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

[duluthralphie]

HI all,

I stopped trying to catch up, I read then make a post and lose my places and know I will never catch up,,,

So Morning, I am here to bless you with my presence and dux wisdom for a bit this morning.

 

[dan26552]

HI all,

I stopped trying to catch up,  I read then make a post and lose my places and  know I will never catch up,,,

So Morning, I am here to bless you with my presence and dux wisdom for a bit this morning.

 

[The Duck Ladie]

Ab had not progressed. Still no hole outside air and as has been awhile i candled to see if alive. He was. I took off shells on pip not membrane. WHAT should i do!?!?!

 

[The Duck Ladie]

I have to leave asap!

 

[duluthralphie]

Ab had not progressed. Still no hole outside air and as has been awhile i candled to see if alive. He was. I took off shells on pip not membrane. WHAT should i do!?!?!

When hatching the best results are to keep your hands off, and know in your brain and heart you did your best before lockdown. At lockdown and hatch time if you do anything, it means you will most likely just kill the birds.

Touching the eggs while hatching does no one any good. Back off, go read a book and check tomorrow, they will either hatch or not.

 

[BullChick]

HI all,

I stopped trying to catch up, I read then make a post and lose my places and know I will never catch up,,,

So Morning, I am here to bless you with my presence and dux wisdom for a bit this morning.

Ab had not progressed. Still no hole outside air and as has been awhile i candled to see if alive. He was. I took off shells on pip not membrane. WHAT should i do!?!?!

Remove the membrane, be sure the baby isn't stuck.

 

[BullChick]

When hatching the best results are to keep your hands off, and know in your brain and heart you did your best before lockdown. At lockdown and hatch time if you do anything, it means you will most likely just kill the birds.

Touching the eggs while hatching does no one any good. Back off, go read a book and check tomorrow, they will either hatch or not.

I don't agree because we are humans. I don't care how often you hatch. We are still relying on a machine to tell the truth about temperature and humidity. even if we go with weight, the scale can be off, or we can put the eggs on wrong. We can clean the incubator wrong, or use bad water. We can't hear the cheeps, or feel the movement. We are human. Sometimes (SOMEtimes) we need to touch.

 

[The Duck Ladie]

I don't agree because we are humans. I don't care how often you hatch. We are still relying on a machine to tell the truth about temperature and humidity. even if we go with weight, the scale can be off, or we can put the eggs on wrong. We can clean the incubator wrong, or use bad water. We can't hear the cheeps, or feel the movement. We are human. Sometimes (SOMEtimes) we need to touch.

I removed membrane. She is peeping and moving. I looked in and the blood vessels do not looked to be drawn in so i am leaving her. I hope she hatches

 

[BullChick]

@The Duck Ladie I don't know how long your coffee has been missing, but I am sorry.

 

[duluthralphie]

We can disagree that's tine. BUT I cannot help but thinking about the sign some businesses have that says:

"Lack of planning on your part is not an emergency on our part"


With incubation that is a lot of it. You do the work before the hatch, trying to save one bird during the hatch will inevitably end up harming others as you open the environment the birds are hatching in. When I opened my incubator the other day I had a dead bird and two cripples. Had I tried to save them, I would most likely have failed, and even if I had saved them, I would have killed others.

Part of being human is realizing some things are beyond our control..