Hands on hatching and help

[AmyLynn2374]

I did a candling experiment on some very light colored chicken eggs, and would I surprise you that I could see development at 12 hours?

Edited to add:
These eggs were exceptionally light colored.

Wow! That is early! I can usually see the first red of veining in my silkies between day one and 2. And that is the tiniest hint of a red line.

About the lavender orpington eggs.... I was shocked the first year with mine at how small their eggs are, considering the size of the bird.  A couple of my older hens, around 2 years old now, do lay a decent sized egg now.  But generally, they are much smaller than one would expect.  I also had silkies, and the LO eggs are much bigger than a silkie egg, but still smaller than, say, my production reds which are smaller birds than they are.

Those big fluffy birds come from little eggs?

My 4th poult hatched, sticky and had a huge yolk.  I put it in a small container so it couldn't move around and the yolk absorbed, but it looks like it has a large "hernia" at the navel. It is red and nasty looking.  Is there anything I can do about this or do I need to cull?

I'd wait and give it time to absorb the yolk and close up before deciding to cull, but that's me. I always think, more time, more time....

Well, I'm dealing with some malpos on the Calls. I decided to take a look in the ones that didn't internally pip to see what was up since all the rest have. Can't tell where their heads are, too much veining still to open the membrane and go looking. They can't internally or externally pip so I guess I just have to hope they hang in there until the veins recede further and I can open up the internal membrane to find their heads.

Good luck with them!!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

HA!  You should see poor Amy's hens run from her....they just know any day she's going to start candleing BEFORE the eggs are laid!!  

I was telling one of my non chicken friends about having to stick my finger up a hen's (prolapsed) vent to help her with an egg bound egg that was tearing the vent...yeah, probably should have kept that story to my chicken friends....lol

 

[casportpony]

Well, I'm dealing with some malpos on the Calls. I decided to take a look in the ones that didn't internally pip to see what was up since all the rest have. Can't tell where their heads are, too much veining still to open the membrane and go looking. They can't internally or externally pip so I guess I just have to hope they hang in there until the veins recede further and I can open up the internal membrane to find their heads.

Gosh, I hope they make it!

 

[rochesjourney]

I was telling one of my non chicken friends about having to stick my finger up a hen's (prolapsed) vent to help her with an egg bound egg that was tearing the vent...yeah, probably should have kept that story to my chicken friends....lol

 

[newchickmama91]

My 4th poult hatched, sticky and had a huge yolk.  I put it in a small container so it couldn't move around and the yolk absorbed, but it looks like it has a large "hernia" at the navel. It is red and nasty looking.  Is there anything I can do about this or do I need to cull?

I've had that I just made sure it was moist and let it absorb. Only thing about sticky chicks is if they dry they go rock hard can't move and end up dying. Most of mine have died which had that

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Well, I'm dealing with some malpos on the Calls. I decided to take a look in the ones that didn't internally pip to see what was up since all the rest have. Can't tell where their heads are, too much veining still to open the membrane and go looking. They can't internally or externally pip so I guess I just have to hope they hang in there until the veins recede further and I can open up the internal membrane to find their heads.

i hope they can wait!!!

 

[NYSilkies12601]

Thank you for the "Welcome" and advice AmyLynn2374. When I left for work this morning I placed two pieces of damp (not dripping saturated) sponges and at that time the humidity was registering 60%. I don't have any of the additional gauges etc. I am just going off the units information. When I returned home at about 4pm EST there were (4) very happy healthy yelling chicks running around! And a look at the unit has the humidity registering at 70%. There are still many more that have just begun to break the out shell. On this unit, it has only one "PLUG" and reading the manual, it seems a little confusing - so I called GQF customer service directly. The woman on the telephone said the only time the plug should come out is if the humidity level is so high that condensation has built up but other than that keep the plug in the entire time; even while the chicks are hatching and when they are done. This unit has a built in fan and there are also what I would call 'air holes' around the base in the styrofoam so that may be sufficient 'fresh' air getting in so that the plug does not have to be removed. The other thing I wanted to add is that I use a tray (plastic) to hold all the eggs in an upright position and the just zip zip off the top and out they come. I have tried to just keep them lying on the bottom but found that they got too knocked around and feel like maybe the chicks that were being knocked around got disoriented and never finished pipping. Thank you again.

 

[rochesjourney]

Can you post a picture?

Here is the best I could get. It is very wiggly. It looked a little bloody so I put some cornstarch on it and now the poult is up and moving around real well. The rest of my hatch is done. Last 2 viable eggs pipped internally, but died.

 

[NYSilkies12601]

Thank you dcbaflock for your advice. My 'counting' is that I look at the calendar, if I set the eggs on a Saturday I just count down one, two, three Saturdays and make that Saturday day 21 and back track to day 18 and write lockdown/stop turning for day 18! It has worked for the most part but according to my calculation, today is day 19 and (4) are already out and many others pipping. Maybe they were just impatient and were like "I'M COMING OUT NOW!" Thank you again.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Thank you for the "Welcome" and advice AmyLynn2374.  When I left for work this morning I placed two pieces of damp (not dripping saturated) sponges and at that time the humidity was registering 60%.  I don't have any of the additional gauges etc. I am just going off the units information. When I returned home at about 4pm EST there were (4) very happy healthy yelling chicks running around! And a look at the unit has the humidity registering at 70%.  There are still many more that have just begun to break the out shell. On this unit, it has only one "PLUG" and reading the manual, it seems a little confusing - so I called GQF customer service directly. The woman on the telephone said the only time the plug should come out is if the humidity level is so high that condensation has built up but other than that keep the plug in the entire time; even while the chicks are hatching and when they are done. This unit has a built in fan and there are also what I would call 'air holes' around the base in the styrofoam so that may be sufficient 'fresh' air getting in so that the plug does not have to be removed.  The other thing I wanted to add is that I use a tray (plastic) to hold all the eggs in an upright position and the just zip zip off the top and out they come. I have tried to just keep them lying on the bottom but found that they got too knocked around and feel like maybe the chicks that were being knocked around got disoriented and never finished pipping. Thank you again.

They told you to leave the plug in? Are they crazy? They need the air once they are hatched. Personally, I think that is awful advice, but, . First thing I did when I got my hovabator was pull the plug out and toss it in a drawer. Never used plugs in the LG, and won't use it in the Hovabator.

Congrats on the hatchers!