Help! About to incubate for the 1st time & recevied double the hatching eggs asked for - feeling ov

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puppies9099 said:
The temp needs to be 99.5 and you need to sit the eggs every 2 days like take the lid off so they get air and if you have 35 eggs they are not all going to hatch I had 25 eggs only 2 hatched the best way to hatch eggs is a broody hen silkes are the best at hatching you can give a silkie 15 eggs and she will hatch all of them of course bantams are good too just can't cover a lot of eggs

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It all depends on the conditions during incubation and egg quality, not to mention wether they were shipped or not as to how well they will hatch and temps depend on type of bator. I have had 2/17 hatch because of poor temps, tweaked my methods and have had 13/16, 31/36 hatch and 20/20 hatch, ect. Broodies can be great if you have a good one, but not everyone can depend on having a hen go broody when they are looking to increase their flock or if they are hatching for sales. I actually prefer incubator to broody.
 
VeggieMinette said:
Amylynn and guyswithchicks, one of the little ones just hatched and I found her on her back with a very large belly/bottom. Should I be concerned? I've turned her over but am worried about her belly.
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If they recently absorbed the yolk right before hatch it's not unusual for their belly to look puffy. They should act fairly normal though. If you can get a pic of the belly, we could help better. There is a thing called, "mushy chick disease" or Omphalitis that could also be an issue. I will give you a link and you can read up it and get a better idea in case it's not just normal puffiness from yolk absorbtion.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mushy-chick-disease-yolk-sack-infection-omphalitis
 
Yes I agree with amylynn. When a chick hatches it has just absorbed the remaining yolk. A good health chick will have this look but a chick that has what Amy described also has this look. The difference however is that a"mushy " chick will not get on and thrive over the following 24 hours.
For the chick to be on its back straight after hatch is common. They get cast and find out a little difficult to correct themselves. I always help these little ones.
 
I've actually just gone back over this thread a bit and it looks to me as if your incubator is clean and so are the eggs so, at least during incubation there doesn't appear to be a risk of contamination that may cause disease in the unhatched chicks.
I'm a bit of an observer and can spend way to much time just watching my stock. One thing over the years I have noticed about chicks hatching in an incubator is that by and large, if they zip well and push themselves free of the shell then raise their head within 5 mins or so then they will generally be a vigorous chick. They will sleep a lot after.
Just my observations over time.
 
AmyLynn2374 said:
If they recently absorbed the yolk right before hatch it's not unusual for their belly to look puffy. They should act fairly normal though. If you can get a pic of the belly, we could help better. There is a thing called, "mushy chick disease" or Omphalitis that could also be an issue. I will give you a link and you can read up it and get a better idea in case it's not just normal puffiness from yolk absorbtion.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mushy-chick-disease-yolk-sack-infection-omphalitis
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Guyswithchicks said:
Yes I agree with amylynn. When a chick hatches it has just absorbed the remaining yolk. A good health chick will have this look but a chick that has what Amy described also has this look. The difference however is that a"mushy " chick will not get on and thrive over the following 24 hours.
For the chick to be on its back straight after hatch is common. They get cast and find out a little difficult to correct themselves. I always help these little ones.
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Thank you! I'm at my son's ball game and will take a pic as soon as I get home.
 
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