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

[sumi]

Well, along as it's making progress let it try. Hopefully it will get out of there by itself. I really thought I've seen it all by now LOL

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Don't you just love the noticing the first pip when its at the wrong END!!!

 

[MommaBee]

Sally I am noticing a trend!!! I'm beginning to think its pretty common. I wonder how many Broodies get backwards pippers?

 

[sumi]

This seems to be the week for wrong end pips. I've had 3 myself with the ducklings and I've seen a couple of threads on it, now you've got one too!

 

[ozexpat]

This seems to be the week for wrong end pips. I've had 3 myself with the ducklings and I've seen a couple of threads on it, now you've got one too!

I had 3 also - got one out assisted, one naturally, one murdered

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Its the full moon!

 

[ozexpat]

plane is delayed 4 hrs. more time to find my passport this afternoon

off to wotk now

 

[Gardeningmama]

plane is delayed 4 hrs. more time to find my passport this afternoon

off to wotk now

Blessings on Your Journey Oz, and saying a prayer for your flight. Have fun! I'm soooo...jealous! I wanna go someplace tropical!

 

[MommaBee]

Well my one that piped at 11pm last night just hatched.

My 2.5 yr old daughter sang Happy Birthday to it as it hatched. HaHa, so cute! Meanwhile vertical zipper has made no more progress. Sumi, I think God is giving me every scenario there is! Haha, Sally, if it is the moon remind me to not plan anymore hatching around a full moon. Watching backwards pippers is exhausting!

Backwards guy pipped at 9pm, made its small 3/4 of an inch zip progress through the night 3am-6:30am (I know because I checked on it while I was up with my real babies last night) And it has made no more progress in the last 4 hours. How long should I wait before starting a slow assist?

 

[chicksooner]

So is there an award for worst hatcher ever? Maybe if I join the Easter hatch-a-long right now I could still win it if that award exists! . Listen to these awful stats.

Hatch #1... 28 eggs arrive, 6 are infertile, only 15 go into lockdown (bc I somehow killed 6 along the way) and only 6 hatch!! 1 wrong pipper was saved, one was killed during the "saving process" (it would have made #7). Eggtopsies showed an internal pip and a bunch of upside down dead fully grown chicks!

Hatch #2.... 15 eggs arrive. 8 are smashed in the box, out of the 7 only 3 don't have cracks, 2 of those have air cells rolling around like a carpenter level and YaY the last 1 made it, hatched alone on Sunday!

Current Hatch: long story short... Old old eggs finally arrive, like 10 days old. I give them a shot. I put all 12 in lockdown mainly bc I can't see into them.... Due Friday annnnnnnd, one just piped the wrong end!

I am not an idiot ... That I am aware of. Someone please laugh will me on this! It's so awful there is nothing left to do but laugh!!!

Shipped eggs are very iffy. Feel good that you are getting some chicks out of the. Place an ad on CL for hatching eggs. You will be surprised what you find.

The bigger olive egger eggs are what I'd call Large, the barnyard mix is what I would call small to medium. They look like pullet eggs compared to the others.

Here is my verticle zipper. Sorry it's in an odd spot, hard to take a clear pic.

Let this guy keep working. You will have a strong but tired chick when she hatches. (Might need a little help later)