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

[3Dchicken]

I HAVE LIFE! I AM GOING TO FREAK OUT! I saw the beak poking it's way into the air cell when I candled. It wasn't all the way there, though. Soon it's beak will be in the air cell, right? I am shaking I am so happy. This one will be named "Hope." DD Wow, I am freaking out so much I can barely type. I thought they were all dead- Some might be though. I candled them all and only Hope was pushing their way into the air cell. That could mean that they are all just late, and Hope is just going to hatch first. Whewwww I saw a lot of air/space in some of them, while others were dark all the way through. I tried tapping on all of them, but I couldn't hear anything because of my rubber gloves squeaking on the egg. I am soooo relieved. I will leave Hope in there for the day to hatch on it's own. When will it hatch from pipping internally? A whole day? Six hours?

 

[3Dchicken]

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I thought a roo's stuff is good in there for 7-14 days! LOL

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I might have, but I'll read through it again when the time comes. Thank you. I will try and candle one now... What if there are no internal pips and they're alive. Do I just leave them, or do I poke a hole at the end?

DO THE FLOAT TEST AFTER YOUR CANDLE AND BEFORE you do ANYTHING ELSE!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I HAVE LIFE! I AM GOING TO FREAK OUT! I saw the beak poking it's way into the air cell when I candled. It wasn't all the way there, though. Soon it's beak will be in the air cell, right? I am shaking I am so happy. This one will be named "Hope." DD Wow, I am freaking out so much I can barely type. I thought they were all dead- Some might be though. I candled them all and only Hope was pushing their way into the air cell. That could mean that they are all just late, and Hope is just going to hatch first. Whewwww I saw a lot of air/space in some of them, while others were dark all the way through. I tried tapping on all of them, but I couldn't hear anything because of my rubber gloves squeaking on the egg. I am soooo relieved. I will leave Hope in there for the day to hatch on it's own. When will it hatch from pipping internally? A whole day? Six hours?

HOW THE CHICK EMERGES FROM THE SHELL http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/resources/egg_to_chick/procedures.html
The head of the chick develops at the large end of the egg. Between the 15th and 16th days, the chick orients itself so that its head is near the air cell at the large end of the egg. Not long before the chick is ready to attempt to make its way out of the shell its neck acquires a double bend so that its beak is under its right wing and pointed toward the air cell. About the 19th day the chick thrusts its head forward. Its beak quickly breaks through the inner shell membrane, and the chick's lungs begin to function. Complete breathing by the lungs usually does not occur until the 20th day of incubation.
Using its egg tooth (a tiny, sharp, horny projection on the end of its beak), the chick pecks at the shell thousands of times. Finally, the young bird pips its way through the shell and begins to breathe air directly from the outside. After the chick has made a hole in the shell, it stops pipping for three to eight hours and rests. During this time, it is acclimating its lungs to the outside atmosphere. After the resting stage is completed, the second stage of pipping begins.
The chick begins to turn slowly inside the egg. As it turns, usually counter-clockwise, the cutting edge of the chick tooth continues to chip away. In two to five hours, the chick has made about three quarters of a turn inside the egg. As the chick progresses in its movement around the shell, it begins pushing on the egg cap (large end). Squirming and struggling, the chick works feverishly for about 40 minutes pushing at the cap. Finally with a vigorous shove, the chick breaks free from the shell, still wet and panting.
When the chick is freed completely from the shell, it lies still. Its energy has been virtually exhausted, and it is extremely tired. After a rest of some few minutes, the chick begins to rise to its feet and gain coordination of its muscles. Within a few days the egg tooth, its usefulness over, will disappear.

After 21 days of incubation, the chick finally begins its escape from the shell. The chick begins by pushing its beak through the air cell. The allantois, which has served as its lungs, begins to dry up as the chick uses its own lungs. The chick continues to push its head outward. The sharp horny structure on the upper beak (egg tooth) and the muscle on the back of the neck help cut the shell. The chick rests, changes position, and keeps cutting until its head falls free of the opened shell. It then kicks free of the bottom portion of the shell. The chick is exhausted and rests while the navel openings heal and its down dries. Gradually, it regains strength and walks. The incubation and hatching is complete. The horny cap will fall off the beak within days after the chick hatches.http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/poultry_chicks_embryo.html

Delayed Incubation? http://newenglandbantamclub.homestead.com/delayedincubation.html
If you hatch eggs in an incubator, particularly one without a fan, you may find the eggs don't all hatch at the same time. Normally chicken eggs take 21 days to hatch and duck eggs 28. However, you may set a batch of eggs and find some chicks seem to hatch a couple days early and other may be 2 or 3 days late. The same thing can even happen under a hen. What's happening?
Poultry are really pretty primitive. While birds are warm blooded, they are just barely warm blooded as embryos. If heat is removed, development stops. Then, when the heat returns, development starts back up. Development begins almost immediately. Within 16 hours after incubation commences, you can already see a resemblance to chick embryo. The backbone is visible within 20 hours and the eye begins to form by 24 hours. The heart begins to form by 25 hours and begins to beat by 42 hours.
If you leave eggs in the nest, the time hen(s) spend on the nest egg laying may warm the eggs enough to for development to start. If you then gather those eggs and set them in the incubator along with others, those eggs will have a head start and appear to hatch earlier than you had planned. The key may be whether on not the heart has begun to beat. If it has and then the egg is cooled down, the result would likely be a dead embryo.
The other reason for a staggered hatch may be caused by different temperatures in different parts of the incubator. If temperatures are a degree or two lower from one area to another, the embryos may still develop, but at a slower rate. Sometimes these fail to hatch but other times it just takes longer. In my experience with wild wood ducks, eggs can hatch anywhere from 27 to 30 days depending upon how frequently the hen leaves the nest and how warm or cold the weather is. You might expect this not to occur under a broody hen, but if she is on a lot of eggs, some eggs may get pushed to the outside edges and not be as warm. If the eggs get randomly redistributed by the hen everything evens out, but if an egg or two get caught up in the nesting material for a day or so, they may take longer to hatch.
If you are concerned about staggered hatches, gather eggs frequently to prevent the accidental onset of incubation, limit the number of eggs you give a hen or, if using an incubator, don't fill it from corner to corner. Set fewer eggs and cluster them in the center. If you set more eggs, rotate them around so each tends to experience all the temperature spots in the incubator. And be patient. Give eggs an extra 48 hours beyond the hatch date before you throw them out. You may be pleasantly surprised.
H W Heusmann​

 

[Rockashelle]

Oh yay! 3D!!!! So excited for you... Tic toc tic toc...

 

[3Dchicken]

Hehe, yes. Tic toc indeed. lol I am going to see if it externally pipped yet. I doubt it, but I can't help myself.

I hope Hope hatches!

 

[sumi]

Where there's life there's Hope

 

[3Dchicken]

Sally: When I said that I saw one of them had been trying to break into the air cell by moving it's head up and down, I don't think it really matches this description: About the 19th day the chick thrusts its head forward. Its beak quickly breaks through the inner shell membrane, and the chick's lungs begin to function.
It THRUSTS its beak forward... that wasn't really what it was doing... it was kind of moving it's beak back and forth... MAYBE IT WAS TRYING TO EXTERNALLY PIP!! Is that what it was doing??? I am definitely going to check on it now!!

I hope it's a girl, because I can't keep the boys- I am giving the boy(s) to my friend(s). :3 Oooooh I am excited. At least now I know that my incubator works (even if pretty badly, but I'll improve on that)!!! Woooooot!

 

[3Dchicken]

And you won't believe how small the egg is! It's puny! It's the smallest one in the incubator even! Haha I am so happy for it! Go chicky, GO!