HALLOWEEN Hatch-a-Long 2016 w/ Hosts, Mike, Sally & BantyChooks

[Fluffyserama]

So still having humidity issues. I now have 5 chicks that have externally piped, but it appears that the first three are shrink wrapped. I plugged all but one vent hole and humidity seems to be up higher than it was earlier but still not where I would like to see it. The only thing I can think of is that having the heat on in the spare room is sucking the moisture out of the air, so I just moved the hatcher to the bathroom and ran the shower for a bit, hopefully that will help when I open it up to assist the shrink wrapped ones.

Aggghhhh...... I SO want a broody next spring!!!

 

[Fluffyserama]

@chickendreams24

I'm so happy you got it out of the egg!! congradulations!

 

[junebuggena]

So still having humidity issues. I now have 5 chicks that have externally piped, but it appears that the first three are shrink wrapped. I plugged all but one vent hole and humidity seems to be up higher than it was earlier but still not where I would like to see it. The only thing I can think of is that having the heat on in the spare room is sucking the moisture out of the air, so I just moved the hatcher to the bathroom and ran the shower for a bit, hopefully that will help when I open it up to assist the shrink wrapped ones.

Aggghhhh...... I SO want a broody next spring!!!

I may be willing to part with a broody hen. But she's not a springtime broody. She likes brooding in the fall.

 

[prizepete]

What's funny, is she's already smaller than the turkey's, but she bosses them around, and they let her.

Haven't you noticed, turkeys are not that smart!

Yeah, we've already been discussing what all we needed done.
Including a milking stand for the goat(s). She's due around Halloween, I think.

You might have posted already... What breed of goat do you have?

Question. Cannot find anything online regarding this. So i was so excited to show my husband the movement in my Hona eggs tonight (day 11), one egg slipped from my hand and landed on carpet, it didnt crack or break open, however i dont see the baby moving now. Im so upset. Any chance of survival, and should i keep in bator for a cpl more days and watch for anything specific? First timer...

Keep it in the incubator, if it starts smelling take it out, but keep it in there!

@Sally Sunshine
Lady I would be bombarding you with pics if I could my phone will not post and I don't know why.

Regardless it doesn't matter as my phone is being the stupidest most worthless piece of technology ever at the moment. Ugh.

Now for the 5:30 update. This chick is incredible I just want to say that first. I can't imagine another chick fighting so hard. We have one olive egger out and it has a head spot I'm think.

hopefully the other four eggs pip and hatch tonight. I want to say humidity ran about 22-24% the entire hatch and I was very pleased with that. At lockdown other than the one very odd looking air cell everyone else's looked more or less perfect even the seramas. One Marans has a bit smaller air cell than I would have liked but not bad.

Now I went to check on the chickie in the odd egg a bit ago and discovered that the egg was starting to smell. Worried and knowing that smell meant the build up of bacteria I quickly assessed the chick and the egg as beat I could. The chick has been slowly backing towards the open air cell since last night and this afternoon almost managed to get its butt out. Unfortunately this meant less of the membranes on the sides of the egg that could be seen. But I saw no blood in any veins. Proceeding with caution I began to wash away as much of the sickening yellow stuff (yolk left over white what have you I don't care it was gunna killy chick) very slowly and gently I washed with a warm wet paper towel wetting the membranes and peeling just shell away.

More and more and more. Then I began to peel the outer membrane away from the chick. It appeared to have its umbilical wrapped around its back by this point. Seeing very little blood I continued to gently wash and peel.

Is everyone on the edge of their seats yet?!

The smell is pretty bad I'm not going to lie. Last night there was no smell that my still slightly stuffy nose could discern at all.

Peeling and peeling. Washing and peeling. I took stock of what I was seeing and smelling and I made the decision, this baby was coming out now. There was little blood left in the umbilical and the veins were drying up. I decided that to wait would be more costly and further risk infection. I cut the umbilical or what I believe to be the umbilical everything was so convoluted and goopified. No bleeding. Good sign. I quickly but carefully began to peel the membranes down afraid of what I might find.

Knowing the only backup u have right now is God and praying the entire time.

(I might also add I got the hiccups in here somewhere- ever tried to assist a hatch with the hiccups?!) Lol

Finally I decided to slowly dump the chick on paper towels layed on the incubator with gentle iodine and sterile scissors nearby. The chick laid there and I know it was cold. I had the warm water running in the sink and I knew I had to make one more push to completely detach the baby and wash all this goop off. To give this baby the only chance I could see. The smell was worse at the bottom of the egg. It still feels my nostrils. yuck!

I've never had an egg that was dead for three days smell like this when eggtopsying.

I cut the baby free and started wiping chunks off. I can't be certain right now exactly what all I was seeing. There was something that seemed more than normal afterbirth that I had to cut free. The umbilical is not completely closed but thank God it's much more closed that I had feared. There are no visible dark skin that I've come to equate to yolk sac infections. However there does seem to be a small bulge in the stomach. Perhaps part of the yolk was absorbed?

I'm pretty much clueless and only time with tell if God saves this baby. It certainly didn't have the best start. The best part is that it seems to be a pullet.

If she survives little Miracle is one lucky chick.

I cradled her in my hands and gently ran warm water over her lower half hoping to wash away any infection or infection carrying goop. I then iodined her tummy and placed her in her strawberry box in the incubator for a rest. Time will tell but my fingers will be crossed for sure. Poor little thing is oh so tired and weaker than I had hoped but glad to he rid of the egg that entombed her. If nothing else I'm glad she made it out of the egg.

Miracle her name may change but I do believe that today she earned it. She pipped early and was still in the turner but pipped below the turner so I didn't see she had not yet been placed into a hatching box and I can not believe she didn't drown. I believe it's been two days since she pipped and it is not yet day 21. Thankfully somehow though the goop formed over and ran out of the pip hole it did not suffocate her.

Will try to post some pics later with DH2B's phone

Yay!!! Congradulations on getting her out! So far, i have been pretty good at guessing sex at hatch, Which is pretty cool!




I forgot to post here when i did my day 14 candle! I pulled two eggs because they where pretty clearly DIS. Oh well, after the spike in the styrofoam incubator I was expecting a few dead ones. So I have 2 chicks left, and despite my turner not working for the first 7 days... They seem to be doing great! So exited for these AC Eggs!

 

[kajira]

Haven't you noticed, turkeys are not that smart!

You might have posted already... What breed of goat do you have?


Keep it in the incubator, if it starts smelling take it out, but keep it in there!


Yay!!! Congradulations on getting her out! So far, i have been pretty good at guessing sex at hatch, Which is pretty cool!




I forgot to post here when i did my day 14 candle! I pulled two eggs because they where pretty clearly DIS. Oh well, after the spike in the styrofoam incubator I was expecting a few dead ones. So I have 2 chicks left, and despite my turner not working for the first 7 days... They seem to be doing great! So exited for these AC Eggs!

1 spanish, 4 pygmies, 1's a billy, and one is breed to a nigerian dwarf.

 

[prizepete]

1 spanish, 4 pygmies, 1's a billy, and one is breed to a nigerian dwarf.

cool! My oberhasli doe just got bred, I am very exited for babies in march! Its the same buck we used last year so I know babies are nice!

 

[NysiaAnera]

Thank you!! That last picture wasn't very good, it was supposed to show the piece of shell sitting in front of her. Here is the first one to give us a peek! Definitely a little Buff Orpington!

 

[kajira]

cool! My oberhasli doe just got bred, I am very exited for babies in march! Its the same buck we used last year so I know babies are nice!

nice!!!

I just want some pets for milk. lol

 

[prizepete]

nice!!!

I just want some pets for milk. lol

lol! I show mine, but they are also pets. they are SUPER friendly!

 

[kajira]

lol! I show mine, but they are also pets. they are SUPER friendly!

mine aren't. I plan on bottle feeding all my babies. I can't get near my spanish goat, or my billy at all. the other 3, i can pet if I have grain handy. lol