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

[Sally Sunshine]

On the three that are not pipped yet?

I have a large sponge under the vent and add water through a funnel when humidity drops to around 60%

just of any you can see through the glass

 

[Sally Sunshine]

If anyone catches a drawdown with the pop up in the back can you grab a quick video please? I cant get them to work in the Hatching 101 and for some reason they arent even working in you tube anymore, I notified you tube but I dont think we will see them again. I wont have one until this weekend.

And then let me know if I can add it to replace the two in the hatching 101 article.

and I should get another pic of internal pip and a video would be cool as well


HELP
and thanks!

 

[Brat Flock]

just of any you can see through the glass

This is what I traced at lockdown

 

[Sally Sunshine]

This is what I traced at lockdown

I am having trouble at lockdown. I think my humidity has been to low during incubation (25% I am hatching Marans). Next hatch I am bumping up the humidity to 35%-40% during the first 18 days. Humidity is between 60%-70% at lockdown. Last hatch I lost one that pipped and quit. I have 5 hatched, this one and three that are not showing any signs of movement or pips. Should I help the one when I grab out the 5 that hatched yesterday? I have not opened the incubator yet and temps and humidity have been stable.

Now I have another that pipped on day 20 and is still breathing but making no progress and today is day 22.

start assisting that and see whats going on, I think your humidity is too low during lockdown.....60 is too low to drop.... I would keep it around 70


after that candle and look for internal pips and life and follow the assisted hatching article....

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I see you also used those paper cartons, those will also suck you humidity down you should use the styro ones and bleach clean them before use.... keep that in mind for next time

@Brat Flock

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Guide to ASSISTED Hatching

 

[Sally Sunshine]

this shell remnants looks gross

wisemen add your input

 

[Bejammie]

Day 12 starts at 6 pm tonight. I literally CANNOT WAIT to candle on day 14. It's odd but literally the best thing I have been able to compare this to is puppy love, lol. Like in high school when you could just sit and look at each other and be smitten and wanted to be there 24 seven...lol yep that's me and my eggs.

OK so dumb question but Sally can u show me the link that shows how you know they have pipped internally or externally and what it looks like etc....?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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YAY!!!!! is the towel wet? if you have the air cells up as below you should be ok



air cells do shift! yep just before pipping is called drawdown, this is when they tuck and pip into the air cell, sometimes you can see in the high part inside the back they pop up inside as well! good sign!!!

mark the time!! and wait!!

dont open the bator!!! keep humdiity up!

Candle day 18 is to determine growth, weigh, pencil mark air cell size and dispose bad eggs. It will look pretty dark and FULL in there! You may or may not see movement on this candle. Its ok if not, don’t panic! The chick may easily be resting! See how that air cell is beginning to dip more to one side and if you lay the egg down it will roll into the hatching position. I set my eggs with lowest dip in the aircell up. This position for hatching is good so the chick is able to turn into position and I can easily see my pips too! Day 18 laying horizontal for actual hatching helps a chick hatch 1-2 hours earlier. I lay my eggs down LOWEST DIP of the AIRCELL UP! This is the normal and most likely hatching position and the chick will break through or Internally pip and externally pip in that probable area. See the image below with the x, x being lowest dip in air cell and probably pip area/s.

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Internal pip can sit and gain strength for up to 24 hrs b4 external

External pip! then can sit and gain strength 24+ before ZIPPING (zipping around shell should only take up to hour!)

Serama, Day 19 Draw down, very close internal pipping, you can see in these candles as I turn the egg the draw down in front where the pip will be and the bump up in the back!




another Serama Day 19 drawn down and very close to internal pip if its not already pipped


VIDEO : Early day 19 INTERNAL PIP
(shipped initially loose air cell, set after 12 hours and turned upright in the cabinet cooler incubator right from set)
Silky embryo in position for hatch and with internal pip (NOTE: NO EXTERNAL YET!)



THIS IS A ZIP it should only take half hour to maybe a little over an hour

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[gimmie birdies]

Sally your chick looked like one of my frizzles..
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