Hatching - Day by Day - Chat thread!

[Jmanvanatta]

Hey I had an egg hatch on day 25 so....... I think your good! Just dont get anctious and candle to soon!

 

[julie0477]

Hey I had an egg hatch on day 25 so....... I think your good! Just dont get anctious and candle to soon!

Thanks i will take your advice and wait it out. Couldn't hurt, right.

 

[Sclark73]

3 pipped so far. My last hatch I had one pipped for near 30 hours before it finally hatched. I just candled mine again for second tine since lastnight. I did also with last hatch and it didn't effect the hatch outcome, unless I'm very lucky I don't see any harm in candling now. If your dates are right you should at least see some shadowing of movement like I see in mine with a pretty large air cell.

 

[julie0477]

3 pipped so far. My last hatch I had one pipped for near 30 hours before it finally hatched. I just candled mine again for second tine since lastnight. I did also with last hatch and it didn't effect the hatch outcome, unless I'm very lucky I don't see any harm in candling now. If your dates are right you should at least see some shadowing of movement like I see in mine with a pretty large air cell.

I started mine the evening of 6/30. Maybe I'll be fortunate and see some progress when I get home this afternoon!

 

[Sclark73]

Ill have my fingers crossed for you julie!

 

[julie0477]

Thank you!!! I lost one of my hens to the road yesterday so it would be great if I could go home to new babies!

 

[Jmanvanatta]

Sorry about that hen, But Sclark is wrong, NO OFFENCE! But i really wouldn't candle yet i had done that and it killed all but one chick! Really they can hatch a few days late but wait until at least day 23, OK? Unless they smell or start leaking leave them be.

 

[Sclark73]

No offense taken. I was just stating what I had done and it didn't kill any of my hatch.

 

[julie0477]

There might be other determining factors that allowed Sclarks to make it, who knows, but I am so inexperienced when it comes to this my candling technique would NOT benefit the chick and I know that. I don't want to handle them at all until I have pretty much given up and I haven't done that yet. I will wait til day 23 at the minimum. Maybe day 25. There is no odor or leaking or anything. I just hate to get my hopes up , but I'd really hate it if I killed a little chick that would have hatched late just because I couldnt wait it out. Thanks everybody for your comments. Very helpful.

 

[Sclark73]

One nearly hatched chick but it has feathered legs and its not suppose to! BLRW x Blue Wheaton Americana. Can anyone explain this?