Hands on hatching and help

[Redhead Rae]

And there's already a thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...nd-two-embryos-each-moving-at-day-14.1232081/

I suggested that they post here to get the attention of more experienced people.

 

[ronott1]

I suggested that they post here to get the attention of more experienced people.

It would not be much different from regular assisted hatching. The advice now would be to leave it alone and watch for distress

 

[ronott1]

So you have 2 chickens hatching from the same egg?

Can you post a picture of the pip?

@Pbsaphire6754myingoing BYC help:

 

[Mamacast]

Hi all, noobie here. Getting quail chicks (Bobwhites) has been difficult, I live up in the mountains so have been reading this thread as I consider taking the plunge and hatching my own. Is there a good article that has been posted to help someone understand the process? Pips, lockdown, when to candle, zipping, all these terms are foreign to me! I found a great resource for the amount of time to incubate (but what does wet bulb mean?) but not sure when I want to be lifting the lid to candle, and then whether or not lockdown means just that, no more lifting the lid. If you are helping you have to lift the lid during this time correct? When do you move the chicks to the brooder, when they fluff up? So does that mean they stay in lockdown until then and then if there are others that haven't hatched can you still open the incubator to remove them?
That's what I get for being on this site, my head is swimming!

 

[Pyxis]

Hi all, noobie here. Getting quail chicks (Bobwhites) has been difficult, I live up in the mountains so have been reading this thread as I consider taking the plunge and hatching my own. Is there a good article that has been posted to help someone understand the process? Pips, lockdown, when to candle, zipping, all these terms are foreign to me! I found a great resource for the amount of time to incubate (but what does wet bulb mean?) but not sure when I want to be lifting the lid to candle, and then whether or not lockdown means just that, no more lifting the lid. If you are helping you have to lift the lid during this time correct? When do you move the chicks to the brooder, when they fluff up? So does that mean they stay in lockdown until then and then if there are others that haven't hatched can you still open the incubator to remove them?
That's what I get for being on this site, my head is swimming!
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Here's an article you can read about incubation for beginners that should help

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-beginners-guide-to-incubation.73350/

 

[Mamacast]

This is just what I needed, thank you!

 

[Ursuline Chick]

I will give you the edited version of what happen with me and how I handled it. First let me tell you I was not prepared for this at all. We were hatching eggs with broody hens. When the second broody hen had left the nest with her brood of 7 mid morning today, she left behind an egg that had pipped and was peeping. When I say pipped, I mean a small hole hardly large enough to see it's beak. We brought the egg into the house and place it on an old sheet wrapped around a heating pad, with a wet paper towel, for humidity, got the candy thermometer out of the kitchen and placed it in with the egg to monitor the temp. I used neosporin WITHOUT PAIN RELIEF on the membrane as the chick began to zip to keep the membrane from sticking to the chick as it dried. I had to check my temp frequently to keep it right around 100 degrees F and adjust my heating pad temp frequently as well to keep the temp where I wanted it. This is something you will be doing all during the hatch every few mins. You don't want to walk away. With in around 1/2 hour the chick began to zip. At this point I was applying small amounts of neosporin to exposed membrane as the chick continued to zip. Once over half the shell was zipped the chick began to kick itself out. I kept the chick in the same basic position to dry, but lowered the temp to 95 degrees F. Once the chick dried we made a heating pad mother hen with some plastic containers, and heating pad in an old pillow case. Chick is doing fine moving around and will be placed under mother hen who already has 7 chicks after dark tonight. hope this helps someone. I will be glad to answer any questions that I can.

 

[WVduckchick]

The "no pain relief" thing is a myth. There isn't enough pain reliever in it to harm a bird.

Congrats on your delivery.

 

[casportpony]

The "no pain relief" thing is a myth. There isn't enough pain reliever in it to harm a bird.

 

[aart]

The "no pain relief" thing is a myth. There isn't enough pain reliever in it to harm a bird.

Congrats on your delivery.

First time I've heard that one.