Hands on hatching and help

[Lacrystol]

Don't loose hope, it ain't over till it's over my friend! To me 78° is little high just don't want your membrane drying out. Awesome idea leaving a bit of paper towel whicked out to moist!

Agree 78 is pretty high but it does depend on what it has been running since day one. I am not a fan of paper towels, I would be removing them

 

[Lacrystol]

The mupricon is like prescription strength neosporin. It seems like it has gotten smaller since this morning when I was trying to push it in. The abdomen was too tight even slathered in ointment and that was fresh out of the egg. I did let it finish getting itself out once I got it to where it could so it may have taken too long for the abdomen to be accepting. It seems to be doing well.

If the abdomen is tight, then don't even try anymore, it's closing up. So what's hanging out will adventurally fall off. Just keep it clean because you really don't want it to get infected..

 

[Lacrystol]

I keep thinking I hear it.
I dry hatched till lockdown and it has gotten up to 90. I couldn't even see the gages for the water bubbles on the windows and so far 17 of 18 made it

90 is very high.

 

[pipAchick]

I think, though I could be wrong, but I took it as someone told her that it probably hadn't (would not have had) asborbed the yolk at the time it pipped. I hear a lot of people saying that chicks don't absorb yolk until after they pip and that's what takes so long. While there are times that the yolk isn't absorbed before the external pip or even hatch, in general, on the incubation/chick development timeline, that generally takes place day 19/20, so unless you have early pippers, the occasion that at day 21 there is still unabsorbed yolk, should be few and not the norm.


I run 75% at hatch and often it shoots to 85-90%  I don't worry about high unless I see condensation.

It seems like the humidity gets higher as they hatch,or am I imagining that?
Always wonder about that.(a good point for me to store in my chicken vault)!

Sorry to hear that.

I too am sorry the last one didn't pull thru BUT yay on having peeps, how much MORE special will they be now to you! Glad you shared the experience!

 

[Lacrystol]

Why didn't I ever think of this?? In the dead of winter when my hands were dry and cold, on two separate occasions I dropped eggs candling and cracked them. Luckily they both hatched, thank god. But this is a great tip.
Hey can I ask you something? I've got call ducks eggs with totally detached air cells. Have you had luck with totally detached?

I have been able to get TWO to show signs of life but did quite at an early stage, never hatched for me. I don't hold my breath on deattached but I will continue to give it a shot because I believe SOME day, it will happen..

 

[Lacrystol]

Why didn't I ever think of this?? In the dead of winter when my hands were dry and cold, on two separate occasions I dropped eggs candling and cracked them. Luckily they both hatched, thank god. But this is a great tip.
Hey can I ask you something? I've got call ducks eggs with totally detached air cells. Have you had luck with totally detached?

Now loose is different from Deattached and I have had LOTS of luck with loose ones. I just think once the air cell is totally broken through the larger end, it's kind of hopeless but I do keep trying anyway..

 

[Lacrystol]

It died. Probably for the best because it was so weak. Considering one of these eggs was at least 15 days old and it was so weak it didn't pip at all... when I set these eggs I threw everything I had from my favorite hen that was killed by a coyote so I'm lucky to have the ones I do have. They are adorable

AWEEE that's a sad story with a HAPPY ENDING. GOOD FOR YOU

 

[pipAchick]

Sorry that paragraph about ME wondering about hatch&rising humidity was added to grey section&should have not been. Whoopsies-obviosly not a techi type here.
Always Learning...

 

[Lacrystol]

I think, though I could be wrong, but I took it as someone told her that it probably hadn't (would not have had) asborbed the yolk at the time it pipped. I hear a lot of people saying that chicks don't absorb yolk until after they pip and that's what takes so long. While there are times that the yolk isn't absorbed before the external pip or even hatch, in general, on the incubation/chick development timeline, that generally takes place day 19/20, so unless you have early pippers, the occasion that at day 21 there is still unabsorbed yolk, should be few and not the norm.


I run 75% at hatch and often it shoots to 85-90% I don't worry about high unless I see condensation.


Sorry to hear that.

WOW for a BABY chick? I ran my lockdown at 80% for some call ducks, YES, waterfowl, GUESS WHAT happened. ALL 10 eggs GONE, they all died. Humidity was to HIGH. There's only ONE time when I will raise it at 80 ever and that is when they get sticky.

LESSON LEARNED...

But for chicks I don't see the purpose of having it so high, they hatch any ways. i have some hatching right now, I have ZERO water in this bator. One is out and three others have externally pipped..

 

[quackshack74]

Hi, I have 2 duck eggs in incubating now, on day 17. One is looking great, pink & wriggling around. My 2nd one has a strange yellow huge when candled. Also I can't tellif it is moving. I didn't want to keep it out too long. I can see that it is formed but just think the yellow is odd.
Has anyone seen this before& am I just over worried?
I'm doing everything as 8 be done before, temp. 99/100F, humidity spot on, I turn & mist them as required. Help