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

[cochins1088]

I started trying dry hatch, but the humidity rarely got to 20%, since then I have been keeping it at 30% plus. Should I leave in the eggs that are on day 8? Although the only option I would have is to put them into my home made incubator, and the temps are not very steady in it, hence the shop bought incubator.

Off to add water right away!

Have you weighed your eggs that are on day 8? How much mass have they lost?

 

[Ms Steak]

They are polish chamois eggs, so not very heavy to start. Only 3 are developing. all are in the mid 30gs, and all have lost 2 to 3 grams.

 

[chicksooner]

Hi Sally, (yes I am posting on this thread

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Love the bird she is beautiful!

So have a question how long should I keep the broody and her baby separate from the others so they can acclimate to one another and have a better chance? My other hens keep trying to steel the chicks! Yes I have chicknappers!! I am going crazy they did fine with the 2 hatched out by momma one on Mother's Day but now it is an all out brawl for the new 3 peeps! Any advice is helpful please and thank you in advance!

Sounds like you need more chicks for all those momma wanna bes.

 

[Toast n Jelly]

Quick question...baby chick's foot curls sometimes and not others..would you all put the boots on? Seems like she (we'll say she ok?!) can make them straight if she wants...

I would. As of now it could go either way so I'd opt for straight toes.

 

[cochins1088]

They are polish chamois eggs, so not very heavy to start. Only 3 are developing. all are in the mid 30gs, and all have lost 2 to 3 grams.

Were they shipped? What weight did they start out with? What do they weigh now?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I started trying dry hatch, but the humidity rarely got to 20%, since then I have been keeping it at 30% plus. Should I leave in the eggs that are on day 8? Although the only option I would have is to put them into my home made incubator, and the temps are not very steady in it, hence the shop bought incubator.

Off to add water right away!

uggg I hate that name "Dry hatch" it is so misinterpreted it drives me insane! yes add water, and YOU haven't failed yet! your only on day 14 so you have time to keep going!

 

[Ms Steak]

Were they shipped? What weight did they start out with? What do they weigh now?

Yes, they are shipped eggs. The weights are, 33 day 1 now 31. 37 day 1 now 35 and 36 day 1 and now 33,

Strangely, the air cell in 2 of those eggs has now corrected itself!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Hi Sally, (yes I am posting on this thread

)

Love the bird she is beautiful!

So have a question how long should I keep the broody and her baby separate from the others so they can acclimate to one another and have a better chance? My other hens keep trying to steel the chicks! Yes I have chicknappers!! I am going crazy they did fine with the 2 hatched out by momma one on Mother's Day but now it is an all out brawl for the new 3 peeps! Any advice is helpful please and thank you in advance!​

YAY!!!!

and that I have no clue! chicknapping hens oh my! don't you have a place to keep them separate for now. Its prol a pain but chicknapping is a fowleral crime!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quick question...baby chick's foot curls sometimes and not others..would you all put the boots on? Seems like she (we'll say she ok?!) can make them straight if she wants...

I would tape it, it wont hurt that's for sure! How old is the chick now? sometimes after a day you don't notice it, if she is walking and only a newbie she can go a day and then tape her

 

[cochins1088]

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Leave those eggs with the others. They are also losing mass too rapidly.