February/March 2017 Hatch-a-long

[duckduckgoose 2]

Ok I had 20 mix breed eggs in the incubator that are sopost to hatch today well I had 2 of them hatch early yesterday morning I left them in the incubator all day to see if any others would hatch but nothing so I took the 2 out and put them in the brooder and when i got up today they are both on there backs with there eyes closed and cold as a rock but still alive what happened did they just get cold and close to dieing or dose hatching early have something to do with it

 

[Mylied]

Ok I had 20 mix breed eggs in the incubator that are sopost to hatch today well I had 2 of them hatch early yesterday morning I left them in the incubator all day to see if any others would hatch but nothing so I took the 2 out and put them in the brooder and when i got up today they are both on there backs with there eyes closed and cold as a rock but still alive what happened did they just get cold and close to dieing or dose hatching early have something to do with it

Sometimes they are dumb when they are newly hatched and will forget to go back under the heat. Sometimes they fall over and have a hard time flipping back over. I keep a close eye on the dummies for the first few days. You can block off part of the broody so they can't get far from the heat.

 

[wabbit1964]

Day 21 is almost over and no signs of rocking, pips or hatching...

 

[newchickmama91]

Yesterday I had a lot of rocking nothing's happened since. Day 17 for the quail hopefully something will happen today

 

[wabbit1964]

Day 21 is almost over and no signs of rocking, pips or hatching...

Well after I posted that I candled and a bunch were clearly quitters I however had one egg I heard peeping so That one and 4 that I thought might still be alive I left in the bator for a few more days.

 

[mistymac]

40 eggs is the incubator set to hatch today or tomorrow! Woke up this am to 2 pips

Praying all continues to progress well. This is my first hatch. Temp seemed to have dropped (not sure if that is normal given the rise in humidity)

 

[blkjak]

7 pips this morning and the first out is the Turken!

 

[mistymac]

First baby out

How long do they normally lay there after popping out?

 

[Mylied]

First baby out

How long do they normally lay there after popping out?

For a while. As long as it's breathing, it is probably fine. They'll flop all over too once they try to get up on their feet. It's pretty sad looking.

 

[mistymac]

Haha they do flop everywhere! At what point should I take it out? It's still a little wet but knocking all the other eggs all over