First, Second, Third and on and on Incubator hatch help appreciated

[ScottandSam]

Well overnight we got our second pip.
And I figured out how to check my temp. I'm getting a cheap oral thermometer. I already have a fluke 88v meter that is highly accurate to within .5F so with a oral and the meter (which also does RH) I should know where we stand.
Scott

 

[ScottandSam]

Ok so last night we took our son to a gorillaz concert in kc mo. Funny thing was we worked around after we dropped him off and sat down outside the sprint center in kc. Some have us free tickets to a suite. So we went in just in time to catch the main act.

So we got home at 4am exhausted but were happy to see 5 silkies and the one Brahma up knocking eggs around. We just left them in there. Some where in between 4 and 8am we had another silkie hatch and 2 more pip.

Scott

 

[DwayneNLiz]

awesome!!!

 

[ScottandSam]

Our plan is to leave remaining eggs in there till next Wednesday. @day 28.
And empty out hatched chicks every 48 hours. All is subject to changes.lol
Scott

 

[WVduckchick]

How many have hatched now??

I can't leave chicks in the incubator that long. I'm always dying to get them out to check them over.

 

[ScottandSam]

1 Brahma and eight silkies so we have 4 silkie eggs still in there. We likely will candle them tomorrow or more than likely by Monday night.
Pic was from 8 am this morning.

 

[ScottandSam]

I'll get some better pics of the little guys tomorrow. Got food now I need sleep.

Scott

 

[aart]

I can't leave chicks in the incubator that long. I'm always dying to get them out to check them over.

IKR!?
I leave them in until they get to rowdy, pecking at or tromping on the pipping or just hatched chicks. I always take them out in groups of at least 2 so not adding a single to brooder.
Remember tho, opening bator releases humidity which can cause probs for the pipped.
Looks like Sam has plenty of room in there to just leave them be until hatch is done.

 

[ScottandSam]

IKR!?
I leave them in until they get to rowdy, pecking at or tromping on the pipping or just hatched chicks. I always take them out in groups of at least 2 so not adding a single to brooder.
Remember tho, opening bator releases humidity which can cause probs for the pipped.
Looks like Sam has plenty of room in there to just leave them be until hatch is done.

the pic I think was 5. anyways I was at work and advised Sam to pull the 9 chicks at 48 hours. It was like a pinball machine chicks were knocking eggs all over. 2 of the 4 eggs got cracked. she pulled the 9 out put them in the broader. and left 4 eggs in the bator. Sam briefly looked at egg by egg last night. the 4 remaing have chicks in them but no movement at all. I think we should leave them in the until the 28th or until they hatch or explode. We don't have our hopes up for these last 4. so Scratching brahmas totally on hatching info. Silkies we received 14 discarded one clear one blood ring day 7-10. 12 made it to lock down and eight silkies born so far. Not a bad hatch for 1st in bator. but I'm thinking we can do better. But We are happy with eight silkies.

Now for the Brahmas. well we also are happy in a way cause we have 1 miracle chick that survived were no one else of the 11 eggs made it to day 18. In fact only 4 eggs made it past day 14. lots pulled at day 7 and 10 that failed to develop. Little guys kind of chipmunk colored so were thinking buff or partridge.

Scott

 

[ScottandSam]

Well no more hatches from those 1 run eggs. The 4 that did not hatch were not moving at all (something all viable eggs did for us since 18 days). So we opened them up from the air sack. We found what looked to be fully developed dead chicks. 2 were pointing to the wrong end. One still did not asorb all of the yoke. and the last was just a quitter.
So I cleaned out the bator and got here back up and running set to <30% humidity and to 100.5. We have 12 fertile eggs under a hen right now. They are mutts from the neighbor. We will take 6 eggs tomorrow and leave her six and see who hatches better. we are at day 11/12 with those eggs so we also will compare hatch days.

I checked the temp with my fluke and it was within a .1 degree at all times from heater kick on to off. In fact It saw a 97.7 as the heater kicked off where unit saw a 97.6.but on low side it saw 99.5 when heater would kick on.

Scott