Hatch-a-long! ~ Anyone setting 8JAN-15JAN??

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

How exciting!!! Good luck!! I'm on  day 20 with one pip at the moment 

Woooohooooo! Good luck with your hatch too!

And don't forget pictures everyone!

 

[ceocka]

AnimalLover- Woooohooooo!!!

Ceocka- Better to error on the side of letting it go. If it did die that late it wouldn't be about to explode or anything and if it didn't die it would be a shame to remove a viable embryo.

Good luck to you both!!!

Thank you! I was thinking maybe a late bloomer. Just nervous! This going to be a long lockdown!

 

[SarahJaneB]

Gah, can't get the pictures to download for some reason but I have two chicks out at the moment!!!

 

[ceocka]

Gah, can't get the pictures to download for some reason but I have two chicks out at the moment!!! e

How exciting! Can't wait to see pics

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Gah, can't get the pictures to download for some reason but I have two chicks out at the moment!!! e

YAY!!! Hope you can post pics soon!

 

[SarahJaneB]

(Copied from the other hatchalong thread i was posting in)

Oh my goodness, this has been a stressful little process. Right now we have 11 in a temporary brooder box with a light, thermometer, and food and water so they know what it is when we move them to their bigger temporary home that the ducklings are still in. These 11 seem to be doing great. There's a lot of dander or something in the box, maybe from the wet stuff from hatching out of the shells that's drying and getting everywhere? Is that ok for them?

Have 1 still in the shell struggling a bit. It's a bit slow. I gave it a good airhole so it's still breathing but I didn't chip away a whole lot because I could see that the veins were still red and thick. I'm giving it a lot of time to finish up but the membrane seems to have shrunk around it so I might have to help it when it's ready enough. On a positive note the one that pipped at the wrong end of the shell is ok. Had to assist but she's ok aside from having a bit of dried yolk and stuff holding her to the shell that had dried. Snipped the end of that off so she wasn't dragging her shell around anymore but it's still there. Don't want to pull on it. I read that it might dry up and fall off eventually. The last two eggs didn't pip. Candled when I removed the dry chicks and it looks like they haven't pipped the air cell. It's day 22 for them so we'll see but I think they are lost. Still have my fingers crossed for the late egg. She's still breathing so hopefully. So at the moment, out of 15 fertile eggs we have 12 successful hatched one still hatching so if that one makes it, it'll be 13 out of 15 fertile eggs for my first incubation.

Guess I did something right Pictures!!!

 

[SarahJaneB]

Here's a video of one of mine hatching

Still had a bit of yolk on it when it pushed out but she's ok.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Here's a video of one of mine hatching Still had a bit of yolk on it when it pushed out but she's ok.

Awesome! I am hoping to see some of that live in a few days! And 12/15 chicks is great for a first hatch!

 

[SarahJaneB]

Awesome! I am hoping to see some of that live in a few days! And 12/15 chicks is great for a first hatch!

It was so much fun. but make that 13/15 now!! The last one that wasn't quite ready is finally out. It seemed like it was shrink wrapped inside but I left it till I saw the veins thin up and the the chick started pushing out through the hole i made and wasn't making it so I helped it with the top part of the shell and let it kick the bottom off itself. It had the same gunk stuck to it like the other one I assisted that had pipped at the wrong end and refused to zip, snipped some of it off but didn't pull of course so that she didnt drag the shell around like the other did for a while. But after all the research I did I made sure not to over assist those two and I got them out safely. Sally Sunshines page was really helpful and a lot of other threads on here. Everyone here is so sweet and helpful. Those two are still in the incubator drying off.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

It was so much fun. but make that 13/15 now!! The last one that wasn't quite ready is finally out. It seemed like it was shrink wrapped inside but I left it till I saw the veins thin up and the the chick started pushing out through the hole i made and wasn't making it so I helped it with the top part of the shell and let it kick the bottom off itself. It had the same gunk stuck to it like the other one I assisted that had pipped at the wrong end and refused to zip, snipped some of it off but didn't pull of course so that she didnt drag the shell around like the other did for a while. But after all the research I did I made sure not to over assist those two and I got them out safely. Sally Sunshines page was really helpful and a lot of other threads on here. Everyone here is so sweet and helpful. Those two are still in the incubator drying off.

Whoohooo! Hope Lucky 13 stays strong!