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

[casportpony]

So what do I do if I start to open the eggs that didnt hatch and find the chick are still alive?

Welcome to BYC!

Can you post pictures of them being candled? Are they making any noise?

-Kathy

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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!!

@SuzieMaree
Hi Suzie, yes very stressful, but you have gotten more chicks than most do on their first incubation. welcome to the thread
First of all see this article Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching



THEN SEE THIS SUZIE to help figure out what went wrong and the basics
INCUBATION

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

Hatching Eggs 101 CLICK HERE

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

Yes how can you forget us!! lol what was keeping you so terrible busy!!

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.

if its weak you can wash it to get that off at a later time, bookmark our notes secction..... NOTES LINKS & Informational POST LINKS - BackYard Chickens Community
Homemade Electrolyte Recipe for weak/ill chicks post #3876
Chick and Chicken Vitamins HAVE SOME ON HAND post #61039

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.

The first two chicks hatch these are mine the last one of the serama eggs hatched and died so no serama at all left so I posted an IOS ad on craigslist and we'll see if anyone has any or not.

and Buried he two that hatched and died. But out of the 14 eggs only two had made it close to hatching.

oh no!!!!!!

This is my first forum ever! so tell me If i am doing this wrong please.

It's day 24 about half way through... if the themometer was reading wrong and my bator was cooler than i thought, can the chicks in the remaining 6 eggs still have the strength to hatch??

SEE ABOVE INFO for next time!! we are here for you anytime!!

 

[meltel]

It's been a long day... bath and wine have me nice and relaxed and I am going to take advantage of a good night's sleep! Have fun tonight and TRY to behave yourselves while I'm away... I don't want to miss out on all the fun!

 

[kajira]

Day 16 and my two silkie eggs are upright in little egg carton containers, to get ready for lock down... just 2 more days of turning. They've developed perfectly, and the egg is nice and full. Both air sac's are REALLY off center and saddled, so i'm x-ing my fingers that hatching them up right will make it work.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

No idea, Sally. I think temp was low for a few days, that's why there was a blanket on that caused the temp spike. It worked fine all summer and I didn't do anything but clean it.

oh crud! that will do it, did you crank it up a tad?

It's been a long day... bath and wine have me nice and relaxed and I am going to take advantage of a good night's sleep! Have fun tonight and TRY to behave yourselves while I'm away... I don't want to miss out on all the fun!

Have a great night Mel!

 

[kwhites634]

It's been a long day... bath and wine have me nice and relaxed and I am going to take advantage of a good night's sleep! Have fun tonight and TRY to behave yourselves while I'm away... I don't want to miss out on all the fun!

You better stick around, then
Sleep tight

 

[kajira]

It's been a long day... bath and wine have me nice and relaxed and I am going to take advantage of a good night's sleep! Have fun tonight and TRY to behave yourselves while I'm away... I don't want to miss out on all the fun!

rest well

 

[Akrnaf2]

ok Now I best be going....

Way? It just started to be interesting!

yes, and we all can get into trouble quickly, and I dont want to make our moderator more work, we need her for other things too!

" let it be, let it be....."

"Whisper words of wisdom, let it be."

What is everyone got going this weekend?

Tomorrow I'm helping my coop fairy move her bed back upstairs since she's recovered from hip surgery and can now do stairs again. I hope to finish refurbishing the little green coop (aka the killing fields) to move a flock in there. I want to put down a cement topping mix on the concrete to smooth it out if I can get it clean enough. Sunday the dog is going to the groomer in the city and then the wife and I are going to the Best of Missouri Market at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Foods, produce, arts, crafts, music, etc.. 150+ vendors. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/Portals/0/Events and Exhibits/BOMM/BOMM_Program_final_Web.pdf

Noooo not again!! that song!!! I am glad the coop fairy is well enough. wow that place looks amazing! I know you will have a good time!!

dumb question, but its an ongoing argument in my home, everyone knows those long white stringy things, aka the chalaza that hold the yolk in place in the egg right? Well..... When you cook with eggs do you use a fork and get them out and trash them? or just dump the eggs in the bowl???

Eat them

you betcha!!

AAAAA THE EYE, YES THE WATCHING EYE!

YES I FORGOT ABOUT IT! lau) And what about this song? This is the only song in the world that a beattel invite you to eat bee!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: yes, and we all can get into trouble quickly, and I dont want to make our moderator more work, we need her for other things too!

Quote: Noooo not again!! that song!!!
I am glad the coop fairy is well enough.
wow that place looks amazing! I know you will have a good time!!

Quote: you betcha!!
AAAAA THE EYE, YES THE WATCHING EYE!



YES I FORGOT ABOUT IT! (

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[SuzieMaree]

@SuzieMaree
Hi Suzie, yes very stressful, but you have gotten more chicks than most do on their first incubation. welcome to the thread
First of all see this article Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching



THEN SEE THIS SUZIE to help figure out what went wrong and the basics
INCUBATION

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

Hatching Eggs 101 CLICK HERE




Yes how can you forget us!! lol what was keeping you so terrible busy!!

if its weak you can wash it to get that off at a later time, bookmark our notes secction..... NOTES LINKS & Informational POST LINKS - BackYard Chickens Community
Homemade Electrolyte Recipe for weak/ill chicks post #3876
Chick and Chicken Vitamins HAVE SOME ON HAND post #61039


oh no!!!!!!

SEE ABOVE INFO for next time!! we are here for you anytime!!

Welcome to BYC!

Can you post pictures of them being candled? Are they making any noise?

-Kathy

i can try...holding a sticky chick trying to get it a bit cleaner and drier right now.