Hands on hatching and help

caesargirl · Apr 14, 2016

Lady Grey!

BigWeenMachine · Apr 14, 2016

RavynFallen said:
I had a Call take 3 full days after til she was ready to come out, lol... every morn I figured she would be gone, but she fought hard... once she was ready, she popped out and started running around like a maniac... she turned out happy and healthy and is about to hatch her own brood with her best friend...

She is on the left, Lady Grey... and Crash is on the right...

Lol, I can't get over how funny they luck with the short beaks. Tee hee! Someday I wanna try to hatch them

BigWeenMachine · Apr 14, 2016

Sarkchick said:
Update on my late hatch SWH duckling. It is getting stronger by the day. Still has a bit of balance issue. Just put it in with 4 others from same hatch.

Thank you all for your advice and help
Linda

What kind of ducklings are those? They look like my 4 lil guys. I think 3 of them are half Welsh Harlequin and half Runner (one male and 2 female, I'm guessing the dark one I have is a male), and one is half Blue Swedish and half Runner.

Sarkchick · Apr 14, 2016

BigWeenMachine said:
What kind of ducklings are those? They look like my 4 lil guys. I think 3 of them are half Welsh Harlequin and half Runner (one male and 2 female, I'm guessing the dark one I have is a male), and one is half Blue Swedish and half Runner.

They are Silver Welsh Harlequins. Had 11/12 shipped eggs hatch. The little one was 3 days later than the others. I did a total assist, even the internal pip. No idea what the problem was. All were malpositioned. It has balance issues but is getting better.
I also have week old Runners, black, blue, chocolate and a cream.

And month old Sweedish/Pekins

Good luck with yours. Pics when you have them
Linda

AmyLynn2374 · Apr 14, 2016

Sarkchick said:
Update on my late hatch SWH duckling. It is getting stronger by the day. Still has a bit of balance issue. Just put it in with 4 others from same hatch.

Thank you all for your advice and help
Linda

Sarkchick said:
They are Silver Welsh Harlequins. Had 11/12 shipped eggs hatch. The little one was 3 days later than the others. I did a total assist, even the internal pip. No idea what the problem was. All were malpositioned. It has balance issues but is getting better.
I also have week old Runners, black, blue, chocolate and a cream.

And month old Sweedish/Pekins

Good luck with yours. Pics when you have them
Linda

Awe!! So cute!

Ren2014 · Apr 14, 2016

wabbit1964 said:
Sad update on this pretty yellow chick.. s/he did not make it through the night.

I have one EE that hatched on its own last night and has a big belly and stays on its back kicking its feet. I wonder if anyone has had this issue and how to help this chick? He's got strong lungs and chirping away trying to move around but cant. Advice??

Edited to add chick #2 is doing better is waddling around a little bit .. progress!!

Yay for #2 doing better.

BigWeenMachine said:
I would love to know this too but for ducks if anyone knows???

I gave my last hatch 48 hrs and lost some. I'm going to watch much closer this time and jump in sooner.

RavynFallen said:
Mist the eggs... evaporation of water off the shell increases moisure loss in the eggs...
A good 24hrs... may or may not move around... and they can take quite a bit longer from external pip to zipping... ducks take a lot longer than chickens do...

good to know, certainly will do, thank you.

Blooie said:
Day 23 and I'm in that exact postion, Amy, so I'm glad @lovesanimals101 's question came up! Broke down and candled the last 5 eggs last night. There were 6, but I went back in the bedroom to check incubator temps and humidity and got the barest whiff of something unpleasant. I knew Ken's socks were in the hamper, so that wasn't it. Opened the incubator <shudder> and the smell was a little stronger.

Now, I have the keenest sense of smell on the planet - Ken says I'm a 1 part per billion kinda of sniffer. I diagnosed my son's diabetes before he even went to the doctor - I smelled it on him. Same when they were little and same with the grandkids. If I detect a slight smell of penicillian on their breaths, I know there's a cold or ear infection starting up. Ma was the same way. So anyway, the smell wasn't strong, but it was there. A little blood-hounding revealed that the Bielefelder egg was beginning to stink. So out it went. Down from 8 at lockdown to 2 hatched and 5 left. One egg, that persistent Green Magnolia, had a little movement but nothing in the others. And once I opened that doggone incubator, it's not holding temp again. I double checked vents, made sure the top was on securely, and it was still in the 97 degree range and not budging. Waited a bit, checked again, no change. I tried putting a vent plug back in to see if would come up. Nope. So I bumped it up using the knob. Now it's at 100 and then bouncing back down. I'm about over this.

But I'l wait another couple of days.

Sweet Pea's little red bum now looks way better...his one eye is still shut. Be heading down shortly to pick up something to put on it. I was so sure it was a little pullet when his down was all dried and caked to his body. But I cleaned him up, dried him with the blow dryer, and then tucked him back in the incubator to finish drying and fluffling. When I got him out, there it was - a big white spot on his head. So either I put in a girl and pulled out a boy, or the spot was too matted down to see.

Glad his bum is better. It's really amazing how bad they can look at first and then almost normal in a short amount of time. You are very talented!

Sarkchick said:
Update on my late hatch SWH duckling. It is getting stronger by the day. Still has a bit of balance issue. Just put it in with 4 others from same hatch.

Thank you all for your advice and help
Linda

So glad he's doing better

Sarkchick said:
They are Silver Welsh Harlequins. Had 11/12 shipped eggs hatch. The little one was 3 days later than the others. I did a total assist, even the internal pip. No idea what the problem was. All were malpositioned. It has balance issues but is getting better.
I also have week old Runners, black, blue, chocolate and a cream.

And month old Sweedish/Pekins

Good luck with yours. Pics when you have them
Linda

11/12 SHIPPED? That's awesome! How were the air cells to start?

caesargirl · Apr 14, 2016

First duckling out!!! All looks good!!!

AmyLynn2374 · Apr 14, 2016

caesargirl said:
First duckling out!!! All looks good!!!

YAY!

AmyLynn2374 · Apr 14, 2016

Ok, so day 14. One more week to go, or about that. The silkie eggs you can hardly see anything in. They are full. The Spitz are coming along nicely. Appears to be pretty much on target. The greens are, well green and can't see anything, but I haven't since day 2 so....

Air cells I am happy with for the most part. I am no longer turning except when I candle, so pretty boring here. Even my incubator is holding steady and not giving me any work. The next few days need to hurry by, cause I really want to see these silkies. Thinking we'll be seeing some action by Tuesday morning which will be well into day 19- from the silkies at least.