Hands on hatching and help

[WVduckchick]

I get so Excited when I see these pretty faces staring at me through the glass-----some times every hole will have a head in it looking out!!! LOL

Haha that's too cute!

 

[PD-Riverman]

Haha that's too cute!

Yep, a person would have to be Not Right to think that's not cute----So Just for the record----I get real excited!!! LOL

 

[WVduckchick]

Yep, a person would have to be Not Right to think that's not cute----So Just for the record----I get real excited!!! LOL

Glad to hear its still exciting, even after thousands of hatchers.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I recently incubated 6 eggs for the first time and had a 100% hatch rate. I set the eggs at 430p on a Wednesday, expecting them to hatch 3 weeks later... They started hatching early Tuesday morning - technically day 19 still? 4 hatched Tuesday and the other 2 early hours of Wednesday. Did I have my temperature too high and just get lucky that they were healthy, or is it normal to hatch that early? Using Brinsea mini eco if that helps.

When I hatched with my old lg, all my hatches were day 19/20 because it ran a tad warm. Now with the Hovabator and the constant temps I'm hatching pretty much 20/21. If they are all healthy, I wouldn't worry about a thing.

I haven't been getting subscription notices either. Only for this thread. All the other I'm subscribed to seem to be working fine. The property sounds exciting! I drove from California to Texas just to look at ours. I thought it was crazy to purchase something without physically seeing it first!

Ya, I'm getting the notifications for other threads too. I did see we had another Asian spammer takeover on the forum the other night, maybe when they did clean up something got messed up.

So sorry Ross But hey I'm doing good and am a new grandpa so I'll show him to you Oliver Lee ain't he cute .

Adorable K! I bet you're proud!

Sounds like a good thing Amy hope you get it

Thanks, me too!

I think so you might be able to squeeze a toothpick in there .

Lol

So this is our first ever hatch, we have 13 eggs in lock down, temp is 99.6 humidity 60% (although it goes up to 62 sometimes), today is day 21. No pips yet. Is my humidity okay? If not, what should I do? (Our incubator is a hovabator 1602)

I prefer 70-75% for hatch and recommend at least 65%

They are chickens.... my humidity has been between 50-55 throughout the hatch. I am standing at the incubator and just heard a chirp!!!! Does this mean they might pip soon??? Ah I'm super nervous.

50-55% for the first 17 days if you are not in a high elevation is pretty high. If you don't (and I hope you do) have a decent hatch rate, let us know and we can give you some info on the low humidity incubation method that often works better.

Yeah!! We all get a little anxious at hatch time. (well maybe not PD-riverman)

Lol

I get so Excited when I see these pretty faces staring at me through the glass-----some times every hole will have a head in it looking out!!! LOL

Because they are screaming let us out! It's crowded! We want food and water! (Don't worry, I used to pick on SC the same way when he'd put up pics of his chicks filling the Brinsea...lol You remind me of him...very much.)

Glad to hear its still exciting, even after thousands of hatchers.

I still get excited when I see the first development in eggs too...not that I've done thousands....lol

 

[newchickmama91]

Anyone had a chick fitting? It lays there with its eyes open just twitching. All the others are running about eating and drinking

 

[BYC910]

I am a hands-off-hatcher, so "I" would not open it during the hatch----I would add water to more troughs if you are using a Styrofoam type incubator by using a turkey injector type long needle and some tubing through a vent hole. But I am sure some hands-on-htchers will tell you to open that sucker right up and add water---LOL---Not me. What was the date you put the eggs in???

Edited----OOOOPS I just seen I was on the hands-on-hatching forum-----SORRY Again People!!!!

Well hands on folks have a saying for hatchers like you .And I just been dying to us it. and Amy and all feel free to save it for future use but hey it's all in fun

 

[BYC910]

Anyone had a chick fitting? It lays there with its eyes open just twitching. All the others are running about eating and drinking

You get those from time to time . Did it hatch alone? I don't even know how to help those Or what causes it to happen

 

[Wytchcat]

I knew it.. I knew the chances of making it through my first hatch without being hands on would be well nigh impossible.

One of my Swedish Flower Hens decided to come into the world backwards.. or at least try to.. she pipped two days early face down/pointed end....no progress for almost 36 hours and the membrane was starting to look badly yellowed. so I helped her zip abit so she could get her head, which she quickly followed with a wing.

Once she got her back into it she did good.. though had to wait for her umbilicus to dry and pull from the shell. Yolk was fully inside.

Luckily I had taken all but one other chick out so she didn't get trompled while attached.

12 eggs to go... some running into day 23 with no pips but some movement. Can you pip the shell for them if you hear cheeping? Some of these brahma eggs are very solid.

 

[chickenrk]

Hi all

@newchickmama91 @WVduckchick and everyone else who helped me so much yesterday when i was so worried. Last night my little baby did hatch - she needed quite a lot of help, so again, thank you for all of the advice - i used it and took my time even though i was shaking like mad!! We took it slow together and it was fine. She did pip a few blood vessels before i helped her so i was very nervous. She has a bit of a 'cut' on her arm, but i guess that will fix itself. This morning I woke up to two beautiful babies - number two was clearly a show off and got out all by herself in the night. Both are happy and healthy and seem like real cuddlers Number three unfortunately was dead and very mushy. I have attached a few pics, but did want to give you all a big virtual hug and say a huge thank you

 

[newchickmama91]

You get those from time to time . Did it hatch alone? I don't even know how to help those Or what causes it to happen

No I've had 7 hatch one died so it hatched with its siblings. I've been giving it vitamins but it's not helping like it did the others

will just have to wait and see