Hands on hatching and help

That's weird.


Yep... one breeder, who only assists when she is home due to 2 jobs, said it caused major losses for her last year... in one variety, she usually has no less than 40 growing out by the end of the season, only had 4 at the end of last season... and she uses GQF cabinet...
 
Okay..
Helmet - check
Gauntlets - check
Anti -anxiety medication - check
Sanitized hands - check
More anti-anxiety medication - check
Little baskets (in assorted cheery colors) - check
Catheter and syringe - check
One more dose of anti-anxiety medication...um, wait a second....okay, check
Colored water - check
Can of liquid courage - eckceh
Last sode of anti scaredy cat meds - yeah

I'm goin' in....if I ain't back in 10 minutes, send reenfce...um, reincorfements.....ah, help

Time to turn off the turner and put all my eggs in mulitple baskest....muplital banskes....little colored boxes

Don't try to stop me....stop me, please...


:gig

Good luck, Blooie!!! :thumbsup
 
Okay..
Helmet - check
Gauntlets - check
Anti -anxiety medication - check
Sanitized hands - check
More anti-anxiety medication - check
Little baskets (in assorted cheery colors) - check
Catheter and syringe - check
One more dose of anti-anxiety medication...um, wait a second....okay, check
Colored water - check
Can of liquid courage - eckceh
Last sode of anti scaredy cat meds - yeah

I'm goin' in....if I ain't back in 10 minutes, send reenfce...um, reincorfements.....ah, help

Time to turn off the turner and put all my eggs in mulitple baskest....muplital banskes....little colored boxes

Don't try to stop me....stop me, please...

Should we have tied a rope to Blooie?????
 
Okay..
Helmet - check
Gauntlets - check
Anti -anxiety medication - check
Sanitized hands - check
More anti-anxiety medication - check
Little baskets (in assorted cheery colors) - check
Catheter and syringe - check
One more dose of anti-anxiety medication...um, wait a second....okay, check
Colored water - check
Can of liquid courage - eckceh
Last sode of anti scaredy cat meds - yeah

I'm goin' in....if I ain't back in 10 minutes, send reenfce...um, reincorfements.....ah, help

Time to turn off the turner and put all my eggs in mulitple baskest....muplital banskes....little colored boxes

Don't try to stop me....stop me, please...
We're rooting for you, and the eggs!
 
Okay..
Helmet - check
Gauntlets - check
Anti -anxiety medication - check
Sanitized hands - check
More anti-anxiety medication - check
Little baskets (in assorted cheery colors) - check
Catheter and syringe - check
One more dose of anti-anxiety medication...um, wait a second....okay, check
Colored water - check
Can of liquid courage - eckceh
Last sode of anti scaredy cat meds - yeah

I'm goin' in....if I ain't back in 10 minutes, send reenfce...um, reincorfements.....ah, help

Time to turn off the turner and put all my eggs in mulitple baskest....muplital banskes....little colored boxes

Don't try to stop me....stop me, please...
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You're a hoot!! Good luck!!!!

Should we have tied a rope to Blooie?????
That might not be a bad idea....lol
 
So, my silkie eggs are still looking good. All 14 are still progressing, air cells look ok. I did loose the one Spitz egg, it was the oldest from the set at 10 days when it went in. Darndest thing and gave me more mental notes to file. I knew it was on it's way out as the veins were next to nothing and it got that yellow death glow, but the chick itself was still active for a long time after. I even took video of it moving around. But alas, this morning it was done. We are going to investigate it tonight. I also have one green egg that I am 98% sure quit, but I am waiting to do anything with that one cause it's hard to see. Tonight starts day 10, so we will have made it to the half way point. The rest of the Spitz look pretty good. If the greens don't do well I plan to do a separate hatch at the end of May to try with them. I just want to see these little silkies!!! They HAVE to make it!!
 
I'm out! I feel like I should get some kind of medal or something. News not real good - 8 eggs left out of the original 28. Out of those eggs only 2 look okay to me. (our bathroom is always dark since there's no windows in there) Candled them while I let the incubator start coming back up after taking out the turner and getting the thermometers and hygrometer reset in there, then put them into their respective cheery baskets as I finished and logged each one. 1 Green Magnolia and 1 Olive Egger seems to be all I have left. And two with really wonky air cells...really saddle bag cells. I'm second guessing myself now and thinking I should have cut down an egg carton and used the cups to put those in. I still might.

If this is a learning experience, I think I flunked. I won't beat myself up though, because I am sure that I did everything right after they arrived....let them set, made sure the incubator was holding, turning, marking, and keeping an eye on development. But for sure at least two more that were moving a couple of days ago are now deathly still, and the others are so dark in there it's hard to tell anything. But they are all in their little welcome baby cradles and all I can do now is wait, watch, and take care of the new ones in the Brinsea.

How do you people DO this time after time??
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I'm out! I feel like I should get some kind of medal or something. News not real good - 8 eggs left out of the original 28. Out of those eggs only 2 look okay to me. (our bathroom is always dark since there's no windows in there) Candled them while I let the incubator start coming back up after taking out the turner and getting the thermometers and hygrometer reset in there, then put them into their respective cheery baskets as I finished and logged each one. 1 Green Magnolia and 1 Olive Egger seems to be all I have left. And two with really wonky air cells...really saddle bag cells. I'm second guessing myself now and thinking I should have cut down an egg carton and used the cups to put those in. I still might.

If this is a learning experience, I think I flunked. I won't beat myself up though, because I am sure that I did everything right after they arrived....let them set, made sure the incubator was holding, turning, marking, and keeping an eye on development. But for sure at least two more that were moving a couple of days ago are now deathly still, and the others are so dark in there it's hard to tell anything. But they are all in their little welcome baby cradles and all I can do now is wait, watch, and take care of the new ones in the Brinsea.

How do you people DO this time after time??
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