How long wait for eggs to hatch? Day 24. UPDATE graphic pics

[ISSOLA]

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Kedreeva - Sure! No problems. Anything to help others and me learn more!

 

[Jeeper1540]

what is the green stuff?

 

[chicken boy sam]

I'm assuming it's grogel which helps baby chicks thrive.

 

[Jeeper1540]

oh. well never hatched chicks, so i didnt know. i thought it was green jello (lol)

i might hatch someday

 

[chicken boy sam]

Around July 6th I'm going to do my first hatch ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So egg-cited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ISSOLA]

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yes - it's grogel. It comes in powder form, and add water to it. It expands like into a jelly-like substance many times its volume. Contains protein, water, minerals etcetc.

That amount of grogel mixture came from 1 teaspoon of grogel powder!



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got your egg plans? Good luck. Prepare for both success and failures. That's all I can say. I really thought all my 14 would hatch after candling on day 11 and all air cells were nice and intact. LOL!

If I were to hatch again, I would probably lower the humidity to 35-40%. I was hatching at 45%, before lockdown.

The egg-topsy pics, looks that the embryos were too wet or something.

But again - it could have been to "dirt"/bacteria on the eggs that may have penetrated into shells.

Many friends were waiting for extra chicks, and now I have to turn them down. Sigh....

 

[chicken boy sam]

Well.....I have an incubator that I made as my 4-H Project, and it holds one egg. I really hope that the egg hatches and that it's a girl.....but I doubt that will happen on my first try.....

 

[mechey]

What a great forum. Thanks for posting the pics. This will be my third attempt at hatching. Many have looked like your pics, but no live births yet.

Maybe this time. I raise bantums.

 

[Jeeper1540]

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[Just some chicks]

To be on a brighter note. Thought I would share my "live" chicks pics.

The first lot of 5 that hatched:

The second lot of 3 that hatched on right (waiting to get dried off before merge):

The total final 9 chicks (after additional one more hatched)

A close-up of a few (see those fuzzy butts)

Gotta love the fuzzy butts lol