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

[Fire Ant Farm]

I just did that, "I forgot I put an egg in my pocket until my pocket got squishy" thing.

 

[mlm Mike]

I just did that, "I forgot I put an egg in my pocket until my pocket got squishy" thing.

I hate that, I try real hard not to put them in my pocket, but sometimes you just have too.

 

[kajira]

I just did that, "I forgot I put an egg in my pocket until my pocket got squishy" thing.

could be worse, the kids sneak eggs into dad's pocket when he doesn't know they did it, then he squishes them in his jeans/shorts and goes WTF really loudly... haha

 

[mlm Mike]

could be worse, the kids sneak eggs into dad's pocket when he doesn't know they did it, then he squishes them in his jeans/shorts and goes WTF really loudly... haha

 

[kajira]

You would think it's funny.
We also have a great pyr who raids the egg boxes. She loves raw eggs. We actually let her have any that are cracked or broken because were too lazy to take them into the house. We only have 1 coop she can actually get into, so besides that one, she can raid it, and any they lay about the yard.

 

[mlm Mike]

You would think it's funny.
We also have a great pyr who raids the egg boxes. She loves raw eggs. We actually let her have any that are cracked or broken because were too lazy to take them into the house. We only have 1 coop she can actually get into, so besides that one, she can raid it, and any they lay about the yard.

My schipperke steals raw eggs too. I have a bad habit of putting eggs on a bench when choring then forgetting to bring them in. When she goes out she goes straight for the bench.

 

[mlm Mike]

I got caught up, just in time to call it a night.

Good night everyone!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I hate that, I try real hard not to put them in my pocket, but sometimes you just have too.

Well, I put it in my pocket and then pulled Miss Broody McBroody-Pants out to dunk her belly in water, then looked at her feet and decided she may have scaley leg mites and definitely needed a nail trim.... Somewhere in there it went squish. So I had my hands full of unhappy broody chicken and walked around getting the nail clippers and then coating legs in castor oil and returning her to the coop before I could rinse my shorts out. (They're that quick dry stuff, so rinsed well and then they were nicely cool...)

could be worse, the kids sneak eggs into dad's pocket when he doesn't know they did it, then he squishes them in his jeans/shorts and goes WTF really loudly... haha

- Ant Farm

 

[Victoria-nola]

I first did the pinhole, and each time I had contact with the egg the chick would move around, cheep, peck. But after several more hours nothing was happening. I finally gave a little nudge at the pinhole, and the top of the egg (over the air cell) cracked open. Turns out the chick was getting glued in, clearly had been glued, don't know how long. I took off more eggshell, rolled back the membrane, little chick moving and happy but glued in-- moistened the membrane. Put chick into the warmer I had set up like a mini Mama-heating-Pad. An hour later and no progress, so I took off more shell and she finally pushed herself out, another hour and she was almost completely out, I touched her and she stretched and came out of it. I let her rest another 30 mins or so, then rushed her, in the warm box, out to my hen, who received her very happily. Checking tonight, the chick is dry and fluffy and was very much asleep under her mama. I think she was glued in for the last 2 days, but had internally pipped and not externally, so it didn't progress as far as I've seen it do, but she couldn't overcome the inertia of the membrane gone dry and tightened down. She is exhausted but I think she'll be fine.

Thanks a lot for the pinhole suggestion and for helping me have confidence.

I wanted to give an update on what happened with the chick. She was ok for a day or two and then just faded out and we euthanized her. The hen and all the other chickens knew she wasn't well. So, I'm learning. My personal policy henceforth will be that if eggs are under a broody, the hen decides if eggs are viable or not, and if she gives up on an egg, then it's hands off for me because she knows what she's doing. For incubations, I will no doubt still give assistance because it's not a natural environment and things happen that aren't the chick's fault. I don't expect to incubate but things do happen, I have orphaned guinea eggs in my incubator right now. Thanks again for your help on this.

 

[BantyChooks]

I wanted to give an update on what happened with the chick. She was ok for a day or two and then just faded out and we euthanized her. The hen and all the other chickens knew she wasn't well. So, I'm learning. My personal policy henceforth will be that if eggs are under a broody, the hen decides if eggs are viable or not, and if she gives up on an egg, then it's hands off for me because she knows what she's doing. For incubations, I will no doubt still give assistance because it's not a natural environment and things happen that aren't the chick's fault. I don't expect to incubate but things do happen, I have orphaned guinea eggs in my incubator right now. Thanks again for your help on this.