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

[kajira]

It can be very difficult to know when to assist, and quite often it doesn't end well.

I agree.... I've seen the videos!! lol I was watching a bunch last night, on how to help get air to a baby chick before it dies, if it can't get into the air sac, due to the saddled sacs. I was worried because of not having good air cells in these shipped eggs, that neither would make it.

I didn't worry about this in my eggs that we hatched from our own chicken.

I lost 4/6 fertile eggs in the first week to blood rings, out of the 2 that made it to lock down, neither of the air sacs were in good shape...leaving me with concerns on how to improve viability, I did all the steps, except knowing how to assist if they couldn't get to the air sac... so I started learning, just in case. I would hate to lose a chick that was otherwise healthy, simply because shipping screwed up it's airsac.

 

[casportpony]

It can be very difficult to know when to assist, and quite often it doesn't end well.

I agree.... I've seen the videos!! lol I was watching a bunch last night, on how to help get air to a baby chick before it dies, if it can't get into the air sac, due to the saddled sacs. I was worried because of not having good air cells in these shipped eggs, that neither would make it.

I didn't worry about this in my eggs that we hatched from our own chicken.

I lost 4/6 fertile eggs in the first week to blood rings, out of the 2 that made it to lock down, neither of the air sacs were in good shape...leaving me with concerns on how to improve viability, I did all the steps, except knowing how to assist if they couldn't get to the air sac... so I started learning, just in case. I would hate to lose a chick that was otherwise healthy, simply because shipping screwed up it's airsac.

What day are you at?

 

[kajira]

What day are you at?

20. I did a quick candle, just to peek at them. One's got it's beak inthe air sac, so i'm leaving it be. It seems like it's going to be fine. The other one i think is still aliv, and moving, but still has veins, and isn't turned towards the air sac yet. It seems almost like it's a couple days behind the other one, developmentally the way it looked, but I am 99% sure the chick is still alive.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good morning to you all!

Morning Benny how's the new year treating you.

The same way l treat her!
We went to the sea shore touday it was marvellous! Nice water temp, not ajot sun, not yo much crowd we had a wonderful time!

 

[mlm Mike]

Everyone have a great day, or evening (Benny). Be back later.

 

[MommaHen2Four]

Tha family of plant that the potato belongs to, Solanaceae
Which the tomato, eggplant tobacco ect products some nasty chemicals like, Solaninn, Nicotine that can harm people and animals

Thank you everyone for the info... we just use a lot of potatoes and was hoping to put scraps to use but I will not harm my chickies with something they don't need

 

[kajira]

Just candled my second batch of shipped eggs. Had 26 in there. 7 were infertile completely on day 5/6.

3-4 more looke like they MIGHT have the start of blood rings, but I'm going to give them another 5-7 days and see if they are dead, or if it's just weird vein placement before tossing them.

The rest are looking great! :O

All of the lavandar silkie eggs that were in there, looked iffy... and two of the splashes. All the buff ones were infertile. Wonder if I should tell the seller I got them from that all her buff eggs weren't fertile?

 

[Lucky Lemon]

How old are her chicks?

They are 5 weeks old.

I would say... yes, depending on the broody. LOL

I was hoping it was a fluke! LOL!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I do, because of the quality of the air cell, from day 14-18 I turned upright, then went into lock down with them up right in a carton with the bottom cut out for air flow. (It's a paper one, too.)

My last one had signs of hatching by day 20. I know cochins are known for hatching around late day 20, so it made sense for him to be born half way between 20-21. I'm not sure about silkies. I've heard some people say they come around day 20 and some say they come late.

The temps been warm in there, I ran it around 101-102, and turned it down to 99.6-100.6 for hatching with about 72% humidity so I wouldn't have to open it up to add more water.Quote:

I agree.... I've seen the videos!! lol I was watching a bunch last night, on how to help get air to a baby chick before it dies, if it can't get into the air sac, due to the saddled sacs. I was worried because of not having good air cells in these shipped eggs, that neither would make it.

I didn't worry about this in my eggs that we hatched from our own chicken.

I lost 4/6 fertile eggs in the first week to blood rings, out of the 2 that made it to lock down, neither of the air sacs were in good shape...leaving me with concerns on how to improve viability, I did all the steps, except knowing how to assist if they couldn't get to the air sac... so I started learning, just in case. I would hate to lose a chick that was otherwise healthy, simply because shipping screwed up it's airsac.

20. I did a quick candle, just to peek at them. One's got it's beak inthe air sac, so i'm leaving it be. It seems like it's going to be fine. The other one i think is still aliv, and moving, but still has veins, and isn't turned towards the air sac yet. It seems almost like it's a couple days behind the other one, developmentally the way it looked, but I am 99% sure the chick is still alive.

My best advice is not to overthink it.
All you can do is provide proper temperature, humidity and adequate turning. The rest is up to the embryo.
Is there a reason the temps were running up to 102?

I went to close up my coop last night that my broody and her chicks are in, found that my broody was sitting on 3 eggs. This is not an option. I took the eggs and she got right mad at me. Is it normal for a broody to go back to being broody before her chicks are even ready to fly the coop?

I've never seen it before. Though I've never had silkies or cochins raise chicks. They take a fair break from laying while they're raising chicks so normally there wouldn't be any eggs to sit on unless they took over a nest where other hens had deposited eggs. How old are the chicks?
I've had an Ameraucana wean chicks at 3 weeks but all she wanted to do was get back with the flock.

The same way l treat her!

We went to the sea shore touday it was marvellous! Nice water temp, not ajot sun, not yo much crowd we had a wonderful time!

That sounds like a wonderful day.
I love beaches with no other people.
One place you will almost never see other people on the beach is Cat Island in the Bahamas. There are over 30 miles of white sand beaches on the West side of the island and pink sand on the East side. As far as the eye can see and you're the only one there. Contrast that with Paradise Island at Nassau and there are thousands of people all the time.
http://caribya.com/cat.island/beaches/
Another wonderful place is the far south of the Yucatan. Very hard to get to but so nice to have it to yourself.
https://www.locogringo.com/mexico/ways-to-play/riviera-maya-beaches/sian-kaan/
https://www.locogringo.com/locogringo-adventures-tulum-sian-ka'an-punta-allen

 

[Lucky Lemon]

I've never seen it before. Though I've never had silkies or cochins raise chicks. They take a fair break from laying while they're raising chicks so normally there wouldn't be any eggs to sit on unless they took over a nest where other hens had deposited eggs. How old are the chicks?
I've had an Ameraucana wean chicks at 3 weeks but all she wanted to do was get back with the flock.

She is a Dominique/Easter Egger cross, and this was her first time broody. Her chicks are 5 weeks old. Yesterday was the first day that I left her coop open all day so the other hens went in and laid eggs in there (as it is their favorite spot to lay). I didn't even look in there until bedtime just to do a chick head count and was surprised to see her all puffed up sitting on those eggs.