Halloween Hatch-A-Long 2017

[Lazy Farmer]

They are supposed to lose weight. 12-14% of the initial weight, average.

first time I weighed them... It was for fun, trying something new.. I gained new wisdom on a whim. I likey.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Candled my seramas and tolbunts last night.
4 Tolbunts doing great, 2 early quitters, 1 clea(hatch date Nov3)
7 seramas still going strong. They should hatch the 31-1.
***The Halloween babies I placed on the 10th are doing good. 10 out of 14. 2 clears and 2 early quitters.***
They will go on lockdown Friday!

What is the longest you have seen an egg go and still hatched successfully?

me=23 daze but weak chick and assisted..

3 out of my 4 I set are looking great!

good for you!

Just candled and all 4 turkey eggs and 22 chicken eggs look good with nice veins and movement! One more week ...... wow

Super disappointing, but the chicks are super cute!

That's how I ended up with a trillion chickens.. I am fond of the cuties...

Really?!?! Awesome. Ok, that one gets named Liz.

i hand turn these. They are in rows. I pick up one from one end, roll the whole row to the empty space, insert the first one back at the other end. So they all travel across the bator at one time or another, and all get rolled the same.

My Hallowbatch is a mirror image of you efforts..

your chickie is like my piggies..

Seems good to me. Hear that, everyone??

my battery is running low in my hearing aid.. could you speak louder?

 

[venymae]

FIRST POST OF THE DAY! (sadly)
Candled the school eggs during our parent teach conference today. Turning the heat up .5 degrees must have done the trick because all 5 are doing great! I'm feeling more confident about these Halloween babies!

Also, I accidentally dropped an egg last week while turning them and cracked it pretty good. In a blind panic and because I don't own nailpolish I slapped a piece of ducktape cut to size on the egg. It cover about 1/4 of the egg. Now I'm feeling foolish cause I have no idea how that chick is going to hatch! Should I just wait till day 19 and then peel it off as carefully as I can?!? Ugh. Why didn't I think that through better?!

 

[Josh L.]

FIRST POST OF THE DAY! (sadly)
Candled the school eggs during our parent teach conference today. Turning the heat up .5 degrees must have done the trick because all 5 are doing great! I'm feeling more confident about these Halloween babies!

Also, I accidentally dropped an egg last week while turning them and cracked it pretty good. In a blind panic and because I don't own nailpolish I slapped a piece of ducktape cut to size on the egg. It cover about 1/4 of the egg. Now I'm feeling foolish cause I have no idea how that chick is going to hatch! Should I just wait till day 19 and then peel it off as carefully as I can?!? Ugh. Why didn't I think that through better?!

I would wait and do your best to peel it gently. is the chick still looking okay through candling or is it too dark to see? If the chick has died/died from the shock of the drop, it may just leak and affect the other eggs, so I would keep a CLOSE eye on it....

 

[venymae]

I would wait and do your best to peel it gently. is the chick still looking okay through candling or is it too dark to see? If the chick has died/died from the shock of the drop, it may just leak and affect the other eggs, so I would keep a CLOSE eye on it....

Membrane was all intact when I taped it. I did candle it today and it's still alive and kicking around. No oozing, so that's good! I'm thinking peel gently too, just REALLY NERVOUS about it!

 

[Josh L.]

Membrane was all intact when I taped it. I did candle it today and it's still alive and kicking around. No oozing, so that's good! I'm thinking peel gently too, just REALLY NERVOUS about it!

I think if you go slowly and put water on the edges of the tape to loosen the adhesive as you go, maybe use a feeding syringe or your fingers to drip water and break the seal it has on the egg, you should be able to remove it safely. Fingers crossed for you down here in AZ

 

[venymae]

I think if you go slowly and put water on the edges of the tape to loosen the adhesive as you go, maybe use a feeding syringe or your fingers to drip water and break the seal it has on the egg, you should be able to remove it safely. Fingers crossed for you down here in AZ

Thanks I will try, wishing it was any other tape but ducktape right now! haha, but hey duck tape fixes everything!

 

[Josh L.]

Thanks I will try, wishing it was any other tape but ducktape right now! haha, but hey duck tape fixes everything!

Better to close the crack than to let the chick die without trying! i commend you for your efforts and hope that the baby survives

 

[WVduckchick]

Thanks I will try, wishing it was any other tape but ducktape right now! haha, but hey duck tape fixes everything!

I've had success with that paper-like medical tape. I also lost 2, not long ago, that a broody had cracked. I brought them in and taped, but they quit.
The ones that have survived, I peeled away any area that might get in the way of a zip, and left the rest of the tape. So if it makes it to the end, that might work for you too. good luck

 

[Jacquie Button]

me=23 daze but weak chick and assisted..

good for you!



That's how I ended up with a trillion chickens.. I am fond of the cuties...



My Hallowbatch is a mirror image of you efforts..


my battery is running low in my hearing aid.. could you speak louder?

I love piggies!