Hands on hatching and help

[thebulg]

Question and sorry I've been so pesky the last few days lol. When you candle am egg and you start seeing the baby's move around day 7, should they stay in one spot or will they move around the whole egg?

man, this freaked me out the first time!! after about day 4, the chick stays in the same part of the egg. so when you rotate it while candling, the embryo, yolk, veins, etc, will be on the same side. you still need to turn, and i am sure someone can explain the science behind that, but the whole "baby" and its needs will stay in one spot and grow there!

 

[jenniferlamar70]

man, this freaked me out the first time!! after about day 4, the chick stays in the same part of the egg. so when you rotate it while candling, the embryo, yolk, veins, etc, will be on the same side. you still need to turn, and i am sure someone can explain the science behind that, but the whole "baby" and its needs will stay in one spot and grow there!

Thank god lol. I was freaking out thinking they were stuck or something lol. I can't wait till this is all over and I've only just started lol. My anxiety is so bad I'm not even sleeping anymore lol...

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Question and sorry I've been so pesky the last few days lol. When you candle am egg and you start seeing the baby's move around day 7, should they stay in one spot or will they move around the whole egg?

That's what we are here for.

In the beginning you will see movement on generally one side, especially hand turned eggs. Once the chick has formed and can move around on it's own, then you will see more movement throughout the egg.

When you are hand turning (laying down), the development will present itself on whatever side of the egg was facing up when you picked it up. If you turn the egg and come back later and recandle, again you will see the development on the side that is facing up. When eggs are upright in the turners or cartons, the development is more centered. So the first movement will also be centralized to that area. You will also find that once they really start forming, depending on the position and how close to the shell they are it will skew your perception of them.

My first two hatches I used the automatic turner for. The third I switched to hand turning and the first time I candled after starting hand turning I almost freaked. I thought there was something wrong with them all.....lol It took me a couple candles before I put the logic together and then I was fascinated...lol

Thank god lol. I was freaking out thinking they were stuck or something lol. I can't wait till this is all over and I've only just started lol. My anxiety is so bad I'm not even sleeping anymore lol...

 

[thebulg]

well, i got one! the first one that pipped broke up 24 hours later. it's still got its little cord attached to the shell and it had a rough time breaking out, but it did it on its own! resting now and i assume the shell will fall off once it gets up and moving. whew!

on a VERY RELATED TO THIS HATCH note, i had an egg that i haven't seen movement in for 2.5 days. not outward, not when candling, nothing. the last candling (which was the day before yesterday) the veins weren't visible at all and it hadn't filled as much of the shell as the others. i kept it in the bator, but told my husband today it's dead. took it out and put it on the ground next to me. 45 minutes later the thing ROCKS, and i mean ROCKS. i took it to a dark spot to candle, sure enough, something is trying to break into the air cell.

this whole hatch. i cannot even.

 

[ShanandGem]

Are yall ready for some more cuteness overload?

I cannot get over how cute this is. We have at least 4 so far.

So sweet! I hope I get a broody hen someday....

 

[KodiakFox]

This is a little blurb I did on backwards birds. I decided to post it because it happens to me a lot! I'm not sure why, but they still all do fine with my help.

 

[magenxoo]

What do I do, it's a duck and I'm new to this

 

[SilkiesForEver]

Quote: There was some fluid, a few drops, but I thought it may have been from the yoke sack which all but one had not absorbed. I did candle and check air cells all the way through incubation.

Lately I have been keeping the humidity around 33%, but the results have been the same. Would you mind posting a photo of air cells with correct humidity?

 

[Pyxis]

What do I do, it's a duck and I'm new to this

Just give it time for the belly to close up. Looks like everything's absorbed and the belly just needs to finish closing. Leave it in the incubator, but put it in a cup or bowl lined with paper towels so it can't drag itself all over.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

What do I do, it's a duck and I'm new to this

At this point I would leave it alone and let it finish off itself. It should separate. It's just still attached by a little cord. If it starts pulling away and bleeding I would cut it and some people use cornstartch to stop the bleeding, I just use a wet q-tip held against the navel to staunch it, but I wouldn't mess unless it neccessary.