Hands on hatching and help

[WVduckchick]

So glad to have found this thread. Some of you already know me and have helped me assist. I thank you all! I have a LG9300 and a Genesis Hovabator. The Genesis is new and I've only used it once and it was with my first batch of shipped Muscovy eggs that did not go so well. It was a dry incubation and then when it got down to hatching, I couldn't keep the humidity up. There were multiple DIS. I gave internal pips close to 48 hours at the start and found that too late. The only two that didn't die were two I jumped in to help at 24 hrs post internal pip. I put the bators away after that catastrophe. I got the 9300 out last week and have 7 eggs on day 6 now and I'm so glad to subscribe to this thread.  I'm going to try to catch up on all of the posts now lol.  Just wanted to write a quick hello

Hey you! Welcome aboard

And good luck with this hatch!

Day 20.  No pips, no moving eggs, no nuffin'!  But hope springs eternal.  They may have not been warm enough at some point in the incubation and will be late hatching. Plus they had a really rough start.  And 21 days isn't carved in stone anywhere either, so all 8 will stay right where they are until they are either hatched or......or.....well, I dunno the "or" yet...

 

[caesargirl]

Just got home to find the clocks blinking... No idea how long power was out, this time... Pulled and cracked one dud. Looks like it died a day ago. All the rest look great. Lots of movement and many that are shadowing, A LOT!!! I'm not going to turn them anymore. Only 5 days left....!!!!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Thanks. Silver Duckwing OEGB. I still have her. She's the mother of the 4 I hatched this weekend. My avatar is a newer pic of her.

I like her too...lol

Day 20. No pips, no moving eggs, no nuffin'! But hope springs eternal. They may have not been warm enough at some point in the incubation and will be late hatching. Plus they had a really rough start. And 21 days isn't carved in stone anywhere either, so all 8 will stay right where they are until they are either hatched or......or.....well, I dunno the "or" yet...

So glad to have found this thread. Some of you already know me and have helped me assist. I thank you all! I have a LG9300 and a Genesis Hovabator. The Genesis is new and I've only used it once and it was with my first batch of shipped Muscovy eggs that did not go so well. It was a dry incubation and then when it got down to hatching, I couldn't keep the humidity up. There were multiple DIS. I gave internal pips close to 48 hours at the start and found that too late. The only two that didn't die were two I jumped in to help at 24 hrs post internal pip. I put the bators away after that catastrophe. I got the 9300 out last week and have 7 eggs on day 6 now

and I'm so glad to subscribe to this thread. I'm going to try to catch up on all of the posts now

lol. Just wanted to write a quick hello

Are you doing muscovy eggs again?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Just got home to find the clocks blinking... No idea how long power was out, this time... Pulled and cracked one dud. Looks like it died a day ago. All the rest look great. Lots of movement and many that are shadowing, A LOT!!! I'm not going to turn them anymore. Only 5 days left....!!!!

 

[Ravynscroft]

Just got home to find the clocks blinking... No idea how long power was out, this time... Pulled and cracked one dud. Looks like it died a day ago. All the rest look great. Lots of movement and many that are shadowing, A LOT!!! I'm not going to turn them anymore. Only 5 days left....!!!!

Go, 'lings, Go!!!!

 

[caesargirl]

The one under the pigeons is shadowing too... And the piggys are cooing at it!!! Gonna be a very confused puckling!!!

 

[Sarkchick]

lol! I had to find mine again hatching Calls... last count our flock was about 70 and that was 5 hatches ago! And only 10 are ones I didn't hatch!

Well in that case I have a ways to go. I have 25 Pekins, 8 Pekin/Sweedish cross and 6 geese. But mine are twice the size of yours so I guess we are even. Ohhhh...... That's no counting the new hatches- 12 Runners and 10 (maybe 11) Silver Welsh Harlequins

Linda

 

[Sarkchick]

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Wow, that's amazing you found the bill! Hopefully once all those veins recede it will start trying to get out. Good luck! Keep us posted!


Ruby, The only way I could find the bill was to remove all the air cell shell. And once the ointment was one I could see it.
Just alittle time and a lot of luck.
Thanks. Linda

 

[Ravynscroft]

The one under the pigeons is shadowing too... And the piggys are cooing at it!!! Gonna be a very confused puckling!!!

Well in that case I have a ways to go. I have 25 Pekins, 8 Pekin/Sweedish cross and 6 geese. But mine are twice the size of yours so I guess we are even. Ohhhh...... That's no counting the new hatches- 12 Runners and 10 (maybe 11) Silver Welsh Harlequins

Linda

Sweet!!

You have a great start!! 6 months ago I had 14 Calls...

 

[Sarkchick]

Sweet!!

You have a great start!! 6 months ago I had 14 Calls...

No. No great start. Let's just say I went incubator crazy. These 2 batches of shipped eggs cured that. I will be renominates some soon. Cousin across the road has 2 huge tanks. And loves animals
Linda