Hands on hatching and help

[AmyLynn2374]

He needs a little hat that looks like a cherry and he'd be an ice cream Sunday! lol

Last time someone named a chick after me it turned out to be a roo!! lol

 

[Blooie]

I gots 3 of them! Done...lol

Gosh, how unexpectedly kind of you! What a surprise! I just nevah expected that in a million years....I'm speechless! (You buyin' any of this drivel?)

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Gosh, how unexpectedly kind of you! What a surprise! I just nevah expected that in a million years....I'm speechless! (You buyin' any of this drivel?)

Sure, I'm gullible some times...lol

 

[Mommy 2 Wee Ones]

Had to give this little one a hand this afternoon, today was Ramin's 21st day of sitting, but I waited till today to check the remaining eggs. First one hatched Sat., second one hatched Sunday. when I lifted Ramin, hubby was holding the 2 babies. We heard peeping, and there was a egg pipped, but not zipped. The membrane was dry, so I flicked some shell to make to opening larger and dabbed warm water with a q-tip on the membrane. It had not shrink wrapped, but was dry. I slowly pealed shell away, and some membrane, and kept dabbing warm water. Had 80% of the shell removed, and she finally broke through the membrane. Put her under a lamp, and gave her some electrolyte every 30 min. She was so tired, took a couple hours before she was dry, and another hour before she tried standing. One foot looks a little splayed, made shoes for both, and I have her separate from Mom & siblings till she can stand & walk on her own. Lost one a couple years ago, because I thought she was stable, and put her back with her siblings, found her on her back the next morning. So never again.

 

[tracyjg]

We put ours in a bus and a truck . Ones truck driver Amanda bus driver Lakeithia is my partners for Keith who past away in a drunk driver accident who was my partners best friend.

 

[Beau Garden]

No. They don't generally smell, especially if they are late quitters.  I would candle them and look for signs of life. Any movement at all, veining around the air cell where the light may still penetrate.

I tried to quickly candle last night to see. I didn't notice any movement and there are three that i won't waste my time with. I'm losing hope for my other four but figured I'll leave them two more days for just in case. My husband never wants to waste his time with this again but I'm determined to try another batch. I'm not sure what went wrong. Do you think there is any hope for them?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I tried to quickly candle last night to see. I didn't notice any movement and there are three that i won't waste my time with. I'm losing hope for my other four but figured I'll leave them two more days for just in case. My husband never wants to waste his time with this again but I'm determined to try another batch. I'm not sure what went wrong. Do you think there is any hope for them?

At day 23-24 not a lot if there are no internal pips and no sign of movement. I had a day 24 and day 25 hatcher in my first ever hatch. Day 25 died. However, at day 23 it was internally pipped and I could still see movement in the other one.
We would be more than happy to help you trouble shoot your hatch if you'd like so that maybe a second try will yield you a better hatch. My first hatch was a bust and a I wasn't going to try again. I am so glad I did, because I have had nothing but great hatches every since. It was a matter of honing my method and figuring what went wrong.

 

[arr36]

Well we are now nearly at the end of day 23. Of the 4 incubated eggs, we have one assisted hatched and s/he looks great, all fluffed and dry now. Two others have now externally pipped and I think resting for now. One of them looks oddly positioned, maybe due to the large air sac? We will see, I have a low threshold for getting involved now since I think that first chick would've died. The fourth egg I made a window. He was definitely alive yesterday but today, nothing. I'm guessing he's a goner.

I just checked the broody hens (two sisters on four eggs!) and none of their four have pipped at all and I hear no squeaks or taps. I brought them in and tried the float/wiggle test but I'm not an expert and couldn't really tell a great deal. So I made a window in one, and it was moving, so I've put that in the incubator, and the other three back with the hens. I figure I'll check them again later.

End of day 23 and only one hatched?! The air sacs were bad but I'm sure my humidity and temps have been pretty darn stable. Anything else could've gone wrong? Do Marans have a tendency to hatch late? We've hatched several batches before and they were generally 21 days or 22 at a push.

Here's my little fighter

 

[WildHens]

OK guys, I've been stalking and catching up on reading (still back on page 52) but had to share what happened in the hatch I have going on now..
For some background, I incubate in FI forced airs, completely dry. I hatch in an LG still air, usually with half of the water trays full..it's been so rainy and wet here tho that last hatch I had some swollen puffy chicks with problems hatching so this round I left the trays dry, and keep a sponge wet in the corner and mist the inside walls with hot water if I need to go in for any reason (I'm 120% a meddler, always in and out, lock down means nothing here)..
So anyways, first few eggs pipped, then zipped with no help needed and they looked great..#3 followed shortly behind but when it hatched, it had a HUGE sac still laying inside the egg..but it was dark like it was intestines and not yolk, and the chick looked a lot smaller than the other 2 that hatched from identical eggs .. so it was 2am, I removed the chick that was fluffed, the 2nd wasn't even walking yet so made sure it was dark and left them be.. this morning, the one I thought was doomed, the sac has drastically shrunk, there's no blood in the hatcher like it ruptured and it's up walking around now..still has a nasty little glob back there (which I did get a picture of)..
Wish I had taken a pic to show how big this sac of whatever was.. it was every bit the size of a quarter or bigger. And just as round..

Anyways, still wouldn't call this chicken safe..I did go in, put iodine on the stump, removed a few more hatches that I didn't want hurting him.. and snapped a pic..

These are my olive egger chicks, from local fresh eggs, not shipped..

Sorry it's blurry. ..I was rushing bc hatcher is in my bedroom and electric had warmed room temp as much as I like when I'm in the hatcher.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

OK guys, I've been stalking and catching up on reading (still back on page 52) but had to share what happened in the hatch I have going on now..
For some background, I incubate in FI forced airs, completely dry. I hatch in an LG still air, usually with half of the water trays full..it's been so rainy and wet here tho that last hatch I had some swollen puffy chicks with problems hatching so this round I left the trays dry, and keep a sponge wet in the corner and mist the inside walls with hot water if I need to go in for any reason (I'm 120% a meddler, always in and out, lock down means nothing here)..
So anyways, first few eggs pipped, then zipped with no help needed and they looked great..#3 followed shortly behind but when it hatched, it had a HUGE sac still laying inside the egg..but it was dark like it was intestines and not yolk, and the chick looked a lot smaller than the other 2 that hatched from identical eggs .. so it was 2am, I removed the chick that was fluffed, the 2nd wasn't even walking yet so made sure it was dark and left them be.. this morning, the one I thought was doomed, the sac has drastically shrunk, there's no blood in the hatcher like it ruptured and it's up walking around now..still has a nasty little glob back there (which I did get a picture of)..
Wish I had taken a pic to show how big this sac of whatever was.. it was every bit the size of a quarter or bigger. And just as round..

Anyways, still wouldn't call this chicken safe..I did go in, put iodine on the stump, removed a few more hatches that I didn't want hurting him.. and snapped a pic..

These are my olive egger chicks, from local fresh eggs, not shipped..


Sorry it's blurry. ..I was rushing bc hatcher is in my bedroom and electric had warmed room temp as much as I like when I'm in the hatcher.

Welcome to the thread. It is hard to tell with the pic. If it's a little bit of cord or yolk membrane it should shrink and dry up and eventually fall off. It almost looks though like it's got ruptured yolk on it's feathers?