February Hatch-A-Long

[U_Stormcrow]

12 Mutts from my barnyard went into the incubator. One removed early quit. One hatched last nigh (technically, early AM). This is him/her, head on side, fluffy up between the eggs of siblings. Three more have externally pipped.

Sorry for photo quality, its me before coffee. never good.

/Edit (2:30 pm) Two more have now hatched (three total), and a further three have pipped externally.

/Further Edit (8:30 pm) Now a total of six hatched, five eggs remain in the incubator. Four I'm quite confident in, one has an air sack that looks too large, and no discernable movement, though I really need a brighter candling light.

Link to some pics in my Lemonade Project, starting here.

 

[Nmarine1057]

Is the one that was zipping making any sounds or movement? Did you make any attempts to intervene after 24 hours?
Can you candle the other eggs and see if they have internally pipped? You can do this quickly, even at lockdown. You can throw a damp warm papertowel or similar in the incubator when you open it to help quickly correct any humidity loss that occurs.

Yes he's still moving and making noise. No I didn't intervene. I will try to candle ty

 

[gimmie birdies]

These 5 eggs from my hens, I set in incubator after my shipped eggs, they are on staggered days, not marked when because I was trying to figure out who was fertile. This was all I came up with. I knew they would start to hatch 3+ days after my shipped eggs, the first one to be fertile quit, (tan) I have a second egg due 4+days after shipped eggs, it is fully in air cell. The last 3 are developing but still a few days out. I am not sure who's egg is the tan egg since I get many tan eggs. I am hoping my LO.

 

[Nmarine1057]

Well he is out of the shell but not awake. I candled and I saw no pips, well nothing that looked like it was in the air sac at least.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Well he is out of the shell but not awake. I candled and I saw no pips, well nothing that looked like it was in the air sac at least.

It’s hard work getting out of that shell! Could be the others are just running a bit late.

 

[Nmarine1057]

It’s hard work getting out of that shell! Could be the others are just running a bit late.

I hope you are right, didn't see any movement when I candled, and I'm getting worried

 

[gimmie birdies]

A chick doesn't move much in a full egg.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I hope you are right, didn't see any movement when I candled, and I'm getting worried

A chick doesn't move much in a full egg.

You will not likely see any movement in the egg at this point, looking for internal pipping which will look like a shadow in the aircell space.
You are at day 22 today? If there were any uneven temps, or a bit lower temps, then that can delay hatching by a day or two. Not much to do about it now but wait and see.

 

[gimmie birdies]

One of the eggs from my hen's staggered hatch. IDK who the dad is but prolly a RIR, BR, or OE. I don't have any of the roosters left, so it will be a mystery. I am hoping the mom will be an LO, but some hen under 1 year. The chick will probably be black with any of those dads. WAH!

This egg was due to hatch before some others, so I have it currently by it's self. With no one to bump into it really wobbles.

 

[Nmarine1057]

You will not likely see any movement in the egg at this point, looking for internal pipping which will look like a shadow in the aircell space.
You are at day 22 today? If there were any uneven temps, or a bit lower temps, then that can delay hatching by a day or two. Not much to do about it now but wait and see.

Okay, that you guys so much, I'll keep them in there. I had to help the other out of the shell. I got as much gunk off as I could, and had to put a band aid on his foot to straighten it out, but he's alive and doing v okay for now.