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

[Blooie]

I just picked up the S&G NN chicks from the post office. They had a rough ride - left Idaho on Tuesday, and arrived at the post office this morning. There was Grogel in the box, and they were snug for warmth, but one didn't make the trip, and a few look a bit rough (and I wonder if they will survive). Others look mostly ok, but all were chilled. I was in such a rush to get each one a sip of water and then into the warmth under the MHP, I didn't even count them (there were supposed to be 25, seemed about right). They are now quietly warming up, and the occasional strong one is popping out already for more water and some food. I also turned up the heat in the house they are in to help a bit.

Here they are warming up (with a few trolling around for feed):



- Ant Farm

Can you smoosh the center down a bit on the cave? They really could use the extra heat after such a trauma, and MHP works best when their backs come into contact (or very closely in contact) with the pad. I've got everything crossed for you - it ain't comfortable and I look pretty stoopid, but if it works...........

 

[mlm Mike]

Hello all! I have an incubation question, I think I may have done something wrong. Should I ask question here or start a new thread?

Ask away

 

[NaJoBeLe]

Hello all! I have an incubation question, I think I may have done something wrong.  Should I ask question here or start a new thread?

Maybe both just in case.

 

[kwhites634]

Just had our 49th anniversary on Tuesday. I've found what works best for me is to mention something, then shut the heck up and let him mull it over for a bit. Then, when he looks at me and says, "You know, I had an idea....why don't we <insert name of thing I suggested two weeks ago here>? I'll be we could do that." I just look right at him with adoration, bat my eyes, and say in my best southern accent, "Oh, honey....you're so clever!!"

Gotcha beat by a year, but you wear the years a whole lot better than I have.

 

[Blooie]

Gotcha beat by a year, but you wear the years a whole lot better than I have.

Aww, thank you so much! (your check is in the mail)

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

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Thank you kindly! First time using an incubator, usually use broodies. I have a GFQ Styrofoam still with a turner. I had gotten shipped eggs from fellow BYCer but the shipment was delayed, so we both expected poor viability. That was correct, none of them developed. I also included four of my own girls' fertile eggs in case we had a lone hatch from her stock. Mine have all developed well, and tomorrow is lockdown, day 18.

I just candled the eggs this morning, and the air cells don't look big enough. I was a jerk and didn't weigh them before I put them in, so I don't know the weight difference.

It's not a big deal if they don't hatch, but I'd like to at least learn. Is there anything I can do now? I had been running the humidity at 35%, but sometimes it got up to 40%. Our house is pretty dry right now.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Thank you kindly! First time using an incubator, usually use broodies. I have a GFQ Styrofoam still with a turner. I had gotten shipped eggs from fellow BYCer but the shipment was delayed, so we both expected poor viability. That was correct, none of them developed. I also included four of my own girls' fertile eggs in case we had a lone hatch from her stock. Mine have all developed well, and tomorrow is lockdown, day 18.

I just candled the eggs this morning, and the air cells don't look big enough. I was a jerk and didn't weigh them before I put them in, so I don't know the weight difference.

It's not a big deal if they don't hatch, but I'd like to at least learn. Is there anything I can do now? I had been running the humidity at 35%, but sometimes it got up to 40%. Our house is pretty dry right now.

if you are able to watch for draw down and dont up the humidity until internal pip

Good Luck!!!

was your hygro/thermo calibrated??

 

[mlm Mike]

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Thank you kindly! First time using an incubator, usually use broodies. I have a GFQ Styrofoam still with a turner. I had gotten shipped eggs from fellow BYCer but the shipment was delayed, so we both expected poor viability. That was correct, none of them developed. I also included four of my own girls' fertile eggs in case we had a lone hatch from her stock. Mine have all developed well, and tomorrow is lockdown, day 18.

I just candled the eggs this morning, and the air cells don't look big enough. I was a jerk and didn't weigh them before I put them in, so I don't know the weight difference.

It's not a big deal if they don't hatch, but I'd like to at least learn. Is there anything I can do now? I had been running the humidity at 35%, but sometimes it got up to 40%. Our house is pretty dry right now.
Right now, there is nothing you can really do to increase the air cells size in a day. I would just lock down normal. I would think some, if not all, will hatch.

 

[Chaos18]

Thank you kindly! First time using an incubator, usually use broodies. I have a GFQ Styrofoam still with a turner. I had gotten shipped eggs from fellow BYCer but the shipment was delayed, so we both expected poor viability. That was correct, none of them developed. I also included four of my own girls' fertile eggs in case we had a lone hatch from her stock. Mine have all developed well, and tomorrow is lockdown, day 18.

I just candled the eggs this morning, and the air cells don't look big enough. I was a jerk and didn't weigh them before I put them in, so I don't know the weight difference.

It's not a big deal if they don't hatch, but I'd like to at least learn. Is there anything I can do now? I had been running the humidity at 35%, but sometimes it got up to 40%. Our house is pretty dry right now.

At this point there isn't much that you can do. Try a lockdown humidity in the 65% range.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Already did - much better now (and not so much piling up). That;s the advantage of the hoop type shape, is that you can sort of spring out the sides to lower the whole thing without disturbing the chis too much. (It was too tall because I was in a crunch for time and this was one of the ones that had been with some 4 week olds earlier and I had arched it up).


They're warming up and exploring now:

I counted at least 11 that are running back and forth to food and water. We'll see how the other sleepy ones are as they warm up.

(I'm going to go post the different pics to show how cold chicks behave along the edges over on the MHP thread.)

- Ant Farm