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

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: actually I just went through it with a 8 and 5 year old!

I said too bad they are not staying! But I told you I am mean!

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[Sally Sunshine]

Perhaps my streak of bad luck is ending?? I put 3 eggs into lockdown on Friday. I had my hatcher just a tad cooler than I had been running it. The past two hatches, I had 1 chick hatch out the day after lockdown, and the rest died... Yesterday late afternoon (5ish), I checked on them... Nothing. My bator is at work, so it's a little easier for me to stay hands off. This morning when I got to work, there was a chick hatched and dry, and the other two had pipped. The other to hatched out perfectly fine during the course of the morning! So that was 3 for 3 that went into lockdown!!!! Yay!!!!

I have another set of eggs going into lockdown on Wednesday, then my duck eggs on next Monday... Hoping for good results!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[chicksooner]

actually I just went through it with a 8 and 5 year old!

I said too bad they are not staying! But I told you I am mean!

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I am pretty mean myself but I am totally wrapped around his finger... they might disappear one day when he is in school. You know migration is mighty unpredictable with the crazy weather...

 

[pogmobum]

Oh my god! How do i get this chick to stop screaming every time i leave the room, i have hatched and raised lone chicks before but never had one this demanding, any ideas are very welcome

 

[bellah1]

why you do this? LOL

you have to know what your air cells look like and candle and take your best guess.  I would candle and lock them all down in between times as long as there are no internal pips! stop turning them now though

Why did I do this? It's a kinda long story but the basics...I put 2 under my broody thinking she was no where near as far into her hatch so those had to finish in the bator then I set runners and calls not thinking that calls supposedly hatch after 26 days instead of 28 so if u don't believe in that then it's not as bad as it sounds. But I put em in the hovabator genesis and stopped turning this afternoon after I candled, no internal pips just lots o rockin! I also put them all on their sides since the air cells are solid. So if I stop turning isn't that the same a lockdown or are you saying to stop turning but don't up the humidity yet?

Does anyone know If u decrease 1* for lockdown in a genesis? I didn't see anything in the manual about it

 

[pogmobum]

Oh my god! How do i get this chick to stop screaming every time i leave the room, i have hatched and raised lone chicks before but never had one this demanding, any ideas are very welcome

Last thing i tried was the mirror, its now his new best friend a bit sad but will have to do until his buddy absorbs everything and pops out

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: MIGRATION! bawahhhhhahahaaahhhaaa

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Oh my god! How do i get this chick to stop screaming every time i leave the room, i have hatched and raised lone chicks before but never had one this demanding, any ideas are very welcome

try a little mirror or feather duster

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I only decrease .5 after the first pip.......
gotcha! at this point its late and I will assume your close to the middle between the two right? I think you could lockdown if air cells are ok