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

[Sally Sunshine]

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Still no more pips

a few more hours from now will begin day 23..... got antsy and picked two eggs to open and followed the directions very carefully.... one had a preexisting crack that I tried to fix .... it was bad... all liquid inside... dont know how I missed that at candling... must not be very good at it.... the other has a live chick moving under the membrane, and I could hear it peeping once I got some shell off but there are still blood vessels so I left all membranes intact and covered with a moist paper towel... still have 12 eggs with nothing going on and there are 4 from my own flock!!! how can I get more shipped eggs to hatch than fresh eggs???? Why would they be taking so long to hatch my bator is a brinsea advanced and temp is always stable at 99.5-99.6.. not touching it again today.... still have a silkie chick in there to help motivate the others... I wish there was a way to tell if I still had live chicks OTHER than removing shell

So far here is what I set and what has hatched: 7 chicks out of 26 eggs... 6 alive with help and one dead without help


So it seems ALL of my developing chicks 'so far' have been TOO LARGE to zip!!!!! does this mean my humidity was to high or to low during incubation????
AND WHY are they taking so LONG! I though with correct temps they should hatch at 21 days?!?

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Yay chick is hatched and resting!!! I was worried had to come check lol my incubator is humming along ....I need to turn eggs and check temp here in a few ....
Oz that quacked me up lol

Quote: I love that pic! That little face is just begging for a kiss.






OMG Its DUCK DAY!!!!!

 

[Sparkypatriot15]

he looks like a big wet chick! get his head out and sorta straighten him and see in the shell at his low belly beween thighs to see if you see any yolk, don't pull on him too much though, you could rip umbilical, you may want to use a dry papertowel to towel him a tad when you straighten him, tell me if he is sticky

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Not apologizing but I am apologizing for mucking up this thread so much today.... Here, its head is free. But I really don't think this one was ever suppose to hatch. We have a mushy mushy head and the feet look strange. We are on day 23-24 and the others have been out for 48 hours. It is sticky. I feel so bad for it. I can not see yolk. bleeding is not bad but it is wet! Here... Top of pic is its mushy head..... dear Lord have mercy on this poor chicks soul. Here is how far I have gone....

Poor chick...

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Yay!!!

Side 1 side 2 from above In the bator The blood is not as bad as the flash makes it look. The last pic was taken with no flash. I think it is just not ready. I don't know if it will make it but there is nothing more I can do now that I know of. Unless you think I should position it differently. I think that it was a 10-14+ day old egg. I think it might have an issue or just be way behind the others. I think I have done the best I can. I am going to try not to feel guilty if it does't work out. It is breathing fine in it's cup. I guess what I need to know is how long does yolk take to soak up and the cord to close off? And will it's head be ok? That sure seems lop sided. Thank you guys! I am not sure I would have had the guts to get its head free with out y'all.

Awwww chickie!

So here it is! On its nice soft chicken blanket.. but that dang leg will not do what it is suppose to. I will curl it under and it will it kick out. Do you see it. Earlier it was laying under the chick and the foot was stuck to the opposite side. Now it is just laying behind it. This was the leg that was first freed. It is dragging it around when it moves. Normal?

Hmm /:

ok, I candeled.... cannot see anything in any of them... but TWO are peeping!!!e ALL of the OTHERS FLOATED in the water test!!!! so they are all bad if they float right? I could see one pip and circled it on the egg... the other is making noise, but I cannot see an air sack or find pip...

GO PIPPERS!

 

[Sparkypatriot15]

he looks like a big wet chick! get his head out and sorta straighten him and see in the shell at his low belly beween thighs to see if you see any yolk, don't pull on him too much though, you could rip umbilical, you may want to use a dry papertowel to towel him a tad when you straighten him, tell me if he is sticky

X2

1000 pages!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not apologizing but I am apologizing for mucking up this thread so much today.... Here, its head is free. But I really don't think this one was ever suppose to hatch. We have a mushy mushy head and the feet look strange. We are on day 23-24 and the others have been out for 48 hours. It is sticky. I feel so bad for it. I can not see yolk. bleeding is not bad but it is wet! Here... Top of pic is its mushy head..... dear Lord have mercy on this poor chicks soul. Here is how far I have gone....

Poor chick...

10,000 POSTS!!!!

Yay!!!

Side 1 side 2 from above In the bator The blood is not as bad as the flash makes it look. The last pic was taken with no flash. I think it is just not ready. I don't know if it will make it but there is nothing more I can do now that I know of. Unless you think I should position it differently. I think that it was a 10-14+ day old egg. I think it might have an issue or just be way behind the others. I think I have done the best I can. I am going to try not to feel guilty if it does't work out. It is breathing fine in it's cup. I guess what I need to know is how long does yolk take to soak up and the cord to close off? And will it's head be ok? That sure seems lop sided. Thank you guys! I am not sure I would have had the guts to get its head free with out y'all.

Awwww chickie!

So here it is! On its nice soft chicken blanket.. but that dang leg will not do what it is suppose to. I will curl it under and it will it kick out. Do you see it. Earlier it was laying under the chick and the foot was stuck to the opposite side. Now it is just laying behind it. This was the leg that was first freed. It is dragging it around when it moves. Normal?

Hmm /:

ok, I candeled.... cannot see anything in any of them... but TWO are peeping!!!e ALL of the OTHERS FLOATED in the water test!!!! so they are all bad if they float right? I could see one pip and circled it on the egg... the other is making noise, but I cannot see an air sack or find pip...

GO PIPPERS!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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I am so sorry your having such problems, it does sound like too high humidity and possible low temps. Had you calibrated and used several thermometers? and did you weigh them or watch air cells?

 

[annabell254]

It is a brinsea octagon 20 advanced... fully digital and it came factory set... has a fan, and rocks the eggs... everything is very stable in it.... directions said 40 to 50% humidity till day 18 and it stayed on average 45% solid... and temps at 99.5-99.6 and it has a 1 hour cooling period each day.... dont know how to up the tempature (but I know I can up it .... I have more eggs comming later this week so I have to figure it out!!!! this was my test run

WOW do I have a lot to learn!!!!

MY PLAN
up tempature to from 99.5-99.6 TO 99.8-99.9
lower humidity From 40-50% TO 35-40%
set eggs for 12-24 hours before warming
set eggs fat end up
do not turn for the first 4-7 days
then only gentaly rock back and forth
up humidity to 80% after I hear first internal peep

Yea..... sounds SOOOOOOO easy on paper

 

[bellah1]

I'm going to need you to provide some evidence in order to prove it. Black East Indie Drake at 4 days old. Sumi, do you have any pictures to share?

That might be the cutest thing I've ever seen!!! Of course next to my kids its a close second but darn cute the same

 

[Sparkypatriot15]

I will start reading "again" lol busy nursing chicks, she is back on her feet for now "again" and look what came in the mail...... ancona duck eggs from my bestest sara! and not one or two either! OMG! double boxed to boot!!

OMG YAY!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

It is a brinsea octagon 20 advanced... fully digital and it came factory set... has a fan, and rocks the eggs... everything is very stable in it.... directions said 40 to 50% humidity till day 18 and it stayed on average 45% solid... and temps at 99.5-99.6 and it has a 1 hour cooling period each day.... dont know how to up the tempature (but I know I can up it .... I have more eggs comming later this week so I have to figure it out!!!! this was my test run

WOW do I have a lot to learn!!!!

MY PLAN
up tempature to from 99.5-99.6 TO 99.8-99.9
lower humidity From 40-50% TO 35-40%
set eggs for 12-24 hours before warming
set eggs fat end up
do not turn for the first 4-7 days
then only gentaly rock back and forth
up humidity to 80% after I hear first internal peep

Yea..... sounds SOOOOOOO easy on paper

it didn't tell you to watch air cells or weigh the eggs?

 

[bellah1]

What should the temp in a water wiggler thingy or a zip lock of water in your bator read when u take its temp with a thermometer? Does it matter if its still air or should the temp in the bag o water read a certain temp in either?

 

[silver1313]

nothing to weigh with but did mark air cells this time ...I'm gonna try to be patient and wait more to candle this time too lol got another bantam egg today too so tossed it in and marked it as late one in so I'd remember that in case it was bit behind come hatch day...I came home to immigrants lol tuxedo the nn and chickadee (no idea what breed lol) had wandered over the top of their box in to visit the bantams ...time for a top on them lol