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

[kwhites634]

Hi... I'm on my first hatch... sooo much to learn. Would appreciate advice. chick 1 hatched day 21...chicks 2 & 3 on day 22... chick 4 on day 23... chick 5 pipped day 23 then zipped half way and couldnt seem to turn.. membrane dried out... i just helped it hatch... its halfway through day 24.. it seems fine... just resting in the bator. There are still 6 eggs in the incubator and Im not sure what to do! HELP!!

Suzie

and our crazy thread. Lots of good info with a "little" fun thrown in for good measure

I'd leave the eggs in a few more days, unless they start smelling

 

[BullChick]

BEST AVATAR EVER!!! 

Thanks.

Guilty... Not sure when I got it but I had it on a 45 and it played on my fisher price record player!!!

Those things are so modernized. Not to mention, pricey!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I don't name my chickens but I was just walking among the chickens and Henny Penny came to mind.

 

[MommaHen2Four]

Omg! Spent most of today catching up! Teaches me to forget a day or two. I LOVE the helping of the runts in here

... It's been rainy and coolish so we went from 90 degrees to well it's 59 right now.. I love this post pretty good to get some laughs ohhhhhh yea and the socks loved the socks

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Wow! Really? That's awesome, I'd love to see it and how it's set up!

it's not really worth showing lol.we used what fence we had and the flooding made the run solid dirt instead of grass.and all our chickens are together except our silkoes.

 

[SuzieMaree]

This is seriously harder than having my own babies... way more stressful! tell me it gets better! chick 5 that i helped was well and truly dried out and stuck to the membrane. I took the shell off, but there is still membrane stuck on the chick... what do I do about that? chick is still in the bator.

 

[Eruedraith]

You take the others out, and see if you have more chicks tomorrow. If not, you can candle to see if there is movement, or put one egg at a time in warm water (about 100*) to see if it wiggles.
In the future, there are ways to keep temps more stable.

Hey All!

That location hatch rate pic thing is interesting. Does it apply to all incubators?
And how many eggs you have in the bator?

 

[chicken hawk 33]

@chicken hawk 33
 , click here and nominate:

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[COLOR=333333]Perhaps nominating the person that sent you eggs would be a nice gesture?[/COLOR]

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I did

 

[SuzieMaree]

I started out with 21 eggs... about half were infertile... blaming the silky rooster for that, the plymoth rocks and silver lace wyandottes are the ones that are developed. after i removed infertiles i was left with 11. in a 48 egg incubator.

 

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@ChickenCanoe