EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[BullChick]

GOOD MORNING, CRITTER LOVERS! DO YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS?!

Me neither.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Camel day.
You were up early. I've been up and working since about 2.

 

[5Sons Coop]

Coffe day!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Bad day for fruit here. Any that survived the last few nights are surely gone now.
It is 16F out there now.

I'm not holding out much hope for most of it. The apricot bloomed weeks ago and the fruit was growing. Green fruit in apricots are 90% killed at 25F so they are lost.
My peaches are in full bloom as are the plums. The apples and pear buds are swollen and about to open.
Peaches in full bloom are lost at 24F and plums are killed at 23F so both of those are gone too.
Pears at first white are killed at 19F so some may survive.
Apples at the stage mine are, are killed at 15F so they should make it.
Everything was a month or more ahead of normal.

 

[kwhites634]

Bad day for fruit here. Any that survived the last few nights are surely gone now.
It is 16F out there now.

I'm not holding out much hope for most of it. The apricot bloomed weeks ago and the fruit was growing. Green fruit in apricots are 90% killed at 25F so they are lost.
My peaches are in full bloom as are the plums. The apples and pear buds are swollen and about to open.
Peaches in full bloom are lost at 24F and plums are killed at 23F so both of those are gone too.
Pears at first white are killed at 19F so some may survive.
Apples at the stage mine are, are killed at 15F so they should make it.
Everything was a month or more ahead of normal.

Pretty rough

 

[BantyChooks]

Well good and not so good news. I made a small hole. No blood...but also no beak. In fact the inner membrane is completely intact. After all that, now I do see movement when candling. So will the chick be ok? Do I need to up humidity? Also, it's day 16, because after taking the egg out, I read 2/26 and not 2/20 for incubation entry. Have I doomed my egg? Should I seal the hole somehow?

Hey all! I have a question. I'm on day 14 with my silkie eggs and I've noticed the aircells are quite small. Shall I stop adding water until lockdown? Which is on Monday. Thanks in advance

What is humidity now, and what is humidity with no water?

 

[meltel]

Good morning all

 

[5Sons Coop]

Pure Bliss= 4 boys on the bus, one not up yet, hot cup of coffee in my easy chair.

 

[duluthralphie]

Hey all! I have a question. I'm on day 14 with my silkie eggs and I've noticed the aircells are quite small. Shall I stop adding water until lockdown? Which is on Monday. Thanks in advance

Sorry not enough info to even begin to answer.

What type of incubator? Humidity levels? How small is too small in you experience?

I know others here pay a lot of attention to air sacs, I do not. I am not big on candling, I candle to throw out the dead and non-starters. What does the embryo look like? Is it normal for day 14?

 

[duluthralphie]

Oh Morning all!!