Hands on hatching and help

[Laurel Meadows]

No time to catch up at the moment, but I had to run home for something and peeked in the bator and have 2 pips since I left for work this morning!  e

Yay! Go babies go!

 

[BigWeenMachine]

I've only opened up one egg and that vein is still there, same size as last night. That egg is 48 hours now since pip. No progress at all on any 3 of them. Something has to be wrong with them and I'm guessing it was the constant temp fluctuations early on. I can't just throw them out but at the same time I have given up hope. Guess I'll leave them and see if they will do something themselves.

 

[pipAchick]

I've only opened up one egg and that vein is still there, same size as last night.  That egg is 48 hours now since pip.  No progress at all on any 3 of them.  Something has to be wrong with them and I'm guessing it was the constant temp fluctuations early on.  I can't just throw them out but at the same time I have given up hope.  Guess I'll leave them and see if they will do something themselves.

Sorry to hear that. Hopefully something positive still comes out of it.

 

[jlashaw]

Thanks for the info.  You are the first person to tell me it could take up to 48 hours, although it appears we would eclipse that soon too.  45 and counting.....  Thought we had something wrong but I am gonna wait it out.  Guess I will just have to deal with my 3 hours of consistently interrupted sleep thanks to Noisy McPeepsalot, our lone hatcher who screamed all night from the brooder because he wanted someone to hold him.....  Ugh, this is getting really annoying waiting for these lil turds....

It's sad when they're all alone. I'm sorry you're not sleeping. I've been through this as well. I put a small stuffed animal in with them and my chick will cuddle right up to it. I haven't hatched ducks so I'm not sure. How is your humidity in the bator?

 

[jlashaw]

I've only opened up one egg and that vein is still there, same size as last night.  That egg is 48 hours now since pip.  No progress at all on any 3 of them.  Something has to be wrong with them and I'm guessing it was the constant temp fluctuations early on.  I can't just throw them out but at the same time I have given up hope.  Guess I'll leave them and see if they will do something themselves.

The vein still has all of the blood in it? I've found when you open them up and they're not ready, they can't fully absorb the blood so if some is going away this is good. I think that one must have been hit the hardest by temp fluctuations. Just keep it moist, and do your best to keep everything sterile when you touch it. It's very easy to pass E.coli to them causing mushy chick disease. I would personally crank up the humidity and make sure your temps are accurate. I've noticed when mine pip if i have high humidity, they hatch much faster and I don't have to assist any.

 

[jlashaw]

All of my eggs hatched and this hen is awesome! She hatched some as well. She took in my incubator chicks with no problems. I didn't even wait until it was night to put them under her. She's a great mom.

 

[pipAchick]

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All of my eggs hatched and this hen is awesome! She hatched some as well. She took in my incubator chicks with no problems. I didn't even wait until it was night to put them under her. She's a great mom.[/QUOTE]



Thanks for sharing,,like nice stories like these.

 

[jlashaw]

Thank you

 

[BigWeenMachine]

It's sad when they're all alone. I'm sorry you're not sleeping. I've been through this as well. I put a small stuffed animal in with them and my chick will cuddle right up to it. I haven't hatched ducks so I'm not sure. How is your humidity in the bator?

It's been right around 75 humidity. I just looked in and noticed a pink ring around the egg that is now 45 hours along. I pulled it out and candled and there is a bunch of blood inside on one side, right along the air sac line. I pulled off a lil shell on the other side of it to try and see what was happening. Don't know why it is bleeding but after pulling a bunch of the shell off away from the blood I have found no veins and no current bleeding. It looks like it either hurt its own vein awhile ago in attempt to get out or it cut itself trying to get out. It's squirming and peeping and looks healthy still so I think it just can't escape; maybe it's positioned wrong or the egg is too hard. I have a pretty big hole for it now but I'm gonna let him finish getting out on his own. Hopefully it can finish the job.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

It's been right around 75 humidity. I just looked in and noticed a pink ring around the egg that is now 45 hours along. I pulled it out and candled and there is a bunch of blood inside on one side, right along the air sac line. I pulled off a lil shell on the other side of it to try and see what was happening. Don't know why it is bleeding but after pulling a bunch of the shell off away from the blood I have found no veins and no current bleeding. It looks like it either hurt its own vein awhile ago in attempt to get out or it cut itself trying to get out. It's squirming and peeping and looks healthy still so I think it just can't escape; maybe it's positioned wrong or the egg is too hard. I have a pretty big hole for it now but I'm gonna let him finish getting out on his own. Hopefully it can finish the job.

He probably nicked a vein. I had a chick that you could see the blood right around the air cell, but it hatched out just fine, didn't even need assisting.
And your humidity is good.