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

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: is Aljay a relative to Bernie, I cannot remember

I am glad he is stepping up to the plate for Bernie. His wife must be in fits right now.... Men are horrible with pain <cough cough> <snicker>

 

[ozexpat]

is Aljay a relative to Bernie, I cannot remember

I am glad he is stepping up to the plate for Bernie. His wife must be in fits right now.... Men are horrible with pain <cough cough> <snicker>

Aljay is the nephew of Dado one of our day construction workers. Bernie did not have a relative that was at the age ready for a scholarship.

One of our other 2 day workers is bernies nephew - alfred.

he is building the fence then the new 48x60 piggery

 

[dolfi]

Those air cells are awfully small. Try to lower the humidity as much as possible until there are internal pips.

I wish you and your chicks the best of luck.

Thank

Is this final weight on Day 18??? before lockdown?  Lynn Marie

Yep

x2 awfully small and all the rest of what coch said.  These were in the new expensive incubator too were they not?  I am wondering how your air flow is in that thing? fans are working properly and such? 

yea Sally the thing is that only these big eggs are given me a hard time. The others from my bantam are great and hatch without a problem. I started eating the big eggs. End of problems.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Oz can you find that sanding the egg link? I am not sure who has it bookmarked, if she is doing banty fine perhaps its a shell issue, Dolfi are they very thick shells? maybe lay off the calcium a tad or attempt the sanding,

First thing I would try is running dry in the bator for first 7 days and then if they look good at 7 days continue.

I question the incubator air flow, your hygrometer and have you calibrated this machine? Temps sounded off as well from the days of hatching..... even when I had thick shells I didnt have an major issue like this with air cells, enough that I notice but nothing like those air cells, they are really truely small for that incubation day.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[Sally Sunshine]

3D was drawing again for the Hatching 101 Article!

 

[ozexpat]

Oz can you find that sanding the egg link? I am not sure who has it bookmarked, if she is doing banty fine perhaps its a shell issue, Dolfi are they very thick shells? maybe lay off the calcium a tad or attempt the sanding,

First thing I would try is running dry in the bator for first 7 days and then if they look good at 7 days continue.

I question the incubator air flow, your hygrometer and have you calibrated this machine? Temps sounded off as well from the days of hatching..... even when I had thick shells I didnt have an major issue like this with air cells, enough that I notice but nothing like those air cells, they are really truely small for that incubation day.

chookschick

*For Marans/Penes/Wellies/etc. DARK COLORED EGGS: I sand until I'm just through the color, and then I mist the eggs with betadine-water, mixed to the color of iced tea. This covers the contamination that could occur now that I've removed the bloom.

The idea is to promote evaporation to allow the chick to grow smaller than it would if it contained all of the moisture it started with. I have had too many chicks large enough that they couldn't pip or hatch properly- fully formed chicks that didn't make it at hatch. Once I started using this method (got it from an Emu farmer!) I have had significantly better success with shipped eggs. It doesn't seem to really be necessary with local eggs (my own) and I'm not certain why. When hatching in a really nice incubator, like a Sportsman or an rcom, it also doesn't appear to be necessary, but with most affordable models, it's a helpful method.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Thank you kind sir

 

[hillfloweranch]

So anyone have experience with the brinsea incubators? I'm on day 22 and no pips yet. Just wondering if I should worry. I turned up the heat to 100 and up. The humidity from 45 to 50% but this is the first time I've used it so not familiar with it

 

[dolfi]

chookschick

[COLOR=333333]*For Marans/Penes/Wellies/etc. DARK COLORED EGGS:  I sand until I'm just through the color, and then I mist the eggs with betadine-water, mixed to the color of iced tea. This covers the contamination that could occur now that I've removed the bloom.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]The idea is to promote evaporation to allow the chick to grow smaller than it would if it contained all of the moisture it started with. I have had too many chicks large enough that they couldn't pip or hatch properly- fully formed chicks that didn't make it at hatch. Once I started using this method (got it from an Emu farmer!) I have had significantly better success with shipped eggs. It doesn't seem to really be necessary with local eggs (my own) and I'm not certain why. When hatching in a really nice incubator, like a Sportsman or an rcom, it also doesn't appear to be necessary, but with most affordable models, it's a helpful method.[/COLOR]

the eggs I'm been having trouble with are from one hen that lays pretty big ones. When I open it the yellow is very small compared to the clear part of the eggs. I believe that the chick is too small to the water in the egg. I have hatched them but almost always have to assist. One time she even did a double yock. Her eggs have weighted up to 1 oz and are always over 80 grams