Hatch-Along - Setting eggs week of Feb 4th..anyone else?

[cochins1088]

Gosling Update:

I took the top of the shell off, then I smeared antibiotic sab onto the inner membrane with a Q tip. I can see the baby perfectly, but those bloods vessels are really intimidating. He's correctly positioned with his beak near the air cell in the lower section. I think I'll see if he pips himself first, because I don't want to hit those veins. He looks like a healthy gosling otherwise.

 

[Crisses]

I took a leap and pulled the last 2eggs ....first the zip....it zipped down and drowned. The other had pipped the middle on the bottom of the egg, and probably drowned.... so of 7 in batch2 I have 5 for 11 total.... I feel bad because they were both doing so well...oh, well...

 

[cochins1088]

I took a leap and pulled the last 2eggs ....first the zip....it zipped down and drowned. The other had pipped the middle on the bottom of the egg, and probably drowned....

so of 7 in batch2 I have 5 for 11 total.... I feel bad because they were both doing so well...oh, well...

I'm sorry..

 

[cochins1088]

I internally pipped the goose egg. I was able to avoid hitting any blood vessels, but it was close. From the tip of his beak to his notril is now clear. Any farther and I would have hit a large red vein. I don't think he's breathing yet, but at least he has the access.

 

[misskeeter]

Prayers

 

[cochins1088]

Thanks everyone!

He's breathing and he looks healthy, but he'll have to stay in the egg for at least another 36 hours. These next 2 days are going to be stressful...

So how are everyone's new hatchlings?

 

[misskeeter]

Well I'm down to 8 chicks. They are cute and fun though. I picked up 30 eggs today to out in the bator for the Easter hatch a long.

 

[akashia26]

still got a dozen and mamma is getting more protective by the day. so cute to see them scurrying around the yard with her. most have wing and tail feathers in now. a few late bloomers though.

 

[Crisses]

My first batch is starting to flutter and dust bathe...time to unleash the dropcloths! the newborns are watching them enviously through a wire barrier I put in the brooder...they don't do much at under 24 hours old....

 

[crazyagteacher]

We're hatching in our classroom too! I have one chick that should hatch sometime this week (only 1 out of our first 5 that was fertile/didn't quit) and have about 2 dozen eggs incubating for a hatch the following week! Both my students and I are both extremely nervous and excited! Good luck to everybody else "patiently" waiting!