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

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Sally Sunshine said:
LOL I SEE IT now that you pointed it out! 
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At least Im not crazy.

mklorber said:
I'm not sure if there is any piping yet.  This has all been very hands off for me since the teacher is running the hatch.  I don't have access to the incubator except for in the mornings and few days a week.

I have read through the hatching 101 once but I know I missed some things.  I get double vision this time of night and that is a looooong document.  Thanks for putting it together for all of us newcomers.  There are a lot of things I could have done differently...like getting an independent thermometer.  I just started questioning the whole 21 day thing this afternoon because the breeder mentioned that they would hatch tomorrow.  Do those of you who hatch their own eggs find that certain breeds hatch earlier or later with all else being equal? 

Any recommendations for a light to candle the eggs?  Do most of you buy the commercially available ones or make your own? 

I have the coop ready...the brooder ready...but seems I was under-prepared for the incubation end.  :)

Hopefully I get a few.  Just to make sure I'm on the same page, it is okay to pull the plug at day 25/26 if nothing happens.  I'll pick up some fresh chicks from the neighbor if this is all a bust.  I figure that I can slip them in the brooder on Sunday and "surprise" the kids on Monday.  They are 3 and 4 year olds.  They should be distracted enough not to ask too many questions. 
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For a light everyone has a favorite and mine is a $1 LED from Walmart. They are small but I can see in green and blue eggs really well. It only lasts for a week or two and I've tried to replace the batteries but the best thing I've found is to just buy a new one.
 
mklorber said:
I'm not sure if there is any piping yet. This has all been very hands off for me since the teacher is running the hatch. I don't have access to the incubator except for in the mornings and few days a week.

I have read through the hatching 101 once but I know I missed some things. I get double vision this time of night and that is a looooong document. Thanks for putting it together for all of us newcomers. There are a lot of things I could have done differently...like getting an independent thermometer. I just started questioning the whole 21 day thing this afternoon because the breeder mentioned that they would hatch tomorrow. Do those of you who hatch their own eggs find that certain breeds hatch earlier or later with all else being equal?

Any recommendations for a light to candle the eggs? Do most of you buy the commercially available ones or make your own?

I have the coop ready...the brooder ready...but seems I was under-prepared for the incubation end.
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Hopefully I get a few. Just to make sure I'm on the same page, it is okay to pull the plug at day 25/26 if nothing happens. I'll pick up some fresh chicks from the neighbor if this is all a bust. I figure that I can slip them in the brooder on Sunday and "surprise" the kids on Monday. They are 3 and 4 year olds. They should be distracted enough not to ask too many questions.
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start off with a cheap walmart maglight or something. if you really like incubating you can spend the money and get a higher lumens flashlight

maybe next time you keep the bator and just visit with it at say day 10 candle and then perhaps lockdown in the classroom. this gives you the time with the bator to nurture temps and humidity. Kids will love seeing the embryos move in the egg at candle.

When you get another thermometer and hygrometer please calibrate it, thats in the temp section of the article. its easy to do.

typically you candle day 7,10,14,18 to check viability and prevent exploaders.

I agree they wont know any different! I think we have hatching videos on the 101 article, your welcome to grab and show them a video of chicks hatching! I have the info there for everyone. There are also more on this long thread, but I may have some on my youtube page if you want them I can send you link to them.
 
Sally, I had some luck with injecting the baytril directly into the umbillicus (with a u100, of course), and piggybacking that with oral baytril and tetracycline in the water. A small small small needle is essential though because a large needle will cause the yolk sac to leak all over the place and that will cause a profound drop in the chicks blood pressure and it will soon die (speaking from experience) so this is one case where I can say, with all confidence that I would use a u100. That, and for my mareks vaccines.
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rbaker0345 said:
Sally, I had some luck with injecting the baytril directly into the umbillicus (with a u100, of course), and piggybacking that with oral baytril and tetracycline in the water. A small small small needle is essential though because a large needle will cause the yolk sac to leak all over the place and that will cause a profound drop in the chicks blood pressure and it will soon die (speaking from experience) so this is one case where I can say, with all confidence that I would use a u100. That, and for my mareks vaccines.
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your terrible! ha ha ha

I was just reading back through trying to find that cocci talk months ago and ran into you two back and forth and back and forth and I just had a giggle at you both!
 
Hey, I think I've accidentally discovered a sex-linked cross. My buckeye got in with my bresse hens and I got a bunch of eggs from her (not knowing of the trist). I sent some of them to someone for hatching and I hatched three of my own. We both ended up with two white chicks and one red-laced chick. Now as far as we both can tell, our white chicks are boys and our red laced chicks are girls (really pretty too). I have some more eggs from that batch under a couple of hens, I'll let everyone know if I continue to get red laced girls and white boys. Wouldn't that be cool? Good free range meat birds too.
 
rbaker0345 said:
Hey, I think I've accidentally discovered a sex-linked cross. My buckeye got in with my bresse hens and I got a bunch of eggs from her (not knowing of the trist). I sent some of them to someone for hatching and I hatched three of my own. We both ended up with two white chicks and one red-laced chick. Now as far as we both can tell, our white chicks are boys and our red laced chicks are girls (really pretty too). I have some more eggs from that batch under a couple of hens, I'll let everyone know if I continue to get red laced girls and white boys. Wouldn't that be cool? Good free range meat birds too.
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