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

[chicksooner]

Hey guys Havent been on for nearly a week now. Was spending the last few days with my parents and they left yesterday morning. Very upset and down about it but hey ho thats life! Anyways there is no way I have time to read a weeks worth of the thread!!!!!

I took some turners out of the incubator today as my one Turkey egg that is way ahead of the others has started rocking and rolling!! I have no idea how far along it is so do you think I should turn it still or no?? its been moving for about 3 days now. I have read all of the hatching 101 but not really figured out this one! My chickens are due to hatch on the 12th yet some of them look much further along than that! What to dooooo?!

Hope your all keeping well anyways and have missed reading up on everyone.

I would stop turning your turkey egg. Keep turning everyone else since they still have a ways to go yet. Up your humidity when you have an internal pip on the turkey egg. Just my opinion since you don't know what day it is on.

 

[Waffle]

That's what I was thinking too and the reason I have taken some of the turners out. I will be picking up some cloths like sally suggests on the hatching 101 (great thread by the way Sally)

 

[mikkles]

well..my lil black silkie died tonight. everyone seemed fine till this morning.. he was "off" acting. tried the electrolyte water and nothing seemed to help! poor baby! and my broody that had 2 pipped eggs... well neither one of those made it either! not sure what happened there. poor screech! she really wants to be a mama! i did have 2 others under a broody that are doing great so some good news...

 

[sumi]

CANCEL THAT UPDATE-
I just went outside to check on Cappa, and, low-and-behold, THERE SAT A NEWLY HATCHED FLUFFY LITTLE CHICK!!!! Right next to Cappa! She even let me pick it up! It's a little fluffy brown/striped chick (probably ameraucana) and it's SO PRECIOUS! Then I put it back next to her and it scooted back under her feathers. I don't know how many have hatched or if that's the only one so far, but OMG IM SO HAPPY

Congrats!

 

[ozexpat]

for those of you just way too busy to jump over to my thread

Megabator Update Day 11

Bernie did his first ever candling last night. The results:

Guinea Fowl 9 from 24
Turkey 13 from 33 (corrected from 9)
Peacock 7 from 11
Goose 4 from 12

He did not candle chicken eggs. He will look at 60 tonight.

I can live with these numbers. I hope for a 25% hatch rate and would be over the moon with 50%.

At this stage its really about establishing viable breeding pairs that can propagate the breed there.

Double shipped eggs that traveled up to 10000 miles, that are a minimum of a week old when set, and not stored for that 7 plus days in stable temps does not bode well for 80% hatch rates we all dream of.

I plan to set 20 eggs from my young hens next trip to see how they fare travelling 50 yards.

 

[sumi]

well..my lil black silkie died tonight.

everyone seemed fine till this morning.. he was "off" acting. tried the electrolyte water and nothing seemed to help! poor baby! and my broody that had 2 pipped eggs... well neither one of those made it either! not sure what happened there. poor screech! she really wants to be a mama! i did have 2 others under a broody that are doing great so some good news...

 

[ozexpat]

the chicken and quail will need to hatch at near 70% to use the



sign post

 

[sumi]

I really want you to use that sign! Go chicks and quail

 

[ozexpat]

I really want you to use that sign! Go chicks and quail

the sample 60 candling tonight will be a good indicator.

i am still struggling with humidity. its 35C and 88% ambient and i cant get below 50% in the bator with 2 dehumidifiers pulling 150cc of water out of the air daily

oh the dramas.

on the eastern front.... i have 2 basques peeping. i put them in a week before i left and forgot about them. i left my candler in the phils so i have no clue on the other 10. i would like to get 6 out by saturday as they will be a gift for one of my byc enablers in socal.

 

[bigT88]

having an issue with one chick. he will not lay down to sleep. he is so tired, his wings are droopy and falls asleep standing. he always keeps his butt in the air. the only way he lays down is if i hold him. any ideas?