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

[Sally Sunshine]

You have one up and running around that is already a win!

I know, its hard to remember that when there is others in distress and doing and eggtopsy uggg I couldnt even do it I was just upset at myself, hubby cracked and said she was dead for sure and to..ok it outside and then explained to the kiddos... life is so precious even more when your in control of helping it along!

 

[Wulfandwyn]

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[chicksooner]

I know, its hard to remember that when there is others in distress and doing and eggtopsy uggg I couldnt even do it I was just upset at myself, hubby cracked and said she was dead for sure and to..ok it outside and then explained to the kiddos... life is so precious even more when your in control of helping it along!

You' re a good mama to your littles and your animal babies. Hatching eggs is such a delicate process.

 

[sumi]

Oh, Sally, I'm sorry to hear you were having difficulties.

You've put your heart and should into this hatch! But remember, we all make mistakes. This is such a delicate things, playing hen to the eggs when we are not designed to hatch them. And you've done a great job so far! You say you already have a fluffy butt running around. So well done!

I hope when you come online later you will have good news and baby pics for us!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

4 almost FLUFFY BUTTS ~ 2 black and 2 Yellow peeps! I took the one out in the middle of the night to brooder next to the bator so they could still hear her chirping and roudyness

I HELPED them!! I did I did!!!!

IT was very slowwwwwww and it took until 3 am until I just had to hit the sack! One thing I noticed reading up and watching those saved articles and videos is that you have to be SLOW because they need to absorbe the yolk sack and stuff and that in itself takes hours.

I will check the other two eggs when I remove these guy later this afternoon, I assume, one is the one that didnt look like a quitter but I wasnt sure and left it....

THANK GOD I saved all those links ahead of time and could just go to the summary article of this thread and make my game plan!

If I would have left them all as links in my fav bar it would have been chaos trying to figure out where the stuff was!! Thanks BYC!!

Say Hi to Spot!




Say Hello to Cha Cha (yellow), Chadwick (bigger black), and Chirp!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

 

[aussie pete]

congratulations,after all yr hard work researching,writing &helping others- u deserved to have a win (chics)

cheers pete

 

[sumi]

Congrats! Love the names! And the video

Now Halo's got even more buddies to keep him company.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

CIGARS!!! I feel like I should go get some cigars!!!

Thanks EVERYONE!!! I soooo needed all the support and knowledge from everyone for this!!! Thanks Pete I am greatful that I can share something! lol

Sumi as usual your AWESOME!!

I have a feeling you and I could be best of friends!

I just looked and they were already all fluffed so I put them in the brooder with the other one!! I will get pics when they arent so tired and standing... the Blacks have some yellow under beak, and they have a white butt and white tips on wings ????? the yellows both have a black dot on their head LOL They are friggen adorable already!!

I candled the other 2 eggs.... ONE HAS A internal PIP !!!!!!! and the other is still alive because its ALOT bigger than it was lasadt candle at 18 days and its pretty full!!! So for now I will say I only lost 1 BCM x Comet/RIR so far (besides the infertile one or do I count it?)

IMPORTANT QUESTION: The egg that has the internal pip...... do I leave it and see if it pips external or will it die shrinkwrapped since ALL the others were real bad? Even though the last two days of 77~74 humidity its air cell looks really big.... I couldnt see it moving but I didnt want to mess with it too long after I saw that internal pip....

WONDER if you can help one that only has an internal pip as well???????????

 

[Herducks]

I have had a couple die with an internal pip. Not sure why, maybe just too tired/weak to break through. I am not sure how to help except to crack shell over air sac to ensure they get good air at least. I don't think they shrinkwrap until they pip the shell. I would sure keep an eye on it though!!

I had some serama eggs in my bator due on Saturday. None had hatched and I figured I had messed up somewhere. I almost tossed them last night. I knew they had been developing, but had a quick heat spike right before lockdown and was worried it had killed them. Well this moring at 3 am a very noisey little serama chick woke me up

noisiest chick so far!! I am hoping at least one more will hatch so he is not all alone. The other chicks are too big for me to put this little serama in with!