Eggs in the bator! July 27th

[Sylverfly]

you give them a fine cigar. just kidding, I'm sure you meant incubate not "in Cuban", typos the joy of computers, right. If you have fertile eggs, and keep the temp consistent, turn them, and keep the humidity good at hatch time you should be able to hatch them no matter what they are in. Will your hatch rate be good? maybe maybe not it depends on so many things good conditions for incubating and hatching really make a difference but a lot of it is luck and how good the parents are health wise, how the eggs were handled/stored, and even when the eggs were laid. Conditions, Management, and Luck the three things needed for a successful hatch, in my opinion.

 

[JacksonB54]

Got a big, happy surprise a couple of hours ago: have 1 chick out! Total time from hearing peeps and seeing a pip until hatch was about an hour!

Have 5 more pips, which happened all about the same time as the one who is out. One of those bounced its egg to where the pip hole was on the bottom side of the "tilt" of the egg, so I'm praying it didn't drown. I did manage to stick a wooden skewer in through the vent hole and get what I hope is a better position, I just hope it didn't take me too long to think of that!

Keep those good thoughts coming and those fingers crossed for me!

 

[Sylverfly]

I'm keeping them crossed for you. I have a total of 6 out now a few blacks and some blues/splashes plus a few more pip holes on some of the eggs. If I get 12 total I'll be a happy camper given all the problems I'm having with this incubator during this hatch.

 

[billyb]

Fingers crossed!! Thanks for the info Slyverfly!

 

[JacksonB54]

Chick #2 is out!

 

[JacksonB54]

Total of SEVEN chicks this morning, and an eighth pipping! At least 2 of the shipped eggs are hatched (possibly more?), including one of the eggs I slipped under a broody! This is only day 20, so hopes are high for even more! Come on, baby chicks!

 

[sparkleeyes]

I wish I could be cheering along with you, I mean I am, but we also tried for the very, very first time to incubate two eggs starting July 26th. We found out through candling that one was a no go. So we are praying the other works out. But no pip yet!! I'm afraid. I was hesitant in the first place. Husband had a one up on me since he hatched duck eggs before, but I just started researching as we were incubating, so I"m afraid we may have done something wrong somewhere. Although we did see the veins and what looked to be legs or feathery something moving at last candling. Could it just be late???? The suspence is killing me!!!!!

 

[Sylverfly]

well my grand old total ended up at nine, ten hatched but I lost one deformed sickly little chick. Here's a few chick pics



River watching his flock.


Are you my mama hen?

 

[billyb]

Slyverfly,
Can you show some pics of your incubator?!

 

[JacksonB54]

I wish I could be cheering along with you, I mean I am, but we also tried for the very, very first time to incubate two eggs starting July 26th. We found out through candling that one was a no go. So we are praying the other works out. But no pip yet!! I'm afraid. I was hesitant in the first place. Husband had a one up on me since he hatched duck eggs before, but I just started researching as we were incubating, so I"m afraid we may have done something wrong somewhere. Although we did see the veins and what looked to be legs or feathery something moving at last candling. Could it just be late???? The suspence is killing me!!!!!

This is only my second incubator hatch, Sparkleeyes, but from everything I've read, it could be as long as 23 days without being unusual! In the first inc'y hatch, I learned about how to calibrate my thermometer and found that it was a half a degree low, and apparently that was a big problem: I'd set 28 eggs but only 5 hatched! This time I set 24 eggs, 4 were duds (unfertilized/no development), and 4 appeared to have died between weeks 1 and 2 (learned this by candling). Over the past 24 hours, we've had 8 hatch and 2 more pip. One of the pips got bumped until the pip hole was on the underside and died; the second pip-only egg could still hatch, and I'm holding out hope! This is day 20, and you're only on day 21, so I'd wait at least 3 more days if I were you. I know how nerve-wracking it can be (I was a nervous wreck the first clutch we set), but hang in there. If you didn't calibrate your thermometer, it could take a couple of days longer. Remember, I'm just telling you about my LIMITED experience with an incubator, but I read A LOT while waiting on the first incubated clutch, and am convinced you should do nothing yet!! Perhaps some more experienced folks will chime in with their experiences as well! Best of luck!!!!! Fingers crossed for you!!