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

[Sally Sunshine]

DAY 21 another two are drawing down and pushing up the back!
Put them into the cooler with 55% humidity





This was a video of draw down and push up (protrusion) at the rear of the air cell, you can really see how much they draw down! as that orange line was from yesterday!

THE GOOD NEWS! the one that I thought was dying is still alive!!! but remains like the other four eggs, waiting for draw down!

 

[DaveOmak]

Sally, morning.... After lockdown, and there is a good air cell in the egg, will the egg take on water and decrease the air cell, when the humidity is increased.... or do you increase humidity after the shell is piped.. Just trying to figure what's happening during humidity increase...

Thanks.... Dave

 

[Sally Sunshine]

INTERNAL PIP 1 @ 2:00 PM! Nothing like seeing that curved shadow in the egg!!!!

Upped humidity to 70% as air cells look big now, dropped temp to 99

one step closer for one egg,
ughhhh this is gonna be a long three or maybe four next days!

Four eggs still remain in the cabinet, all are still showing movement, and noted that two others began to FINALLY draw down below that day 18 pencil line this afternoon.... the other two only show slight decrease in weight loss.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sally, morning.... After lockdown, and there is a good air cell in the egg, will the egg take on water and decrease the air cell, when the humidity is increased.... or do you increase humidity after the shell is piped.. Just trying to figure what's happening during humidity increase...

Thanks.... Dave

I am being very cautious with these as they are known to drown in fluids, because of weight loss.

I would assume if you have humidity way way up they can may also be able to get condensation inside the egg and make it harder to breath and stuff, idk I really dont know.

The lack of weight loss in the others eggs I still have in the cabinet and lack of draw down is certainly showing me that if I put them into humidity they can easily drown at the size they are at yet, so they will stay in that cabinet until I see more draw down and then I will add them to the lockdown bator, I have another bator running at 45-55 and I may put them in with those serama until I see internals depending on air cell size too. I can do this as bators are already running at different humdiities, and I will use that to my advantage. Cabinet at 25% thats room Humidity, the serama cooler is at 55 right now and the lockdown is upped to 70. so having three is awesome tools for me. Normally most eggs are like in air cell size, these are all over the place, so I am treating each egg separately.

I am keeping an eye on them every 2 hours! I stick my candler on top for a moment just to see that air cell line!

 

[lizanne]

INTERNAL PIP 1 @ 2:00 PM! Nothing like seeing that curved shadow in the egg!!!!

Upped humidity to 70% as air cells look big now, dropped temp to 99

one step closer for one egg,
ughhhh this is gonna be a long three or maybe four next days!

Four eggs still remain in the cabinet, all are still showing movement, and noted that two others began to FINALLY draw down below that day 18 pencil line this afternoon.... the other two only show slight decrease in weight loss.

Go Babies!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@lizanne how are yours coming along, dont you have lockdown

 

[lizanne]

Yep, Day 18 is tomorrow!! I hope I don't have issues with humidity and holding temp this time. I might just turn off the fan.

 

[DaveOmak]

I am being very cautious with these as they are known to drown in fluids, because of weight loss.

I would assume if you have humidity way way up they can may also be able to get condensation inside the egg and make it harder to breath and stuff, idk I really dont know.

The lack of weight loss in the others eggs I still have in the cabinet and lack of draw down is certainly showing me that if I put them into humidity they can easily drown at the size they are at yet, so they will stay in that cabinet until I see more draw down and then I will add them to the lockdown bator, I have another bator running at 45-55 and I may put them in with those serama until I see internals depending on air cell size too. I can do this as bators are already running at different humdiities, and I will use that to my advantage. Cabinet at 25% thats room Humidity, the serama cooler is at 55 right now and the lockdown is upped to 70. so having three is awesome tools for me. Normally most eggs are like in air cell size, these are all over the place, so I am treating each egg separately.

I am keeping an eye on them every 2 hours! I stick my candler on top for a moment just to see that air cell line!

Thanks very much..... Where else can you get information like this..... Real Time.... Real Pictures to go with it....


........WAKE UP FOLKS.... THIS IS AWESOME......

 

[subhanalah]

My single survivor from the first cochin shipment has externally pipped. Here's to a healthy chick.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Yep, Day 18 is tomorrow!! I hope I don't have issues with humidity and holding temp this time. I might just turn off the fan.

not sure what to tell you, is the air blowing down directly on them?