Hands on hatching and help

[AmyLynn2374]

I am not confused----I read it like its typed---"ITS" confusing not me.

I'm not confusing, I'm a female and we're never confusing, just confused.

 

[WVduckchick]

Glad I wasn't the only one.

But it's @rossfam06 so I'm not surprised!

 

[rossfam06]

Okay...I had 2 incubators. One was used as a hatcher and one was used for the actual incubation process. Well the actual incubator fan motor/heater burnt out. So I had to move all my eggs in to the hatcher and make that my incubator. All of my eggs are on staggered hatch days. So in 2 days I will be locking down 10 RIR eggs and in 3 days I will be locking down 19 Isa/RIR crosses. I need to know what I can use as a heat source until I can get a new fan/heating element from incukit.

 

[rossfam06]

Sorry for all the confusion. Lol!

 

[WVduckchick]

Oh! I understand. So I was half right.
Guess you will have to make something, or just risk leaving them while the next set hatches. If you are ordering a fix kit, maybe you will only have to go through one hatch phase with younger eggs in there too.

Wait an extra day for lockdown? So maybe a couple extra days of higher humidity won't bother the others?

 

[GraceHomestead]

Oh wow! Hope they are ok!

Thank you! I candled them the next day and there were some that had died from the veins busting. But I was excited to see moat were still alive!!

I never have done this before last week, but I actually plugged a couple of vent holes (extras that I had poked in they styro for ease of adding water with straws) and it helped hold much better. Definitely don't close them all, but something to consider

Thanks I put tape over a few holes and it helped with the humidity. I had to stay on top of it though so was checking every 30min to an hour....I have tubing from when my dad had oxygen so I cut a piece to fit and syringe the water in

So all you did was move the eggs out the turner and the temp jumped up to 113 Or you tweaked the thermostat some too after removing the turner?? Good Luck!

My last hatch I had to turn the bator up to reach the same 99/100 after taking the turner out, so I had that marked where it finally held the temp. I turned it to that mark! :/ lesson learned I will never just assume every hatch is the same!!

Are you adding warm water when you add it, sometimes that helps. You can use rocks in there to act as heat sinks. I've never had to, but I've seen others do it.

Yes warm water and I add with a syringe. I will have to try the rocks next time. Thanks

Weird. Usually when you take the turners out it does the opposite because those turner motors give off a lot of heat themselves.

Well my turner motor went out on my first hatch so we removed the motor and just manually turn the eggs with the turner. (Found a replacement on line! Ordering before next hatch!) so the motor wasnt in there on this hatch. I messed up and turned the nob to the line I had marked for hatching last hatch. I figured it was the same each hatch :/ Big operator error

Ok so UPDATE on how the hatch went!!
After my error and thinking they all were going to die 18 of the 30 showed signs of living!!!
Hatch day day 21 was yesterday! Saturday I noticed 5 eggs had internally pipped! 3 days before they were due to hatch.. Sunday just 2 had outer pipped and 2 had died! So any egg that was inner pipped and alive I helped outer pip them!! Monday I had my first hatch..it was quick but it had a tiny bit of yolk attached. By Monday evening 14 had hatched! (From bator #1 with the heat spike) so 14/30 From those 14, 4 have leg issues.
#1 EE was splayed leg so I took vet wrap and made a splint and it is moving around nicely!
#2 EE hatched but its legs wouldnt go under it. They would go over the head and he would flap and spin in circles. I figured it wouldnt hurt to put the vet wrap splint on him as well just to see if it would help. At first he flopped around but now he is walking around the bator and doing very well!!

#3 POLISH it has curled toes and falls over to the left and lays on its back kicking its feet. I have put the same splint on and it straightens out the feet but it falls to that left side. Not really sure what else I can do for it?!?! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

#4 I noticed doesnt stand up and walk it creaps along. Its feet also turn in and toes are crooked. I put the splint on it as well and it is getting around pretty good.

Other then that I am happy that I didnt loose them all!!
Only 2 hatched from bator 2 (digital lg) so 16 all together! Thanks for your guys help and guidence!!!!
5 EE's and 11 Polish

 

[WVduckchick]

Thank you! I candled them the next day and there were some that had died from the veins busting. But I was excited to see moat were still alive!!
Thanks I put tape over a few holes and it helped with the humidity. I had to stay on top of it though so was checking every 30min to an hour....I have tubing from when my dad had oxygen so I cut a piece to fit and syringe the water in

My last hatch I had to turn the bator up to reach the same 99/100 after taking the turner out, so I had that marked where it finally held the temp. I turned it to that mark!

lesson learned I will never just assume every hatch is the same!!
Yes warm water and I add with a syringe. I will have to try the rocks next time. Thanks

Well my turner motor went out on my first hatch so we removed the motor and just manually turn the eggs with the turner. (Found a replacement on line! Ordering before next hatch!) so the motor wasnt in there on this hatch. I messed up and turned the nob to the line I had marked for hatching last hatch. I figured it was the same each hatch

Big operator error

Ok so UPDATE on how the hatch went!!
After my error and thinking they all were going to die 18 of the 30 showed signs of living!!!
Hatch day day 21 was yesterday! Saturday I noticed 5 eggs had internally pipped! 3 days before they were due to hatch.. Sunday just 2 had outer pipped and 2 had died! So any egg that was inner pipped and alive I helped outer pip them!! Monday I had my first hatch..it was quick but it had a tiny bit of yolk attached. By Monday evening 14 had hatched! (From bator #1 with the heat spike) so 14/30 From those 14, 4 have leg issues.
#1 EE was splayed leg so I took vet wrap and made a splint and it is moving around nicely!
#2 EE hatched but its legs wouldnt go under it. They would go over the head and he would flap and spin in circles. I figured it wouldnt hurt to put the vet wrap splint on him as well just to see if it would help. At first he flopped around but now he is walking around the bator and doing very well!!


#3 POLISH it has curled toes and falls over to the left and lays on its back kicking its feet. I have put the same splint on and it straightens out the feet but it falls to that left side. Not really sure what else I can do for it?!?! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!



#4 I noticed doesnt stand up and walk it creaps along. Its feet also turn in and toes are crooked. I put the splint on it as well and it is getting around pretty good.


Other then that I am happy that I didnt loose them all!!
Only 2 hatched from bator 2 (digital lg) so 16 all together! Thanks for your guys help and guidence!!!!
5 EE's and 11 Polish

Not bad after mishaps! Congrats!! Adorable chicks.

Do you have any Nutridrench? For my ones that seem a little weaker, I give a straight shot from the dropper and it sure seems to perk them up quicker.

I have one little bantam cochin that splay legged. I use the vet wrap too, mostly because of their feathered legs, its much easier than tape. One day he got loose from one side, I replaced, and he got it loose the next day. Finally I wrapped my end spots around, between his legs. Now he stands fine, and gets around fine, but sometimes I will see him with one leg out. I'm hoping that a few more days he will get the control of that leg.

I totally understand about thinking things will go the same way as last time, and I'm sorry you learned that it isn't always that simple. But here's another one to add to your list.... re-check thermometers and hygrometers often also. Not necessarily every hatch, but as often as you can. And I try to remember to replace batteries in my meters with every couple of hatches too.

 

[mcolbert]

I have 19 duck eggs in lockdown. I can't get the humidity above 69. 8 pipped yesterday between 3pm and 9pm. The first one that did looks as though the membrane is drying. I can add a picture but it isn't very clear. The dark spot on the membrane isn't open, maybe duckling under? I don't know.. my last hatch I waited too long to assist and lost one. Ended up having to help with 3 others.

 

[WVduckchick]

I have 19 duck eggs in lockdown. I can't get the humidity above 69. 8 pipped yesterday between 3pm and 9pm. The first one that did looks as though the membrane is drying. I can add a picture but it isn't very clear. The dark spot on the membrane isn't open, maybe duckling under? I don't know.. my last hatch I waited too long to assist and lost one. Ended up having to help with 3 others.

Way too early to help a duckling. Can't tell much from the pic, but looks like plenty of opening for it to breathe. You have to go with your gut, but ducklings take longer to absorb the yolk, and you really don't want one out of the shell with a big unabsorbed yolk.

 

[mcolbert]

I peeled a little back on the one that had me concerned, it is drying. I added water bowl, sponges, etc.. hopefully we can get the humidity up. I did peel back the membrane a little and the dark spot on it seems to be a blood clot? Maybe it hit it when it pipped? The duckling is still breathing and moving, seems to be malpositioned.