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[2crazyflockers]

I'm pretty sure that is very, very rare!! Sorry they didn't make it

woow! That stinks!

 

[2crazyflockers]

I'm taking a long break after this hatch too! I'm going to try to see how long I can hold out before hatching again, I'm shooting for August ...anyone want to take bets???
Wow! Did you film it hatching? It hatched all on their own? What was wrong with them?

no I didn't film it wishing I had now that I hear its very rare!!! I made a safety hole after it had been internally pipped for almost 24 hours and after that I stopped hearing or seeing anything so I waited and still nothing so I opened it and the top one was dis but to my surprise as I was looking at it and the very large yolk sac I noticed more feathers underneath!! Upon inspection there was another little one in there! It was gasping so I put the rest of the shell back in the brooder and when I checked ( every 30 seconds) lol after a few it stopped breathing too. The egg was huge and we had been watching and candling thinking for sure it was a bad egg but never saw two little shapes in there they were pretty smooshed.

 

[Laurel Meadows]

It finally made it on its own. He's huge lol. It was about 1/4 zipped when I got up at 5:00am, it got out at 7:45. Whew! And another sebright zipped in about 20 minutes and popped out 5 minutes behind the lavender.

2 more sebrights zipping right now. I had to call into work and tell them I'd be late

Congrats! Sounds like a busy morning there!!

 

[Laurel Meadows]

no I didn't film it wishing I had now that I hear its very rare!!! I made a safety hole after it had been internally pipped for almost 24 hours and after that I stopped hearing or seeing anything so I waited and still nothing so I opened it and the top one was dis but to my surprise as I was looking at it and the very large yolk sac I noticed more feathers underneath!! Upon inspection there was another little one in there! It was gasping so I put the rest of the shell back in the brooder and when I checked ( every 30 seconds) lol after a few it stopped breathing too. The egg was huge and we had been watching and candling thinking for sure it was a bad egg but never saw two little shapes in there they were pretty smooshed.

Sorry they didn't make it

 

[Laurel Meadows]

Incubator #1 is officially in lockdown today. That's the good news...the not-so-good news is that I had a egg pipped already at day 18 before I got a chance to raise the humidity

Temps were good and steady the whole time and weren't spiking so I'm very surprised to see one pipped so early. Hopefully it will be ok, my humidity was at 38% before I opened the bator to add water and shelf liner for lockdown

 

[pipAchick]

Congrats! Sounds like a busy morning there!!

Wow sou,'s like a fun day to me!
Enjoy those little guys.

 

[2crazyflockers]

Sorry they didn't make it

thank you! I don't like losing anyone but these two really really bummed me out! Now I don't know if I did something wrong! Does anyone know how they would've externally pipped and zipped with the two of them in there? They had no room to move!

 

[Laurel Meadows]

thank you! I don't like losing anyone but these two really really bummed me out! Now I don't know if I did something wrong! Does anyone know how they would've externally pipped and zipped with the two of them in there? They had no room to move!

I don't have any direct experience with a double yolker in incubation, but I would think that maybe one chick gets more nutrition than the other and is bigger/stronger and does the work pipping and zipping. But that's just a guess.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

thank you! I don't like losing anyone but these two really really bummed me out! Now I don't know if I did something wrong! Does anyone know how they would've externally pipped and zipped with the two of them in there? They had no room to move!

I wouldn't feel to bad. I read that twins are very rare and that it's highly uncommon for them to survive. so sorry for your loss..

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Sorry they didn't make it... That surely convinced me to not set this pea egg:


-Kathy