Hands on hatching and help

[Lacrystol]

@casportpony

Sorry to hear about your little one, I wonder if he got some down into the lungs. that gooy stuff is NASTY.

 

[Blooie]

The same? Well not necessary some maybe just slower then the others. But in theory they all have to accomplish the same thing.

Yeah, I know that, but a serious looking blood ring is a serious looking blood ring no matter which egg it is, I would think. That's what I meant - rather than showing every single one that looks like that, one should be sufficient to tell me what I'm looking at in the others. And a bobbling air cell in one would be the same in the others, just like a healthy looking embryo in one would look the same - maybe a little further ahead, maybe a little further behind, but healthy nonetheless. I just thought doing a few and then learning from them if I'm seeing what I think I'm seeing would be better than a photo montage!

 

[Lacrystol]

Yeah, I know that, but a serious looking blood ring is a serious looking blood ring no matter which egg it is, I would think. That's what I meant - rather than showing every single one that looks like that one should be sufficient to tell me what I'm looking at in the others. And a bobbling air cell in one would be the same in the others, just like a healthy looking embryo in one would look the same - maybe a little further ahead, maybe a little further behind, but healthy nonetheless. I just thought doing a few and then learning from them if I'm seeing what I think I'm seeing would be better than a photo montage!

Yes pretty much...

 

[casportpony]

@casportpony


Sorry to hear about your little one, I wonder if he got some down into the lungs.  that gooy stuff is NASTY. 

He might have, but pretty sure the yolk killed him. Will post pictures later.

-Kathy

 

[RubyNala97]

Hows it going now? I didn't see where anyone answered.
You mean the bottom toward the floor, or bottom as in pointy end.

If toward the floor, you can turn it, but if its clear of the floor, you don't really need to. Hopefully it progressed?

X2

Wv, did you get a new incubator?

 

[Blooie]

Okay, I did a few of these tonight and this is what I think I'm seeing.

1

This one looks great, and is moving in there a lot.

2

Big blood ring (?) going all the way around the lower part of the egg.

3

Another one that looks great and is moving, BUT the air cell moves a lot.

4

Clear?

5

No idea what I'm seeing in this one. Looks kinda clear, or like it's way behind the other good ones.

6

This one is a mess. Big, thick blood ring. (Ignore the upper red line - Ken was marking as I was holding the egg and flashlight and he grabbed the red fine point Sharpie in the dark.)

7

Saddle air cell??

8

Same egg (believe it or not) from the side.....there's a dancer in there despite how it looks.

The air cells look huge to me, but I've never done this before. Up the humidity? It's between 45 - 50 %.

Edited to add numbers...

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Okay, I did a few of these tonight and this is what I think I'm seeing.


This one looks great, and is moving in there a lot.


Big blood ring (?) going all the way around the lower part of the egg.


Another one that looks great and is moving, BUT the air cell moves a lot.


Clear?


No idea what I'm seeing in this one. Looks kinda clear, or like it's way behind the other good ones.


This one is a mess. Bug, thick blood ring. (Ignore the upper red line - Ken was marking as I was holding the egg and flashlight and he grabbed the red fine point Sharpie in the dark.)


Saddle air cell??


Same egg (believe it or not) from the side.....there's a dancer in there despite how it looks.

The air cells look huge to me, but I've never done this before. Up the humidity? It's between 45 - 50 %.

2&6 are blood rings. 4&5 appear to be clears. The first one looks funky, but it might just be the pic, 3 does too. 7 Does look saddle cell-ish and 8 has a huge air cell.

 

[Blooie]

<deep breath> So that means that at this point it's about as bad as I figured it was. And it's still really early so I could well lose more of them. How come a learning curve is so much more difficult to face when the "trying this"part involves living little critters?

Edited: I forgot to say thank you, Amy. Thank you! I took a short video of one of the ones you think looks funky - number 3. Let me get it up.

 

[Blooie]

This is the one Katiebug named "Queenie" for Dancing Queen. If I end up with only one, I sure hope this is it.

 

[Lacrystol]

He might have, but pretty sure the yolk killed him. Will post pictures later.

-Kathy

I'm just thinking about what you said when you said he was blowing bubbles..