Hands on hatching and help

[rochesjourney]

Ewww, Uhmmm, I will pass on even looking at that one.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Ewww, Uhmmm, I will pass on even looking at that one.

LOL, OK. but it is a interesting way to hatch, but I like the normal way!!

 

[rochesjourney]

LOL, OK. but it is a interesting way to hatch, but I like the normal way!!

I am a hands on helper hatcher, but I'm afraid that would be just a bit too hands on for me! LOL

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Quite right! I submitted a 4 day old duckling for necropsy, and the necropsy report stated it had a yolk sac infection, which is what killed it, but it also had visceral gout from being dehydrated, so I cringe when I hear people say that they don't need to eat /drink for the first 3 days.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Culled 10 eggs between 2 incubators tonight.  Officially down to 2 Bourbon Red Turkey eggs now.  Both that I suspected had quit, did....probably very early.   3 Welsh Harlequin Duck eggs were clear.   2 Lavender Orpingtons were blood ringed and 1 was clear.   2 Crested Polish were blood ringed.   I got the Lavender Orps and the Polish from the same person.  I'm a little concerned with all of the blood ringed from hers.  The dozen Golden Cuckoo Marans I got from her all look great!   Everything else is looking real good.   Still have 11 Delaware in the hatcher with no signs of pipping yet.  I'm on Day 2 with the Sebastapol Goose Eggs.  

It has been 7 years since I hatched eggs.  All of the eggs I currently have incubating were shipped.  I will be happy when I get established flocks and can incubate my own eggs.  On a side note, I'm going to expand to quail next month!

My silkie eggs I put in that are headed to week 2 I had low fertility and 4-5 of the eggs quit almost as soon they started. Just enough for the vein to leave a mark. I set 21 and between the clears and early quitters, I ended up with 9 developing. I'm hoping it's an issue with the cold that we're still having. I know 2 years ago I got eggs from a local gal, some mixes, my Spitzhaubens, and there were three silkie eggs, right around this time of year. For the Easter hatch actually, and Easter was in March that year. Only three silkies because of the cold her silkies hadn't been laying regularly. Had 100% fertility, and everything but the silkies did good. Didn't get a single silkie to make it. So I'm hoping once we have better weather, I'll have better luck.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Quite right! I submitted a 4 day old duckling for necropsy, and the necropsy report stated it had a yolk sac infection, which is what killed it, but it also had visceral gout from being dehydrated, so I cringe when I hear people say that they don't need to eat /drink for the first 3 days.

Just reenforces my thought process. I cringe too. It makes mad, but they swear their birds are just fine. But they don't know what that bird is feeling. We can survive 2-3 days without food and water too, but it won't be pleasant. There's been times I wanted to say, you eat a big meal tomorrow morning then go three days without food and water. You'll be fine, you ate a big breakfast.
True story...in my early 20's I was going to a Pentecostal church. They were having a three day fast and prayer. Fasting three days, only juices and water for hydration and vitamins. I made the first day just fine got into the second day and apparently my sugar was bottoming out, cause I just started shaking and got light headed. Yeah I think I ate almost a box of coco pebbles in one sitting...but I felt much better. Our bodies and animal's bodies, well most of them, excluding the camel, are not made to go days w/o food and water. We CAN but it has it's effects.
My chicks will always have food and water available ASAP. If they aren't ready, they won't utilize it, but it will be there if they are.

 

[dcba flock]

Completely agree I can't leave them more than 12-24 hours max then they are out if some are still a little wet or don't have their feet under them I put them in a separate incubator I set up w/o water in it and temps around 95 to adjust and wet feed for additional moisture and provide them either boiled or scrambled eggs which they seem to love right away to get them going w/ a good start. I did just order chicks from a friend/breeder they ship tomorrow I'm a nervous wreck about them not having anything between there and here

 

[PD-Riverman]

so I cringe when I hear people say that they don't need to eat /drink for the first 3 days.

Well as Amylynn2374 says----there is more than one way---some do it one way and some other ways. I have hatched enough to say in my opinion I do not feel I have ever hurt a chick by keeping them in the incubator for 2/3 days after hatching. Most of the time I take them all out at one time on day 22 I have had to wait till almost day 23 because of being out of town. Never seen or felt that was a problem. Some times they will be some what packed in the cabinet, yes they knock eggs around---sounds like a Pool hall at times---lol, but that has never affected my hatch.

I found one in the bottom of my incubator 11 days after it hatched---still very much alive but was happy to see food and water. When I added it to the brooder with its sibling's it was noticeably smaller, but it caught up in a couple weeks.

You can take yours out when you feel you need to, I can leave mine in till they all hatch and we all can be happy---LOL some pics of the hatcher.

 

[WVduckchick]

Guess you forgot you were on the Hands ON thread again.

I'm sure those chicks are fine too, but that just looks so super cruel and unnecessary to me!

 

[rochesjourney]

Well as Amylynn2374 says----there is more than one way---some do it one way and some other ways. I have hatched enough to say in my opinion I do not feel I have ever hurt a chick by keeping them in the incubator for 2/3 days after hatching. Most of the time I take them all out at one time on day 22 I have had to wait till almost day 23 because of being out of town. Never seen or felt that was a problem. Some times they will be some what packed in the cabinet, yes they knock eggs around---sounds like a Pool hall at times---lol, but that has never affected my hatch.

I found one in the bottom of my incubator 11 days after it hatched---still very much alive but was happy to see food and water. When I added it to the brooder with its sibling's it was noticeably smaller, but it caught up in a couple weeks.

You can take yours out when you feel you need to, I can leave mine in till they all hatch and we all can be happy---LOL some pics of the hatcher.