February 2022 Hatch-A-Long

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

19 Sulmtaler chicks have hatched.. not sure if all will make it.
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Oh such cuties!!!
Are some not doing well?

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Lockdown!

One of the Swedish Flowers turned out to have quit about day 12. I was having trouble getting my eyes adjusted to the dark on day 14, so I missed it.

Count at lockdown is 6/12.
3 Isbar
2 Hedamora
1 Swedish Flower
Saw strong blood vessels along air sac margin, and movement of all chicks during final candling. No internal pips yet.

Running at lower humidity the past 36 hours has helped the really small air sacs grow, and the normal air sacs didn’t get too big. I’m happy with where they all are.

Okay, let’s see-
Temp at 99.5F
Humidity climbed to 64% as soon as I pulled the cap and filled B reservoir.
Vent moved all the way open.
Turner pulled and shelf liner installed.
Laid each egg back down with big side of air sac facing up.
Set out chair in front of incubator so we can watch for movement and pips while sitting on our hands.

Anything I’m forgetting?


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Dont forget popcorn and coke! A show you don't wanna miss havin to go get a snack!

 

[abpatchy]

Oh such cuties!!!
Are some not doing well?

3 of them might not. 2 I helped out of the shell this morning. I had to go take them to get their Marek vaccination. I always say don't help them hatch... but did not stick to it myself. Those 2 are not doing well. Better than before but not well. I will give them time to get on their feet. And one made it out by itself and was just fine but went downhill from there. I marked them with additional leg bands to make sure that they will not make it into the breeding groups.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

3 of them might not. 2 I helped out of the shell this morning. I had to go take them to get their Marek vaccination. I always say don't help them hatch... but did not stick to it myself. Those 2 are not doing well. Better than before but not well. I will give them time to get on their feet. And one made it out by itself and was just fine but went downhill from there. I marked them with additional leg bands to make sure that they will not make it into the breeding groups.

Awe I'm so sorry...hopefully they will pull through.

 

[BenlynFarm]

We are expecting an ice storm today! Hope we don’t lose power with our ducklings having 5 days left!

 

[Tonyroo]

3 of them might not. 2 I helped out of the shell this morning. I had to go take them to get their Marek vaccination. I always say don't help them hatch... but did not stick to it myself. Those 2 are not doing well. Better than before but not well. I will give them time to get on their feet. And one made it out by itself and was just fine but went downhill from there. I marked them with additional leg bands to make sure that they will not make it into the breeding

Try to keep your weaker chicks under warmer conditions with no drafts.

 

[Austrian Chickens]

10 chicks 1 pip 3 eggs left over.

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

2 little babies have hatched! Praise the Lord! Two more eggs have pips, and the other 6 I'm still waiting on. Day 20.

 

[Bananer86]

Day 24 - 1 egg left I’ve candled & it still has a heart beat. 6 healthy chicks hatched

So I started with 15, 1 wasn’t fertile so 6-7/14. That’s definitely better than my last hatch. These were shipped eggs, 2 had saddled air cells. 1 is still in the incubator, the other was a healthy hatch.

What should I do about the one in the bator? I feel like 24 days should be plenty long enough

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

3 have hatched, 3 more pipped!! Woot!! Praise the Lord!