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

[cochins1088]

Oz - How's the hatch going?

 

[ozexpat]

Oz - How's the hatch going?

Very well

here is the tally

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ary-of-a-crazy-chicken-man/2470#post_11444119

 

[kaybee123]

Oz, if the humidity is so high there, do you have to accommodate at hatch time and increase, keep the same or still pull off humidity at hatch time? Just curious because it is so humid in this part of Florida without adding water humidity in the bator can be 47-60% during the first 18 days. I'm wondering if I do not have to add at the end or very little.

 

[kaybee123]

I have one external egg pip only right now on day 21. It has slight dark dried blood where it pipped. Chick is chirping away loudly and rocking the egg so I am guessing it is okay?

Also, I read on Oz's thread about larger eggs and marans taking longer to hatch. I have a few leghorns and FBCMs that I do not even hear have internally pipped, just the one OE. I hope I see an external pip soon!!!!!

 

[ozexpat]

Oz, if the humidity is so high there, do you have to accommodate at hatch time and increase, keep the same or still pull off humidity at hatch time? Just curious because it is so humid in this part of Florida without adding water humidity in the bator can be 47-60% during the first 18 days. I'm wondering if I do not have to add at the end or very little.

My bator humidity never went below 50% even pulling a cup of water out of the air in the bator every day with a pair of mini dehumidifiers.

When the quail went into lockdown I added water to the styrobator. over half pipped and died, they were just too wet.

After getting advice from a pro, I did not add any water at lockdown but its a total 96 hour, no little openings for a peek lock down. the bator closed on the 18th hour of day 19. it wont open till the 18th hour of day 22. the pippers have not stalled and are zipping within 12 hrs so it seems to be working. I still expect to hatch less than half that went into lock down as Bernie has not mastered candling totally in one hatch.

He did say just now that he expects a good hatch from the turkeys peafowl and guineas as the ones that developed have lots of movement so I guess he has picked up a few skills.

 

[ozexpat]

I am running a contest to guess the breed of the "kev's mystery eggs" if you guys want a free stab at it. just put your guess on my thread. one guess per set of clues.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Had a 50% hatch. So did dad. The eggs were free. We assume we got old eggs that weren't turned daily. Glad it wasn't me. It was the eggs.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Day 2. No deaths. I'm guessing I lost about 30 total. I quit counting. After I lost 8 chicks one day with the Sulmet I went back to the corid. I noticed yesterday that several of my mid size chicks are missing too. I don't know if its hawks or sickness. Anyone. Things are looking up.

Happy Fathers Day Doug.

Glad to see things turned the corner. What a nightmare.

A year from now, you will have your child on your hip counting chickens.

Was the day you gave the Sulmet the last day you lost a lot of chicks?

Yes it was. I tried two days with the Sulmet and lost more those two days than any other day. My sick chick is still hanging on.

 

[kaybee123]

I'm thinking this hatch I'm in with my spike I had early on is a bust. . One egg pipped but did it face down and died. I have two others pipping but I'm worried they won't make it either. Just sad for the babies.

In my other bator, I had to cull 10 eggs. They were growing but just died suddenly sometime in the last day.

 

[dolfi]

do they have their head drawn in close to their body and do their feathers look fluffed up?

no not at all. they look normal and eating drinking, nothing different but the weird looking poop that looks like blood