.

lol

 

[Wax Myrtle]

My wife needed eggs yesterday, I had 32. I told her to buy some at the store. LOL> I set them all in the incubator.

I've been guilty of telling DH to ease up on his eating of my egg sale eggs, but I think he'd flip if I told him to buy eating eggs because I was setting all of ours...

I need to drop my bator off at my mom's after this week's hatch... Hehe

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: ok thanks!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Ummm. One of my serama chicks is picking out all his butt feathers... Any clue as to why? Or how to stop it?

the new one?