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

[Sally Sunshine]

I checked on halo and he was half standing for a moment then laid back down, I think I startled him, good sign eh?

 

[Gardeningmama]

Sally, So sorry to read about Halo!

Sayin' a prayer for him.

 

[Gardeningmama]

I just remembered I looked up call duck hatching for someone... Apparently they pip internally and only pip externally after 24 hours, then rest for another 24 hours before slowly, slowly zipping over a few more hours.

I just got the phone call that my Call Duck eggs were set, and should hatch on April 13th! Yay Me!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

who is setting them for you and why arent you? LOL

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sally, So sorry to read about Halo!

Sayin' a prayer for him.

Thank u!

 

[fduncan]

Well I knew I'd need to ask a question here at some point I put eggs in lock down on the 20th all were wiggling and looked great 4 shipped silkie eggs & 11 of my own . I started getting pips yesterday and as of a few hours ago 8 of mine had hatched . Since I had no more with pips I quickly candled them my last 3 looked alive and well but the silkies didn't look right they didn't have any veining and not a hint of movement so I made a pip and surprise dead chick . Opened 2 more to see the same thing dead chicks . They looked full grown and healthy but covered in a thick clear slime ? Any ideas what caused the slime I've never seen any thing quite like it before ( And I've had a lot of horrible hatches )Chick number 4 had internally pipped but thanks to his funny shaped air cell couldn't reach the outside he wasn't covered in slime like the other 3 .These eggs were older when I got them and then managed to lose weigh more weight than they should have (19%) while my own eggs stayed right on track . Could excess weight loss cause them to slime up ?

 

[ozexpat]

UPDATE

I have 4 swedish flower hen chicks in the bator

I lost one due to piping wrong end and died. I have a second that pipped wrong end but breathing through its hole. 3 more just hanging out not pipped but I am not opening it. The single brahma egg that shared that bator is zipping. The Salmon Favs have not made their run for it. Its day 20 only.

The second bator eggs - Golden Campines and brahmas -- the bator that cooled for >5 hrs have yet to pip.

I spent the afternoon watching someones heart valve being replaced. I fired someone, I hired another. The circle of life.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Well I knew I'd need to ask a question here at some point I put eggs in lock down on the 20th all were wiggling and looked great 4 shipped silkie eggs & 11 of my own . I started getting pips yesterday and as of a few hours ago 8 of mine had hatched . Since I had no more with pips I quickly candled them my last 3 looked alive and well but the silkies didn't look right they didn't have any veining and not a hint of movement so I made a pip and surprise dead chick . Opened 2 more to see the same thing dead chicks . They looked full grown and healthy but covered in a thick clear slime ? Any ideas what caused the slime I've never seen any thing quite like it before ( And I've had a lot of horrible hatches )Chick number 4 had internally pipped but thanks to his funny shaped air cell couldn't reach the outside he wasn't covered in slime like the other 3 .These eggs were older when I got them and then managed to lose weigh more weight than they should have (19%) while my own eggs stayed right on track . Could excess weight loss cause them to slime up ?

thats usually what mine look like if they die during lockdown, I would head to the hatching 101 article and look up stuff in the WHAT went wrong during incubation at the bottom and share if you find anything. were they slimey or sticky, mine slimey

 

[Sally Sunshine]

UPDATE

I have 4 swedish flower hen chicks in the bator

I lost one due to piping wrong end and died. I have a second that pipped wrong end but breathing through its hole. 3 more just hanging out not pipped but I am not opening it. The single brahma egg that shared that bator is zipping. The Salmon Favs have not made their run for it. Its day 20 only.

The second bator eggs - Golden Campines and brahmas -- the bator that cooled for >5 hrs have yet to pip.

I spent the afternoon watching someones heart valve being replaced. I fired someone, I hired another. The circle of life.

NOW HOW MANY TIMES DO I NEED TO MENTION THAT they DO NOT EXIST until we SEE THEM!! adding, I know the feeling it sucks having to fire and hire!

 

[ozexpat]

NOW HOW MANY TIMES DO I NEED TO MENTION THAT they DO NOT EXIST until we SEE THEM!! adding, I know the feeling it sucks having to fire and hire!

then no more updates