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

[Gardeningmama]

This chick hatched today and can't get off her bum, she is in a sitting position. Can't find info regarding this problem, all help appreciated. She hatched 1 day early if that's any help.

Mine was like that and I did the rubberband, and band aid methods. Neither worked, and we ended up culling.

Oh, Lucky Sara!!! They are gorgeous!


Sally, If you find yourself talking to yourself too much, you might want to contact Lucy:

 

[Toast n Jelly]

O almost forgot, I have a hatch going on in the chicken house too. LOL

Have any hatched yet?

 

[Doug Hodges]

Quote: several mal positioned. Some of the ones that lived(not all) had internal pipping only. I found that today. I lost some with internal pipping that I didn't open up in time. After 23 days, im ready to get them out.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Funny thing is I had better luck on the saddle backed eggs than I did on the ones that looked more normal.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Quote: Just went and looked. One for sure. More pips. Its day 21 today or tomorrow. Im not real sure.

 

[TweetyNPetey]

Oh my goodness whenever you say Sara, I'm like, "huh?" Because that's my name! LOL

 

[dcba flock]

Just went and looked. One for sure. More pips. Its day 21 today or tomorrow. Im not real sure.

Good luck with your broody hatch hope it goes smoother!
The mealworms/Mareks issue is that live mealworms or dried as well??
I was reading the other day that some ppl hang a deceased animal/carcass in a bucket to develop a maggot colony to feed their chickens! Yikes that sounded pretty gross! IMO

 

[Toast n Jelly]

Funny thing is I had better luck on the saddle backed eggs than I did on the ones that looked more normal.

If I remember correctly, you mentioned 30% humidity for first 18 days or so. It seems to me that low a % would not be high enough for shipped eggs if the air cells are screwy. I normally keep it up to 40% and I went too high for these shipped eggs (50%) so I did get a lot of gook at the bottom of the egg. Just a clearish gel which dried as hard as stone so I'm having to help them out of the shell. I don't know for sure but if that's you're only problem it'd be easy to fix.
Of course eggs coming in the mail and from unknown circumstances don't help either.

 

[maryhysong]

Good luck with your broody hatch hope it goes smoother!
The mealworms/Mareks issue is that live mealworms or dried as well??
I was reading the other day that some ppl hang a deceased animal/carcass in a bucket to develop a maggot colony to feed their chickens! Yikes that sounded pretty gross! IMO

this was widely promoted, even by government bulletins from the late 1800s through at least the 1920s as a good way for a farmer to get more protein for his hens, which = more eggs= more $$
sounds gross and probably stinks pretty bad, but if you had large pastures where you could do it away from the house, wouldn't be bad. chickens eat pretty much every kind of insect there is, so no worse than if they found it on their own. Chickens are NOT vegetarians and they NEED animal type protein

 

[mikkles]

If I remember correctly, you mentioned 30% humidity for first 18 days or so. It seems to me that low a % would not be high enough for shipped eggs if the air cells are screwy. I normally keep it up to 40% and I went too high for these shipped eggs (50%) so I did get a lot of gook at the bottom of the egg. Just a clearish gel which dried as hard as stone so I'm having to help them out of the shell. I don't know for sure but if that's you're only problem it'd be easy to fix.
Of course eggs coming in the mail and from unknown circumstances don't help either.

why do u up the humidity for shipped eggs?