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

[Doug Hodges]

SALLY!!!!

 

Lol

 

[NestingHillsSC]

I'm use to 300 posts in one day. No Sally!!

 

[bantamfarm]

I candled a few eggs yesterday at 7 days, the ones I looked at were shipped eggs and all developing.

can't count my chicks before they hatch. But I sure want too.. I will candle all at 14 days, was shaking so hard yesterday was afraid of dropping eggs.

This Thursday I can candle my other incubator at 7 days. Now if I can get my chicks that I have to live, seems like I am losing one every night and I don't understand why. I am using what everyone was bragging about the EcoGlow50 and I still have a low watt light in the brooder. I think I just got a total batch of bad chicks when I ordered.

I ordered from a different hatchery this time and they are due to arrive Thursday, so we will see if it's the chicks or me. My other polish babies are doing great, but those were from here local.

 

[RenneRae]

How long do these boots stay on?

And

my almost 4 year old put 7 eggs in the "egg Bator" yesterday which would be fine if I had noticed... but I didn't until just this morning. I have two hatches left and then want to be done for a while so... leave them in or discard them...? I'm already doing staggered hatches for two more weeks.

 

[gracie02]

SALLY!!!!

 

x2

 

[Sparkypatriot15]

Hey guys! Ok, today marks week 1 of incubation for Cappa's eggs. I never ever see her off the nest so it's been hard to candle and I have no clue what's developing. The quail eggs seem to be doing fine- Cappa is so extremely small she doesn't seem to be squishing them at all. They should start hatching in a little over a week and the chickens should hatch a couple days after.. I hope she gets something! The poor girl really wants to be a mommy!

 

[Toast n Jelly]

Hey guys! Ok, today marks week 1 of incubation for Cappa's eggs. I never ever see her off the nest so it's been hard to candle and I have no clue what's developing. The quail eggs seem to be doing fine- Cappa is so extremely small she doesn't seem to be squishing them at all. They should start hatching in a little over a week and the chickens should hatch a couple days after.. I hope she gets something! The poor girl really wants to be a mommy!

 

[mstricer]

I wanted to candle mine but they are all biting and mean. They are as fast as a rattler. Now i have another broody hen, this isn't going well for eating eggs. I won't touch any of them that are extremly warm. I go from not being able to get eggs out, because no one wants to lay, to now everyone wants to sit on them. What's a gal to do.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Ok. We've got to get this figured out. I lost another 13 fully formed chicks with exposed yolk sacks after lockdown. I think they drowned. I'm keeping humidity at around 30% the first 18 days and raising it at the end to 70 to 80%. Should I not add so much water at lockdown. I think I'm going to keep it lower. I'm going to post pictures. They are pretty graphic. When I open the egg, I can pour water out. They have plenty of air cavity. Only two out of 13 had internal pips. They all looked exactly like these pictures.

This is the only internal pip and it had water in the shell

Unless someone says differently, I'm going to keep my humidity lower at hatch time. All my unhatched chicks have been like this. I think it's drowning.

Opinions?

On a good note. I do have 16 or 17 new chicks and 12 out of 18 shipped eggs hatched.

 

[mstricer]

Where do you live? Is it humid in your house? Try keeping it right around 65% and don't add water until the first pip. If I'm wrong please someone correct me. I've had much better hatches doing this.