February 2023 hatch-a-long

[lilwanderer]

The chick hatched over the night im guessing, it's dry now- It's legs look fine but it isn't showing any signs of walking yet, still curled up.

 

[dominiquePL]

The chick hatched over the night im guessing, it's dry now- It's legs look fine but it isn't showing any signs of walking yet, still curled up.

Just let it rest, you can't do anything anyway perhaps it needs more time

 

[lilwanderer]

Just let it rest, you can't do anything anyway perhaps it needs more time

I haven't messed with it don't worry, just noticed it wasn't really doing much activity, the first chick was waddling not long after it dried. I see your point though, not all are the same.

 

[KDawn02]

I came to say I had an egg that looked worse than yours and everyone said it wasn't going to do anything...well that little sucker hatched yesterday and is a lively little thing. I am so glad I didn't give up and gave it a chance. Good luck to you and yours!!

Thank you! Nothing has happened with that one yet, but there's still time. I have two that are starting to zip and one pip so far this is super exciting!

 

[AusHen]

Good thing I didnt discard the Muscovy eggs, the second finally hatched!!!
The first (yellow) we named The Ducktor and the newest is Missy.

 

[gimmie birdies]

This morning is day 20 for 6 eggs. Candled them and 4 you could see beaks and legs in egg air cell. I have plenty of water in the troughs so I gave saftey holes to the ones that had legs and beaks candled.(I dont normally safety hole, but I had 3 in the last hatch that were fully formed, and popped the inner membrane but didn't get past the outer shell.) 2 other eggs on day 20 just had slope. They looked okay, but i did put them in the other incubator with eggs due next week.

 

[Janeothejungle]

Something happening… Day 20

 

[gimmie birdies]

I had to take her out of the incubator, because she still had "strings" stuck to her but, and I didn't want them to yank on the belly button.

Below is her shell.

Some of the other chicks

Getting big.

 

[FBMcrazy8]

My air cells are still pretty small. I don’t think they are terrible but then again I don’t know. I’m dropping my humidity to help.

 

[lilwanderer]

I can't help but worry about this chick. It still wont hold its head up, is chirping excessively and sometimes it will flap its wings uncontrollably making a stress call while it does it. It does have strength in its legs as ive tried holding him up and he'll press up against the ground.