Hands on hatching and help

[AmyLynn2374]

I'm so excited to see your silkie chicks! My bet is whatever number makes it to lockdown will all hatch minus 1. They didn't get a lot of damage and with you hand turning I think you'll have similar results to me. Its so easy to control humidity in the mini that it's a piece of cake but when I use the 20 it's a headache too. With both wells full it sits at 35% and I have to get creative to keep it consistently higher. I'm happy to hear you'll be hatching more too!! I have a dozen call duck eggs in transit as we speak from Indiana.

for intact air cells. Plus, we have the same hatch date coming up, which is so exciting!...we'll both be up all night! Lol.
Here they are....what do you think? If it's to hard to tell in the pics, I can trace them and then show you the marks.


Yes, 1 looks like a blood ring and 2 & 3 look clear.

Eta: I hit submit to soon.

Good we can keep each other company...lol

 

[caesargirl]

There's a peeper in the bator! 4 days early, but peeping. Didn't see veins yesterday.... Full internal pip, no external pip.

 

[Sarkchick]

Here is the latest on my very late duckling. @RavynFallen @RubyNala97@AmyLynn2374. And all those who give the much needed help. What would we do without you all.

This morning the veins were tiny and I was able to free it's head. But it is very sticky.

This afternoon it could not open its eyes. The goo was drying and turning to glue. So I gave it a warm bath. (Its bottom is still in the shell)
Dried with warn air and put it back in bator. I did remove a couple sponges. Well it looks better and I feel a lot better. It can at least open its eyes.
Will check back in tomorrow. Hopefully it will be out by then
Linda

 

[AmyLynn2374]

There's a peeper in the bator! 4 days early, but peeping. Didn't see veins yesterday.... Full internal pip, no external pip.

Yay!!

Here is the latest on my very late duckling. @RavynFallen @AmyLynn2374 . And all those who give the much needed help. What would we do without you all.
This morning the veins were tiny and I was able to free it's head. But it is very sticky.


This afternoon it could not open its eyes. The goo was drying and turning to glue. So I gave it a warm bath. (Its bottom is still in the shell)
Dried with warn air and put it back in bator. I did remove a couple sponges. Well it looks better and I feel a lot better. It can at least open its eyes.
Will check back in tomorrow. Hopefully it will be out by then

Awesome job! Congrats!

 

[Ravynscroft]

I'm so excited to see your silkie chicks! My bet is whatever number makes it to lockdown will all hatch minus 1. They didn't get a lot of damage and with you hand turning I think you'll have similar results to me. Its so easy to control humidity in the mini that it's a piece of cake but when I use the 20 it's a headache too. With both wells full it sits at 35% and I have to get creative to keep it consistently higher. I'm happy to hear you'll be hatching more too!! I have a dozen call duck eggs in transit as we speak from Indiana. for intact air cells. Plus, we have the same hatch date coming up, which is so exciting!...we'll both be up all night! Lol.
Here they are....what do you think? If it's to hard to tell in the pics, I can trace them and then show you the marks.

Yes, 1 looks like a blood ring and 2 & 3 look clear.

Eta: I hit submit to soon.

First one looks a bit on the small side, the other might be ok... can you get pics candling the bottoms? That'll show if there's excess fluids better... and are you misting yet?

There's a peeper in the bator! 4 days early, but peeping. Didn't see veins yesterday.... Full internal pip, no external pip.

Yay!!!

Here is the latest on my very late duckling. @RavynFallen @RubyNala97@AmyLynn2374. And all those who give the much needed help. What would we do without you all.

This morning the veins were tiny and I was able to free it's head. But it is very sticky.

This afternoon it could not open its eyes. The goo was drying and turning to glue. So I gave it a warm bath. (Its bottom is still in the shell)
Dried with warn air and put it back in bator. I did remove a couple sponges. Well it looks better and I feel a lot better. It can at least open its eyes.
Will check back in tomorrow. Hopefully it will be out by then
Linda

Great job!! Keeping for it!!

 

[caesargirl]

Just did a thorough candling. 3 internal pips. Boosted humidity (I think 2 are using jackhammers!) and removed only vent plug. (Lost the other one last year!)

 

[Sarkchick]

I've been reading Storey's guide to ducks and it has some very good info on hatching ducks. If I was breeding I would definitely consider monitoring co2 levels. But I checked and a good tester is about $100! Anyway, since a lot of people on here are hatching ducks I thought this pic might be helpful!

Thank you Ruby. I have seen the diagram for chickens but not ducks.
Linda

 

[RubyNala97]

There's a peeper in the bator! 4 days early, but peeping. Didn't see veins yesterday.... Full internal pip, no external pip.

Awesome!

Here is the latest on my very late duckling. @RavynFallen @RubyNala97@AmyLynn2374. And all those who give the much needed help. What would we do without you all.

This morning the veins were tiny and I was able to free it's head. But it is very sticky.

This afternoon it could not open its eyes. The goo was drying and turning to glue. So I gave it a warm bath. (Its bottom is still in the shell)
Dried with warn air and put it back in bator. I did remove a couple sponges. Well it looks better and I feel a lot better. It can at least open its eyes.
Will check back in tomorrow. Hopefully it will be out by then
Linda

Yes, they get sticky because they are taking so long and there is a lot of membrane exposed. Good job on the bath. Make sure when it's out of the shell that you wash the vent because it can get sealed shut from the sticky stuff and then they can't go to the bathroom.

First one looks a bit on the small side, the other might be ok... can you get pics candling the bottoms? That'll show if there's excess fluids better... and are you misting yet?
Yay!!!
Great job!! Keeping for it!!

I'm not misting yet. Should I start? Once a day, warm bottled water? I will get better pics tonight when it's dark. I took those today.

Thank you Ruby. I have seen the diagram for chickens but not ducks.
Linda

Me neither! I was determined to find one! Lol.

 

[Sarkchick]

Just did a thorough candling. 3 internal pips. Boosted humidity (I think 2 are using jackhammers!) and removed only vent plug. (Lost the other one last year!)

Jackhammers, love it.

 

[Sarkchick]

@RubyNala97. Thank you for telling me about washing the vent. Did not know that, but it makes sense.
Thanks. Linda