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

[BullChick]

Hi everyone Just came on last night to look up the assisted hatching page ... I have just been through the incubation of 12 buff sussex eggs bought online and shipped ... yeah ok so everyone shudders but with the help ofSally's page it went pretty well, total of 8 chicks, two of which were in trouble and needed help and one of which was simply late and needed the advice on checking from the bubble end and leaving well enough alone! and I just came back to thank Sally and everyone else who has posted stuff on the subject for some very helpful info that saved those three chicks.

I do see the difference in shipped eggs alright ... although 11 were fertile, two died around 7 days along, and seriously those saddle shaped bubbles bothered me terribly ... I thought I'd done something horrible to them with the humidity! I wish I'd seen the page on incubating shipped eggs first.

In the hatch, 6 hatched themselves all normally, but one died only a couple of hours old (I think he got trampled, I heard him crying and found him flattish and sad, and no amount of cuddling and TLC did him any good he only lasted a half hour past that).

The last three eggs were at day 22.5, two with huge holes and signs of sticking to their membranes, one small pip looking pretty normal, all pipped at the wrong end. After reading the assisted hatching guide I checked their bubble ends, decided the third little pipped one wasn't ripe, but the other two were, and began to slowly ease their shells away little by little every couple of hours over night (seriously my alarm clock is tired).

Those two definitely wouldn't have made it, one was in the wrong position (his head was behind a leg and nowhere near any wings, and he couldn't move and was tiring himself out), and the other was stuck. I had to damp his membrane and peel it all off him.

The third hatched himself in the small hours of the morning. I'm glad I left him be, he's perfectly healthy.

The help-ees are slightly weak and wobbly but improving now, and I think they will be fine. One is having some issues with "which way is up?" and "where should I be in relation to that?", but I've helped him out a few times and he's trying valiantly to stay right way up, and tipping over less often.

The one that was badly positioned has a slightly stiff leg and is sort of stuck in a curve, a little hunchback, but is slowly unbending.

So thanks everyone and particularly Sally for two very informative pages (Namely the assisted hatching and the shipped eggs page), I'm sure those have saved thousands of other chicks as well!

and welcome!

Yay!

Goat

 

[daxigait]

Look what I just pic!
My firsy Pitaya flower!

It is beautiful and big. I have never seen one before. Thanks.

 

[BullChick]

Was it here that someone asked for updated pictures of Kelly the baby dove?

I am making Jell-O shots. I didn't have enough shot glasses, so I had to improvise.

I learned a lesson today. Make sure the counter is very clean before making Jell-O shots. Jic you need to slurp up any that spilled.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Was it here that someone asked for updated pictures of Kelly the baby dove?

I am making Jell-O shots. I didn't have enough shot glasses, so I had to improvise.

I learned a lesson today. Make sure the counter is very clean before making Jell-O shots. Jic you need to slurp up any that spilled.

wow! shes getting big!
what flavor jello shots? yummy!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Don't forget to nominate four people by the end of this month!
Quote:
Originally Posted by BYC Project Manager

--- NOMINATION SUBMISSION FORM ---

We are very excited to announce the Official Launch of Phase 2 of the BYC Award Program! Phase 2 is YOUR opportunity to recognize those outstanding BYC members that always enrich your BYC experience. Do you know a BYC member that is exceptional and always goes Above and Beyond in their commitment to their fellow BYC members and the BYC community? If so, we want to hear about them!

We are now accepting nominations from the Community for those individual Members that consistently demonstrate a commitment to excellence in one or more of the following areas:

1. BYC Educator: This is a Staff awarded accolade. We have changed this award to reflect only the highest standards. Only those who adhere to the highest standards of knowledge and education will be considered for this award. While nominations will be accepted for this award, the Staff will thoroughly vet each person and only those who meet/exceed the Staff's high criteria will be awarded the Educator Badge. Nominees must, among other points, have a verifiable reputation of providing information more than just "common knowledge," assist members in a positive and courteous manner, be open to feedback without getting defensive, and should maintain their good standing with little disciplinary action for rules violation.
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See all the awards here.

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9. All nominations shall remain confidential and known only to the Awards Committee and BYC Staff.
10. The Members of the Awards Committee shall remain confidential and known only to BYC Staff.

 

[daxigait]

I give up.

It is all I have so be glad you only do it occasionally.

 

[daxigait]

Hi everyone Just came on last night to look up the assisted hatching page ... I have just been through the incubation of 12 buff sussex eggs bought online and shipped ... yeah ok so everyone shudders but with the help ofSally's page it went pretty well, total of 8 chicks, two of which were in trouble and needed help and one of which was simply late and needed the advice on checking from the bubble end and leaving well enough alone! and I just came back to thank Sally and everyone else who has posted stuff on the subject for some very helpful info that saved those three chicks.

I do see the difference in shipped eggs alright ... although 11 were fertile, two died around 7 days along, and seriously those saddle shaped bubbles bothered me terribly ... I thought I'd done something horrible to them with the humidity! I wish I'd seen the page on incubating shipped eggs first.

In the hatch, 6 hatched themselves all normally, but one died only a couple of hours old (I think he got trampled, I heard him crying and found him flattish and sad, and no amount of cuddling and TLC did him any good he only lasted a half hour past that).

The last three eggs were at day 22.5, two with huge holes and signs of sticking to their membranes, one small pip looking pretty normal, all pipped at the wrong end. After reading the assisted hatching guide I checked their bubble ends, decided the third little pipped one wasn't ripe, but the other two were, and began to slowly ease their shells away little by little every couple of hours over night (seriously my alarm clock is tired).

Those two definitely wouldn't have made it, one was in the wrong position (his head was behind a leg and nowhere near any wings, and he couldn't move and was tiring himself out), and the other was stuck. I had to damp his membrane and peel it all off him.

The third hatched himself in the small hours of the morning. I'm glad I left him be, he's perfectly healthy.

The help-ees are slightly weak and wobbly but improving now, and I think they will be fine. One is having some issues with "which way is up?" and "where should I be in relation to that?", but I've helped him out a few times and he's trying valiantly to stay right way up, and tipping over less often.

The one that was badly positioned has a slightly stiff leg and is sort of stuck in a curve, a little hunchback, but is slowly unbending.

So thanks everyone and particularly Sally for two very informative pages (Namely the assisted hatching and the shipped eggs page), I'm sure those have saved thousands of other chicks as well!

Welcome!

 

[casportpony]

I give up.

It is all I have so be glad you only do it occasionally.

I feel your pain!

 

[casportpony]

Just eggtopsied one, and it looks like it has a deformed belly/umbilcus.

 

[casportpony]

Eggtopsy: