INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Sally Sunshine]

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whats black and white and red all over?

 

[kwhites634]

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whats black and white and red all over?
Sunburned zebra

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Good morning all!!!
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REALLY>? never seen an internal pip!!!!!


Video of candle below will show DRAW DOWN AND INTERNAL PIP!

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THE INTERNAL PIP
Toward the end of standard chicken egg incubation, at approximately day 19, the embryo pierces the air sac membrane with its beak, this is called INTERNAL PIP/PIPPING or (IP) and then has a rest period which could be up to an 24 hour gap before EXTERNAL PIPPING (EP) where the chick pips a crack/rupture in the OUTER SHELL. (Dawes, 1981; Burton and Tullett, 1985),

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Thats sweet of her!!!


I havent had a trick or tweeter here ever lol



Hope you have a great time with DD!!!!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

The two I helped hatch won't even touch the grow gel. Ugh. They look so half dead.

I'm sorry! Good luck! Did you dip their beaks or r they still in bator?

Here they are...

Aww I love sebrights

@howfunkyisurchicken where you been! Everyone leaves when it gets warm out! lol So sucks about the emus! I love your new avy!! didnt recognize you! pretty! I have eggs in too, but I forgot to add them to the calendar ughhhh was someone having a bad diet day? that is wrong.... is this fer real? no way I am half blind but it looks like an old man bird in big ol pants with a black belt and a halloween deco spider. No I am not drinking YET

No bad diet day I was good, well until I popped this beer hmmm Yes real spider too

I had to sell 2 doelings from my doe that kidded in March. So, now I have so much milk from her I don't know what to do with it since I am the only one that will drink it in my family (this is from one nigerian dwarf doe )! Anyways I made chocolate ice cream today and it was great! I plan on making yogurt tomorrow! Wish me luck!

yummy!!!! Good luck!

for some reason I am hungry for Strawberry rhubarb pie ughhhhh

I may have mentioned making some.....

that should not cause them to hatch early, are they pullet size eggs? your rotating around the bator? Sally couldnt keep up anymore but I still grab important stuff if its posted and update our notes.

you r doing just fine sunshine!!

whats black and white and red all over?

newspaper, skunk in a blender, or zebra or penguin

 

[DuckGirl77]

whats black and white and red all over?

A penguin in a blender!

Edit: DwayneNLiz, you beat me to it!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

@Sally Sunshine did u see my call duck posts?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I have been getting mail from them since I was forty lol!!! I have no clue why!!

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links

I dont understand, the notes have been organized and fairly easy to scroll through now??? I put all info in them.

Quote: See above reply..... no need to sort, see that link

Quote: I do, and we have all made some great friends too!

Quote: you are not calibrated?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hey everyone, pretty new to chickens (March 2016 bought my first batch of 1 and 2 week olds) and now I am just in lockdown phase of incubation of 15 eggs. Bought 16 from a local farm, turned out 1 was infertile, but all others have been growing steadily. When candling last night before placing in lockdown, had one Black Australorp that I saw no movement in. The air sac looks good, and the chick is pretty much taking up the whole shell, but it didn't move. I read on some other threads about water candling or doing a float test. I had 2 I were unsure of, both Australorps, and they both sank in the glass. One wiggled, the other didn't. I went ahead and put both back in the incubator...hoping maybe that it was just being lazy and didn't want to move...lol. Did I do the right thing???

Welcome @rhondatalk you should only float after the majority has hatched or if after day 22 you can check viability
Have you calibrated thermo hygros? what type of incubator? fan or no fan

See if this info can help you with a few things.....

LOCKDOWN, DAY 18, CANDLES, PIPS, ZIPS

*IMPORTANT INFO= TIMELINES PIPS ZIPS!!! & MARKING AIR CELLS DAY 18, DRAW DOWN, INTERNAL PIP, EXTERNAL PIP, and ZIPPING post #35770


INCUBATION

A MUST READ***** INCUBATION QUESTIONS w/answers post #85688

Hatching Eggs 101 CLICK HERE

Shipped Eggs = Change Of Plans! post #53845
Important FIRST TIMER Incubation TIPS! post #66830

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: You can always start a new thread, nobody stops you, this thread is so popular because its mix of knowledge of high degree, fun and a group of people that feel mor to each other than just forum members. So if you like what you see come and jump in you are very welcome, and if you don't I dont think that you can change the dynamic!

Quote: agree tags are life savers!

Thanks everyone for the replies. I hope everything turns out well in the hatch. Of the 15 , I have 4 Ameraucanas, 4 Delaware, 4 Barred Rock and 3 Black Australorps. I was expecting only an 80 to 90% hatch, but so far I'm at 100% (if you don't count the infertile egg that was discarded). Good thing I built a brooder with a divider to make it 2 rooms! I guess I will be removing the divider more quickly than planned!

The chickens are definitely addicting! I want one of every kind! We are building a huge coop and run, and then starting to build an Old West Town for the coops, nesting boxes in which they will sleep and lay, and then they can go in the big run during the day. Has been an undertaking!

I would love to see your coops!!!