february hatch along

[Joplus]

Hi. I'm an old member. I hatch only about 4 hatches per year. Two in the fall and two in the spring. My last hatch was April 2017 because I skipped fall to have a baby. I set 35 eggs on Feb 7th and 6 more today Feb 12th to fill my incubator full. I am setting 20 ameraucana, 16 polish and 5 freaks. I had to do a staggered hatch because they polish aren't laying well. Everything is in a Farm Innovator's forced air with the turner. Temps 99.5-101° and humidity 27-33%. Any advice on the 5 day staggering of this hatch? Thanks and happy hatching!

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Day 22. 8/9 have hatched. Last one has pipped but not zipped. The egg is moving and chirping so I'll give it to this evening before deciding to help. That'll be about 26+ hours since pipping and it'll need a little assistance at that point.

Here are the 8! They're barnyard mixes and oh so cute.

 

[chickenmama109]

Day 22. 8/9 have hatched. Last one has pipped but not zipped. The egg is moving and chirping so I'll give it to this evening before deciding to help. That'll be about 26+ hours since pipping and it'll need a little assistance at that point.

Here are the 8! They're barnyard mixes and oh so cute.

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They are so cute that is what I’m incubating is barnyard mix’s keep us posted

 

[chickenmama109]

Here is my baby she is three to four months old now getting so big

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

View attachment 1264226 Here is my baby she is three to four months old now getting so big

She's getting so big! Love the expression.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

9th, and final, egg hatched out on it's own this afternoon. Unfortunately it had not fully absorbed the eggs contents. No yolk but some very bloody viseral type stuff. I gave her a rinse then trimmed off the extra stringy bit. Dabbed on some Neosporin. Then put her back in the newly cleaned and disinfected incubator. I've never had a chick with this issue to this extent. But the ones I did scabbed over and healed up nicely. Hoping for the same with this one. The plan is to keep her in the incubator till tomorrow evening and see how she does over the next 24 hours.

On a happy note all eggs that made it to lock down hatched! That's a first for me.

And what good is a post without a picture. So here she is!

 

[chickenmama109]

9th, and final, egg hatched out on it's own this afternoon. Unfortunately it had not fully absorbed the eggs contents. No yolk but some very bloody viseral type stuff. I gave her a rinse then trimmed off the extra stringy bit. Dabbed on some Neosporin. Then put her back in the newly cleaned and disinfected incubator. I've never had a chick with this issue to this extent. But the ones I did scabbed over and healed up nicely. Hoping for the same with this one. The plan is to keep her in the incubator till tomorrow evening and see how she does over the next 24 hours.

On a happy note all eggs that made it to lock down hatched! That's a first for me.

And what good is a post without a picture. So here she is!

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She is so cute

 

[chickenmama109]

She's getting so big! Love the expression.

Thanks she is so sweet and loves to sit with you

 

[CABINHOLLOWNC]

Hi. I'm an old member. I hatch only about 4 hatches per year. Two in the fall and two in the spring. My last hatch was April 2017 because I skipped fall to have a baby. I set 35 eggs on Feb 7th and 6 more today Feb 12th to fill my incubator full. I am setting 20 ameraucana, 16 polish and 5 freaks. I had to do a staggered hatch because they polish aren't laying well. Everything is in a Farm Innovator's forced air with the turner. Temps 99.5-101° and humidity 27-33%. Any advice on the 5 day staggering of this hatch? Thanks and happy hatching!

Hello and welcome to the hatch! Congratulations on your new baby!!! I see you like to "dry hatch", I try to keep my humidity between 35%-45%...guess you could say I stay in the middle of the road when it comes to humidity, I'm a little higher than a dry hatch but not as high as most (45-55). It sounds like you have everything covered!

As for the staggered hatch, do you have a second incubator to do lockdown in? When I do a staggered hatch, I'll borrow my sister-in-laws incubator and set it up a few days before lockdown and then just move the eggs over that are ready for lockdown and leave the second setting of eggs in the incubator to continue to do their thing.

What color Ameraucana's are you hatching and do you know what your 'freak" crossings are? LOL!

I hope your hatch goes well!

 

[CABINHOLLOWNC]

Day 22. 8/9 have hatched. Last one has pipped but not zipped. The egg is moving and chirping so I'll give it to this evening before deciding to help. That'll be about 26+ hours since pipping and it'll need a little assistance at that point.

Here are the 8! They're barnyard mixes and oh so cute.

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Oh!!! They are precious!!!!