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

[Akrnaf2]

Hatch help plz: When to worry about a pip...

I had an egg make what I would call an incomplete pip about 14 hours ago. The tiniest bit of shell was raised but there has been no more progress. Very improbable that it got through the membrane. As I understand the hatching process, it wouldn't be pipping unless the air inside the egg was depleted. Would this be a case to intervene? Is it likely already too late?

Last night was the beginning of day 21 and others are hatching so they are right on schedule.

Don't worry, it could take long time. They are doing fine, don't touch them.

 

[fatcatx]

Don't worry, it could take long time. They are doing fine, don't touch them.

That was my plan unless I heard otherwise. After 100+ eggs I had never been in this situation before. Only no pip at all scenarios.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Actually watched a u-tube Video on geothermal greenhouses growing Oranges in Nebraska!
This is the link (I think)

Yeah.... That would be cool....I don't know how viable it would be as we get so cold for so long and our nights in the winter are long..... It's dark by 5 p.m. in the middle of winter.
But I'm definitely interested in the type of stuff ...I had a subscription to Mother Earth News for 36 years..... Just finally stopped it as I have no time to read it anymore.
And everything is online now anyways
Think I wouldn't mind getting that thumb drive with all the issues preloaded it's only $50

 

[LittleLakePhil]

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Benny.... Garden pics?

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Don't worry, it could take long time. They are doing fine, don't touch them.

Yup don't worry...... It can take a long time for sure..... I'm one of those I rarely assist.....I had to a few times but that was as a last resort.

 

[BullChick]

Hatch help plz: When to worry about a pip...

I had an egg make what I would call an incomplete pip about 14 hours ago. The tiniest bit of shell was raised but there has been no more progress. Very improbable that it got through the membrane. As I understand the hatching process, it wouldn't be pipping unless the air inside the egg was depleted. Would this be a case to intervene? Is it likely already too late?

Last night was the beginning of day 21 and others are hatching so they are right on schedule.

As long as humidity is good (other chicks are popping out without shells stuck to them?), it’s best to leave it alone. Not only can it take 24 hours, but it might also be a weak chick. It hurts, but a weak chick that grows to maturity hatches weak chicks...

 

[Akrnaf2]

Benny.... Garden pics?

No problem my friend, it is night here, tomorrow I will take some!, a LOT of olives on the trees , pomigrand and more!

 

[Pensmaster]

Yeah.... That would be cool....I don't know how viable it would be as we get so cold for so long and our nights in the winter are long..... It's dark by 5 p.m. in the middle of winter.
But I'm definitely interested in the type of stuff ...I had a subscription to Mother Earth News for 36 years..... Just finally stopped it as I have no time to read it anymore.
And everything is online now anyways
Think I wouldn't mind getting that thumb drive with all the issues preloaded it's only $50

I got the disc years ago never opened it. Like you said everything is online. However things I book marked years ago don’t seem to be opening.

 

[BullChick]

Two days ago it was in the nineties, and too hot to stay outside. Yesterday was lightning. Today, it began to rain, and an excited little child exclaimed, “I hear rain! Turn off the tv!”
“Why?”
“We have to go outside!”
It was 58°. She was devastated about having to actually have clothing on, as well as her rain jacket with hood. Meanwhile, I froze my tush off because I don’t have a rain jacket (and I literally just now realized that I should’ve used an umbrella. I keep forgetting they exist!).
Even the chickens refused to come outside until they realized that I was there. Then they were only out long enough to ask me for treats. Everything the dog used to get is now put into an empty coffee can, and given to the flocks.
After a full hour of getting soaked, I was finally allowed to come inside.

 

[BullChick]

Love her!