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

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Sally Sunshine said:
Joey! no I admit NOTHING! seriously I tried to time them to hatch together for once lol. but I think the big cabinet bator was running hotter. oh well, maybe I will grab a serama and see if they are close once this one hatches out and ups the humidity. IDK maybe there will be pips in them until then too.

and good morning!!
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You know you'll do fine by your eggs. Good morning... again!
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Sally Sunshine said:
Joey did you lock down?
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I'm a day behind everyone (nothing new), so I won't lock them down until tomorrow. Since these eggs are from the same flock, I'm hoping they'll follow in their older brother's and sister's footsteps and hatch a day early... NYD.
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Kids are fed (horses, birds, and cats ) time to grab the fishing rod and a 2nd cup of joe and think for a bit

I ain't up to nothin Sally fingers are behind my back and crossed :)
 
sharing, ran into this on the diary thread


Pipped eggs that do not hatch
If chick embryos develop to the pipping stage, or at first shell cracking at hatching, they are normally healthy enough to hatch unless some incubator adjustment prevents it from happening. The problem is usually caused by either 1) poor ventilation or 2) improper humidity.

The air exchange requirement within an incubator is greatest during the last day of incubation. The chick embryo's oxygen requirement continually increases during development and especially when breathing using the respiratory system just before hatching. The vent openings are frequently restricted at this time in an attempt to boost incubator humidity. Instead of helping the chick hatch, the chick is suffocated from lack of ventilation. Never decrease ventilation openings at hatching in an attempt to increase humidity. Increase humidity by other methods. If any vent adjustments are made, they should be opened more.

Another reason for mortality during hatching is improper humidity adjustment. The deaths can be produced from too much humidity during the entire incubation period or from too little humidity during the hatching period.

The desired egg weight loss during incubation caused by water evaporation is about 12 percent. If humidity during incubation is kept too high, adequate water evaporation from the egg is prevented. The chick can drown in the water remaining in the shell at hatching. A dried coating around the chick's nostrils and beak indicates that drowning was likely. Attention to maintaining proper incubation humidity during incubation will reduce the potential for this problem at hatching time.
If the humidity is allowed to decrease after the chick pips the shell, the membranes within the shell can dry-out and stick to the chick. This prevents the chick from turning inside the shell and stops the hatching process. The chick eventually dies. If the membranes around the shell opening appear dried and shrunken, the cause is probably low humidity during hatching. This condition can occur quickly (within 1 or 2 minutes) when the incubator is opened to remove or assist other chicks that are hatching. When hatching begins and proper incubator conditions are attained, the incubator should never be opened until after all chicks are hatched and ready for placement in the brooder. http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/poultry_pipped.html

HOW THE CHICK EMERGES FROM THE SHELL http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/resources/egg_to_chick/procedures.html
The head of the chick develops at the large end of the egg. Between the 15th and 16th days, the chick orients itself so that its head is near the air cell at the large end of the egg. Not long before the chick is ready to attempt to make its way out of the shell its neck acquires a double bend so that its beak is under its right wing and pointed toward the air cell. About the 19th day the chick thrusts its head forward. Its beak quickly breaks through the inner shell membrane, and the chick's lungs begin to function. Complete breathing by the lungs usually does not occur until the 20th day of incubation.
Using its egg tooth (a tiny, sharp, horny projection on the end of its beak), the chick pecks at the shell thousands of times. Finally, the young bird pips its way through the shell and begins to breathe air directly from the outside. After the chick has made a hole in the shell, it stops pipping for three to eight hours and rests. During this time, it is acclimating its lungs to the outside atmosphere. After the resting stage is completed, the second stage of pipping begins.
The chick begins to turn slowly inside the egg. As it turns, usually counter-clockwise, the cutting edge of the chick tooth continues to chip away. In two to five hours, the chick has made about three quarters of a turn inside the egg. As the chick progresses in its movement around the shell, it begins pushing on the egg cap (large end). Squirming and struggling, the chick works feverishly for about 40 minutes pushing at the cap. Finally with a vigorous shove, the chick breaks free from the shell, still wet and panting.
When the chick is freed completely from the shell, it lies still. Its energy has been virtually exhausted, and it is extremely tired. After a rest of some few minutes, the chick begins to rise to its feet and gain coordination of its muscles. Within a few days the egg tooth, its usefulness over, will disappear.

After 21 days of incubation, the chick finally begins its escape from the shell. The chick begins by pushing its beak through the air cell. The allantois, which has served as its lungs, begins to dry up as the chick uses its own lungs. The chick continues to push its head outward. The sharp horny structure on the upper beak (egg tooth) and the muscle on the back of the neck help cut the shell. The chick rests, changes position, and keeps cutting until its head falls free of the opened shell. It then kicks free of the bottom portion of the shell. The chick is exhausted and rests while the navel openings heal and its down dries. Gradually, it regains strength and walks. The incubation and hatching is complete. The horny cap will fall off the beak within days after the chick hatches.http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/poultry_chicks_embryo.html




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After the chick has made a hole in the shell, it stops pipping for three to eight hours and rests. During this time, it is acclimating its lungs to the outside atmosphere. After the resting stage is completed, the second stage of pipping begins....

The chick begins to turn slowly inside the egg. As it turns, usually counter-clockwise, the cutting edge of the chick tooth continues to chip away. In two to five hours, the chick has made about three quarters of a turn inside the egg. As the chick progresses in its movement around the shell, it begins pushing on the egg cap (large end). Squirming and struggling, the chick works feverishly for about 40 minutes pushing at the cap. Finally with a vigorous shove, the chick breaks free from the shell, still wet and panting.
When the chick is freed completely from the shell, it lies still. Its energy has been virtually exhausted, and it is extremely tired. After a rest of some few minutes, the chick begins to rise to its feet and gain coordination of its muscles. Within a few days the egg tooth, its usefulness over, will disappear. (http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/resources/egg_to_chick/procedures.html)

If you feel he may be SHRINK wrapped (only YOU know what your cells, weight, and Humidity have been) maybe you should start reading how to help a chick...... I have watched a ton of videos on youtube and its done all the time with no problems and HAS SAVED many HEALTHY chicks!! PROOF on all those videos!

"Shrink wrap" vs. "Sticky chick"? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/491421/shrink-wrap-vs-sticky-chick#post_6242987


https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/458759/how-to-tell-if-a-chick-drowns
 
Ur-ur-ur-urrr said:
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You know you'll do fine by your eggs. Good morning... again!
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I'm a day behind everyone (nothing new), so I won't lock them down until tomorrow. Since these eggs are from the same flock, I'm hoping they'll follow in their older brother's and sister's footsteps and hatch a day early... NYD.
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oh thats right, you were then werent then were gonna set eggs lol

SilverHair said:
Kids are fed (horses, birds, and cats ) time to grab the fishing rod and a 2nd cup of joe and think for a bit

I ain't up to nothin Sally fingers are behind my back and crossed :)
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fishing! good luck! sounds like fun!!
 
12/29
LET ME GET THIS RIGHT..... LOCKDOWN / Hatching these next few days over Christmas and between new years....

Fire ~finished hatch has more hatching again (so much for not incubating more till after new years bawahhahah)

Brat ~14 babies hatch Christmas Eve! 11 Breese, 1 Sulmtaler, 1 Wheaten Ameraucana and 1 Swedish Flowe Hen. They are so cute. I swore I was done but there was a Christmas auction for fancy colored Orpingtons so...... Lol it's gonna be a busy winter!

CCL CrazyChickLady 7due to hatch the 27-28 A couple blue slate turkeys (they are moving to the other Bator. Due to hatch the 3rd), some buff orps, a polish, a few barnyard mixes, and i think that's it. A guy is paying me to hatch them. 14/15 we alive and wiggling. HAS A CHICK as of last night UPDATE!! CHICK #3!!!!! I've gotten one a night since Christmas. And its never at like 7 always at around 11. Finally traced what I have of next weeks set. So far 9 duck eggs, 9 turkeys, and a dozen chickens. 10 eggs still in the incubator but I think one quit before day 18. 3 chicks so far. No more pips.

Shah Sat was day 18. I have 7 that I think have a good chance at hatching, 3 maybes and 4 others that were just hard to tell because if they died it was later in incubation. So I'm on lockdown now! 3:13pm has a pip Monday.

CH~ steel nothing steal nothing Leaving in thirty minutes my mom is going to care her best for these last two eggs hopefully I get a deer this time. The last time the reason I did not get a deer is I fell asleep.

Dax ~ finished hatch with her friend! images post #20473 If they make it we will only have lost 2 of 52

K (BYC) is only hatching NYD! DOH

speney speney had two hatch, next ones dues New Years

jessimom I have 10 hatched!!! 3 left un-pip'd. One of those 3 belongs to the 1/1 HAL / 7 in the bator for the 1/1 hatch, but I have 11 in there right now.


tJO ~ tjo804 Broody hatched chicks UPDATE : 6 Chicks with BabyBear they all look to be blue silkies but that is prob cuz ChipChip is a Blue Silkie. There are still 5 eggs I moved them to Sunshine another Broodie after BB got off them so I really don't have much hope but will check later today and see.


MC MotorcycleChick has two pips Sunday!

JO the jolly onion~ 5 eggs in lockdown Sunday, and 4 are wiggling!!!! I know its only day 19 so im only periodically peeking into the incubator
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ME Sally serama locked, shipped locked, CCL new years

Joey new years hatch 7 will lock Wed

Cynthia12 8 silkies lockeddown monday

Saris Lockdown 32 eggs tuesday

Roxy Lockdown tuesday 13 eggs in my IncuView

Rossfam06 5 lockdown Tuesday

J&T JandTRanch couple eggs in lockdown today (my 2 EE X SLW). Both are rocking!! Also 5 shipped eggs go in lockdown Thursday
 
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Sally Sunshine said:
12/29
LET ME GET THIS RIGHT..... LOCKDOWN / Hatching these next few days over Christmas and between new years....

Fire ~finished hatch has more hatching again (so much for not incubating more till after new years bawahhahah)

Brat ~14 babies hatch Christmas Eve! 11 Breese, 1 Sulmtaler, 1 Wheaten Ameraucana and 1 Swedish Flowe Hen. They are so cute. I swore I was done but there was a Christmas auction for fancy colored Orpingtons so...... Lol it's gonna be a busy winter!

CCL CrazyChickLady 7due to hatch the 27-28 A couple blue slate turkeys (they are moving to the other Bator. Due to hatch the 3rd), some buff orps, a polish, a few barnyard mixes, and i think that's it. A guy is paying me to hatch them. 14/15 we alive and wiggling. HAS A CHICK as of last night UPDATE!! CHICK #3!!!!! I've gotten one a night since Christmas. And its never at like 7 always at around 11. Finally traced what I have of next weeks set. So far 9 duck eggs, 9 turkeys, and a dozen chickens. 10 eggs still in the incubator but I think one quit before day 18. 3 chicks so far. No more pips.

Shah Sat was day 18. I have 7 that I think have a good chance at hatching, 3 maybes and 4 others that were just hard to tell because if they died it was later in incubation. So I'm on lockdown now! 3:13pm has a pip Monday.

CH~ steel nothing steal nothing Leaving in thirty minutes my mom is going to care her best for these last two eggs hopefully I get a deer this time. The last time the reason I did not get a deer is I fell asleep.

Dax ~ finished hatch with her friend! images post #20473 If they make it we will only have lost 2 of 52

K (BYC) is only hatching NYD! DOH

speney speney had two hatch, next ones dues New Years

jessimom I have 10 hatched!!! 3 left un-pip'd. One of those 3 belongs to the 1/1 HAL / 7 in the bator for the 1/1 hatch, but I have 11 in there right now.


tJO ~ tjo804 Broody hatched chicks UPDATE : 6 Chicks with BabyBear they all look to be blue silkies but that is prob cuz ChipChip is a Blue Silkie. There are still 5 eggs I moved them to Sunshine another Broodie after BB got off them so I really don't have much hope but will check later today and see.


MC MotorcycleChick has two pips Sunday!

JO the jolly onion~ 5 eggs in lockdown Sunday, and 4 are wiggling!!!! I know its only day 19 so im only periodically peeking into the incubator
wink.png


ME Sally serama locked, shipped locked, CCL new years

Joey new years hatch 7 will lock Wed

Cynthia12 8 silkies lockeddown monday

Saris Lockdown 32 eggs tuesday

Roxy Lockdown tuesday 13 eggs in my IncuView
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Sally Sunshine said:
12/29
LET ME GET THIS RIGHT..... LOCKDOWN / Hatching these next few days over Christmas and between new years....

Fire ~finished hatch has more hatching again (so much for not incubating more till after new years bawahhahah)

Brat ~14 babies hatch Christmas Eve! 11 Breese, 1 Sulmtaler, 1 Wheaten Ameraucana and 1 Swedish Flowe Hen. They are so cute. I swore I was done but there was a Christmas auction for fancy colored Orpingtons so...... Lol it's gonna be a busy winter!

CCL CrazyChickLady 7due to hatch the 27-28 A couple blue slate turkeys (they are moving to the other Bator. Due to hatch the 3rd), some buff orps, a polish, a few barnyard mixes, and i think that's it. A guy is paying me to hatch them. 14/15 we alive and wiggling. HAS A CHICK as of last night UPDATE!! CHICK #3!!!!! I've gotten one a night since Christmas. And its never at like 7 always at around 11. Finally traced what I have of next weeks set. So far 9 duck eggs, 9 turkeys, and a dozen chickens. 10 eggs still in the incubator but I think one quit before day 18. 3 chicks so far. No more pips.

Shah Sat was day 18. I have 7 that I think have a good chance at hatching, 3 maybes and 4 others that were just hard to tell because if they died it was later in incubation. So I'm on lockdown now! 3:13pm has a pip Monday.

CH~ steel nothing steal nothing Leaving in thirty minutes my mom is going to care her best for these last two eggs hopefully I get a deer this time. The last time the reason I did not get a deer is I fell asleep.

Dax ~ finished hatch with her friend! images post #20473 If they make it we will only have lost 2 of 52

K (BYC) is only hatching NYD! DOH

speney speney had two hatch, next ones dues New Years

jessimom I have 10 hatched!!! 3 left un-pip'd. One of those 3 belongs to the 1/1 HAL / 7 in the bator for the 1/1 hatch, but I have 11 in there right now.


tJO ~ tjo804 Broody hatched chicks UPDATE : 6 Chicks with BabyBear they all look to be blue silkies but that is prob cuz ChipChip is a Blue Silkie. There are still 5 eggs I moved them to Sunshine another Broodie after BB got off them so I really don't have much hope but will check later today and see.


MC MotorcycleChick has two pips Sunday!

JO the jolly onion~ 5 eggs in lockdown Sunday, and 4 are wiggling!!!! I know its only day 19 so im only periodically peeking into the incubator
wink.png


ME Sally serama locked, shipped locked, CCL new years

Joey new years hatch 7 will lock Wed

Cynthia12 8 silkies lockeddown monday

Saris Lockdown 32 eggs tuesday

Roxy Lockdown tuesday 13 eggs in my IncuView
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Good Mornin', you sweet thing you
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