Hatch On Dates: Oct-nov? Dont Forget About This Post!!!

[delpygirl]

Update of my chicks due on the 13th NZ time. I have ended up with 10 healthy chicks out of 12 and one that I ended up assisting, it was very weak and may not survive, but it is back under mum. Here's my blog for some pics.

http://rosemarie-mybackyardblog-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2011/10/arrival-of-baby-chickens.html

 

[swirler]

Day 19 here of my first incubation, and I'm just about to explode with antici.....pation.

Lockdown started yesterday. At that time most of the eggs were developing a nice dip in the aircell (including all of the Australorps), but there were two or three holdouts among the Barnevelders which still had quite small, symmetrical air cells. The chicks in there were moving about, though, so they've been developing. Should I expect those ones to fail at hatch time?

Before you ask, I have no idea, really, what my humidity has been, because I reckon this cheap combo digital thermo/hygrometer is dodgy-dodgy on the hygrometer side of things! I'm using a Janoel fan-forced manual-turn octagonal incubator, outer channel filled every two days in the first 18 days, both channels filled at lockdown. The dodgy hygrometer has been reading pretty steady around 50% no matter what I do!

 

[stephanie1992]

ok i candled the egg i put in my new bator on the first. its day 14 and i see feet already! i never saw` that at this stage using the LG.
made a video, didnt turn out to well cus it was hard to hold an egg, flashlight, and camera at the same time lol. and took pics but u cant see the feet, it kept moving lol

the chicks head is on the left of the egg in this pic

video( at the beginning u see movement, srry its not a very good video)

View My Video

 

[shaza7]

It made it, went down this morning and it was out with another one pipping. By this afternoon there were two barred rocks and tonight I seen a light sussex in there which hadnt long come out. She is doing such a fab job. Its pretty hard to see much of the whole process as it is all happening underneath here although she has been pretty good with me having a look under her wings. I would love to see zipping. I'm going to try do candling next time we get in fertilised eggs.
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It is fine, I would leave it alone, they turn in a complete circle while zipping, so it will be facing down at some point anyway. It just impedes your enjoyment of watching the progress

I bet it has hatched by this time anyway. Hope it made it.

 

[JEH1984]

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Congrats! Mine didnt move that much when i candled mine. I have 5 little ones. 5 more piped. Hopefully they will hatch today. Once they are dry and moved to their brooder I will take pictures! They are so small and cute!!

 

[Cattitude]

Congratulations to all the new mommies!

 

[JEH1984]

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Don't forget about us daddies!!

 

[Impress]

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Don't forget about us daddies!!

You could be a 300 pound weightlifter with pecs of steel, and to those chicks, you are still going to be a Mommy!

 

[tangled]

One of my americauna's pipped this AM and is chirping in its shell! If it goes well, it'll be my first incubation and my first ever chicken. Very excited!

 

[JEH1984]

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Don't forget about us daddies!!

You could be a 300 pound weightlifter with pecs of steel, and to those chicks, you are still going to be a Mommy!

LoL !!