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

[WVduckchick]

Sally, my ducks and chicks will be due Dec 15th. 7 duck eggs, 18 chicken eggs at this point.

What did you put in the bater now?

 

[ambe0487]

Hey @ambe0487

Ha ha! Thanks Sally! My mom makes me a crustless pumpkin pie every year for my birthday! It's my favorite!

 

[canadachickens]

Great summary Sally! I have silkies in the bator right now, due Dec. 7. Just in time to clean the bator and get it set for the NY HAL, lol

 

[venymae]

Hello Everyone! Hope your bellies are full and your hearts are happy this evening! I came home to find my malpositioned pipper still sitting in it's egg, so I went ahead and did a full assist. The membrane was actually quite pliable and soft, the blood vessels were nice and closed, but the wing was glued to the chicks head. That was it! Once I unglued the wing, the chick kicked reared up its head and started moving like crazy, I quick popped it back into Uglybator and it kicked out the rest of the way and is biffing around inside. Looks good.

I have three other pips and a fourth that is zipping. It's been zipping for at least an hour now (it was already zipping when I came home so who knows how long it's actually been going)...about 1/4 to 1/3 of the egg is zipped and it is very wiggly and squiggly and loud. I am frustrated though, as I feel I did something wrong to cause the chicks to be having difficulties hatching. It's too long of a zip, isn't it?

I don't want to assist! I just want them to pop out on their own!!! I was hoping to come home to some fuzzy butts, but all I came home to was superglue chick. >sigh<

Alright! I need to be positive!!! Four blue eggs have not pipped and neither have the Serama, but I think I might have heard a Serama cheep, so there is hope!

Uglybator jumped o 90% humidity when the first chick kicked out. Is that ok????


feeling insecure here

 

[lazy gardener]

Sally, how many puppies???

We used to leave small doggie door usable so our pair of Jack's could come and go as they pleased. Well, great idea in theory. It's been permanently closed for several years. We've have snakes, rats, possums, etc brought into the house so they could show off their prizes. And yes, he's a mousing fool. Those Jacks can mouse.

True story, my wife wasn't feeling well one day and was laying on the couch all snuggled in watching some TV. That was, until Gator bailed up in the middle of her with about a 4' bull snake. I think that was the final straw on the doggie door. LMAO

We had a terrier mix. She was a wonderful mouser. Put the cat to shame. Our lab also put the cat to shame. Both would shake a snake out of it's skin.

There is a horse stable here that was having a major mouse problem. They kept a bunch of cats to keep the mice down. One day somebody brought in her Jack Russell. That little dog tore through the hay stack and killed mice non-stop all day. Totally put the cats to shame.

Would love to have seen that.

 

[FridayYet]

Hello Everyone!  Hope your bellies are full and your hearts are happy this evening!   I came home to find my malpositioned pipper still sitting in it's egg, so I went ahead and did a full assist.  The membrane was actually quite pliable and soft, the blood vessels were nice and closed, but the wing was glued to the chicks head.  That was it!  Once I unglued the wing, the chick kicked reared up its head and started moving like crazy, I quick popped it back into Uglybator and it kicked out the rest of the way and is biffing around inside.  Looks good.  

 I have three other pips and a fourth that is zipping.  It's been zipping for at least an hour now (it was already zipping when I came home so who knows how long it's actually been going)...about 1/4 to 1/3 of the egg is zipped and it is very wiggly and squiggly and loud.  I am frustrated though, as I feel I did something wrong to cause the chicks to be having difficulties hatching.  It's too long of a zip, isn't it? :/    I don't want to assist!  I just want them to pop out on their own!!!  I was hoping to come home to some fuzzy butts, but all I came home to was superglue chick.   >sigh<  

Alright! I need to be positive!!!  Four blue eggs have not pipped and neither have the Serama, but I think I might have heard a Serama cheep, so there is hope!  

Uglybator jumped o 90% humidity when the first chick kicked out.  Is that ok????


feeling insecure here  

Totally normal for your humidity to jump when a chick hatches. It should come back down as it dries off.

Keep an eye on your zipping one. Like you said, you may have to assist if you see no progress, (and if you choose to assist-some people don't.)

Glad your other one is doing well! Nice work.

 

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Guess I'll be sat next to the bater ALL weekend, ears alert for that first squeak! WVduckchick If duck"chick" isn't obvious enough, I'm a hen...pushing henapause! Lol (50!! Yeah!!) don't plan to hatch until spring, but you never know! [COLOR=EE82EE]We now have another piece of the puzzle of WV polka dot rubber boots[/COLOR] :/ [COLOR=FF0000]Cant figure out why she feels like an old man, it must be all that wild turkey, try a bit of JD it makes you feel younger. [/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]WV had to carry an egg in that weighed so much her polka boots got stuck in the mudd and she had to leave them behind! now we are wondering what she is going to do with that their egg[/COLOR] WV set eggs for a high price tag = SigSauer P227 45cal toot toot I think set date 11/17 she is the dream wife of every man on BYC . no wonder sc is in love with her. "I just set 8 duck eggs, and will add silkie X frizzle cochin, and lavender orpington eggs next week!!Whew, I was getting the shakes, but I feel the relief already! !" perhaps lay off that turkey a bit? tao chick 37 year old female chick from upstate NY. Brrr. I'll be building this incubator and running a test hatch when my cockerels are old enough to start laying seeds- probably February at the earliest. My guess she will need a mood improviser sooner than later [COLOR=00FF00]tao is starting a bator and a genius turner with a microwave turner starting[/COLOR] post #1516 post #1520 [COLOR=000000]tao posted updates of the new[/COLOR] McGuyver [COLOR=000000]bator[/COLOR] post #1578 post #1597 [COLOR=000000]Gave CH good advice on peeping and pipping[/COLOR]https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-chat-meet-new-friends/1500_100#post_16095388post #2585 lazy gardener No hatching here for me until March or April, [COLOR=EE82EE]had added some great suggestions to help in a multi[/COLOR] post #961, she likes to [COLOR=EE82EE]"[/COLOR][COLOR=EE82EE]cook an egg to perfection, resulting in perfectly done chicks"[/COLOR] [COLOR=EE82EE]this is exactly what we do![/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]gardener with weeds taking over gave a ton of advice that I was a bit too stressed to take notes of, but just remember to watch if your running your bators at 99.5 and your bator has a habit of dipping in temps and so does its "room" perhaps run a bit higher, since a bit higher is better than lower for hatching chicks. great advice that I have been trying to get through over and over and over yeee hawww. starting around[/COLOR] post #1549 [COLOR=000000]gave a bunch of help and suggestions starting[/COLOR] post #2639 KEEP AN EYE ON THIS ONE,she LIKES Her DUCT TAPE and bubble gum and paper clips???????? post #2651 PhoredaBurds Subscribing tho not incubating right now. It's getting tough to resist tho [COLOR=EE82EE]MUST SET EGGS MUST SET EGGS MUST SET EGGS[/COLOR] Mims Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance I have never incubated eggs before, but I have been researching like crazy for the last several months. Texas, and I currently have 17 chickens. RIR, RIW, Leghorn, Orps, Silkie, Australorp, BCM roo, etc. My first and main flock was killed about a month ago, so I am working on rebuilding it. I'm going to set quail eggs [COLOR=EE82EE]Mims wants to know if hedgehogs will mess with chickens see starting post[/COLOR] post #1014 [COLOR=00FF00]Mims having some issues keeping humidity up in the bator without the humidity pump see starting[/COLOR] post #1495 Bejammie hen (28) 24 eggs and counting, starting the incubation 11/3 I am excited and scared, lol. I have white leghorn eggs, bcm eggs and some mixed breed eggs. 28 eggs in the bator.....im aiming for 20 hatched NOTE(had a temp spike overnight, DAY 2 up to 105 but I got it cooled back down) Guys I just got a new job !!!! GREAT NEWS!!!! RobJones 11/6 Kabir eggs on day 20 12 eggs in there that are not due to hatch for 24 hours but 4 are piped and I can hear them peeping this is great, I love it.. Not a good hatch, out of 12 eggs only 7 hatched and 3 of them died, the 3 that died were very small compared with the others updated 4 week old chick pictures!!! post #2486 nuklee0 34, Washington Woke up to a broken door on one of our smaller coops that housed 4 silkies. Turns out a bear got 3 of the 4. info on staggered hatches? I started my 2nd hatch about 6 days ago. due on the 17th and 19th/20th because I staggered.8 silkies and 2 cross breeds... Dad is an Ameraucana/Cochin and 1 mom is a Black australorp and the other mom is probably a production Rhode Island Red.. [COLOR=FF0000]nuklee has the most amazing candle of the year see[/COLOR] post #1236 Mr. Bobcat paid us a visit sometime yesterday as I was missing one girl at closing time. We walked around the house and found the trail of feathers...

So what did I do last night? Maybe it was out of rebellion after our talk... Maybe it was because I lost a girl last night... Or maybe it was the addiction... But I put in the last Silkie egg and 3 LF eggs into the incubator (because the Silkie would need friends)! pictures of nuk hatch post #2220 I have 6/7. I waited until the last one hatched then checked on the zipped one and it was dead.

5 Silkies and 1 LF chick. 3 are still drying. Here's the first 3. The first to hatch was the only vaulted skull Silkie (top right). picpost #2299 we could all live off of the preds at nuks house eeeek post #2600 post #2692https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-chat-meet-new-friends/2200_100#post_16110566 UrbanFarmOC Subscribing to learn more! Am still fairly new to chickens RubyNala97 Just marking a spot here. I've been reading through the thread and I WAS doing so good without hatching and having NO withdrawals...but now I have the itch!!! I wish I could hatch for someone else! She is going to become the worlds professional hatcher for hire, I DUB her "RubyNALA's Eggs to Chirps" at your Service! venymae 27 and in Kansas,I am a broody hen 6 legbars, 10 blue egger mixes, and 10 serama shipped [COLOR=000000]tried[/COLOR] to candle some, but was NOT feeling confident so I have decided to leave them, settled, first time doing shipped eggs. [COLOR=EE82EE]Veny has a 4 year old, not sure 4 year old what, but its making her uglybator's humidity is high, she is taking care of that and her temps are spot on as suggested![/COLOR] [COLOR=EE82EE]Peachy keen everythngis peachy keen![/COLOR] [COLOR=00FF00]Veny made a clucking playlist for chicks in the bator check it out here[/COLOR] Chicken Clucking Playlist [COLOR=000000]Veny has picks of her uglybator, now we know why its ugly! what is with that wiring! got a diagram ?[/COLOR] post #1627 [COLOR=000000]Veny had some sick kids and we pray they are feeling better today!!! pics of when she calibrated![/COLOR] post #1267 perchie.girl 60 in SandyEggo 1588 and have only hatched ONCE. Bout four years ago gotlucky with guins I think she did it right and thinks she did it wrong by chance!! [COLOR=EE82EE]perchie gave some good advice on nest boxes n wing clipping and new coop design starting about post 1000 or so![/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]why do some ppl add dog foods and discussions of add other pet foods to feed[/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]starting post[/COLOR] #2032 [COLOR=008080]What To do with those chicks hatched?[/COLOR] post #2201 Phage Blarneyeggs [COLOR=000000]I'm in! Always fun hanging with you, Sally![/COLOR] ccrane11 few eggs from my own flock. I have Rhode Island Red, Rhode Island White, Golden Sex Link, and New Hampshire Red girls. They are bred by a Rhode Island Red or a Silver Lackenvelder rooster. [COLOR=000000]doing the round egg vs oval egg sexing chicks test[/COLOR] post #2246 mymilliefleur Young pullet from Tennessee Hey all, joining in here. I'm not currently incubating anything, but I always enjoy learning more about incubation.[COLOR=EE82EE] Now we know why mymillie likes to learn so much about incubatuion! when she said she has always run her still air between 98-100F, I see a big change coming in her HATCH RATES!!! There was talk that perhaps some practice should begin NOW!!![/COLOR] [COLOR=EE82EE]mymillie has pigs and does feed acorns to them, and turkeys? what else![/COLOR] [COLOR=FF0000]Millie is breaking down, hatch eggs hatch eggs hatch eggs,[/COLOR] ambe0487 36 next week and central Iowa :yiipchick [COLOR=000000]N[/COLOR][COLOR=000000]ew t[/COLOR]o incubating and i am on day 18 we are in lockdown!!!Farm Innovators 2100 I have 5 eggs of 2 silkies, 1 silkie/cochin mix, 1 maran cross, and a light brown surprise egg. I'm using a FarmInnovator incubator with current readings at 64% humidity and 100degrees. I have a spinge with water and a wet rag in the bator to keep humidity up. 11/3 ps... she talks to her eggs like some other hatchers do... I have caught my temps dropping in the evening over the last 4 nights. I'm sure it's happened during day 1-17 as well. 11/7 One internal pip "> post #1283 WOO HOO! Friday night midnight; one egg has a small chip in it! I feel like a new mother...lol. Don't know what to do except 'LEAVE THEM ALONE!!' I removed a few duds last week. today is day 22 and I heard heartbeat in only 3 on day 18, So if I do it right, they hatch and I let them alone for 24 hrs? . my humidity is 58 and temp is 100. Anything I need to know or do right now? 2hrs later... PS AND NOW I hear it chirping!! hole still small, and the whole egg 'reacts' to the flashlight...so cool. juss lettin' it be. prizepete [COLOR=000000]another yunging but got his wing feathers! n[/COLOR]orthern CA cant wait to see you hatch more serama !! "only hatched twice now, but i have plans for at least 2-3 more hatches' BAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHA rossfam06 29 here in Savannah GA [COLOR=00FF00]Ross set Sally's eggs eve 11/12 yippy!!! she says air cells look good, she has a few ccl and sally project mixes... Sally says up that TEMP! 100.5 please!![/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]great[/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]Day 7 candle images[/COLOR] post #2698 video of the project egg embryo dancing day 7

RobJones hatching 1st eggs now and upto now 7 out of 12 and still 2 to go, 3 were infertile chicksurreal I'm not hatching right at the moment, but you never know when the urge will strike, MUST SET EGGS MUST SET EGGS MUST SET EGGS karenerwin 53 year old female 10 eggs in the incubator that are due to hatch on the 21st of November. They are all green or blue eggs sired by my Ameracuana (EE?) rooster that I just had to cull. He was 4 years old [/URL][/URL]

[URL=https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1046313/incubating-w-friends-come-hatch-learn-chat-meet-new-friends/3600_100#post_16133348] [/quote] Nice sally, just one thing, it sadly wasn't me with the chick hatching video, it was Hawk12. Wanna hire me too as an article editor? And are you gonna add the person-by-person what their doing to the article? Just curious! [/url]

 

[WalnutHill]

Hello Everyone! Hope your bellies are full and your hearts are happy this evening! I came home to find my malpositioned pipper still sitting in it's egg, so I went ahead and did a full assist. The membrane was actually quite pliable and soft, the blood vessels were nice and closed, but the wing was glued to the chicks head. That was it! Once I unglued the wing, the chick kicked reared up its head and started moving like crazy, I quick popped it back into Uglybator and it kicked out the rest of the way and is biffing around inside. Looks good.

I have three other pips and a fourth that is zipping. It's been zipping for at least an hour now (it was already zipping when I came home so who knows how long it's actually been going)...about 1/4 to 1/3 of the egg is zipped and it is very wiggly and squiggly and loud. I am frustrated though, as I feel I did something wrong to cause the chicks to be having difficulties hatching. It's too long of a zip, isn't it?

I don't want to assist! I just want them to pop out on their own!!! I was hoping to come home to some fuzzy butts, but all I came home to was superglue chick. >sigh<

Alright! I need to be positive!!! Four blue eggs have not pipped and neither have the Serama, but I think I might have heard a Serama cheep, so there is hope!

Uglybator jumped o 90% humidity when the first chick kicked out. Is that ok????


feeling insecure here

What Friday said. You did the right thing on the first stuck one, follow your instincts and be patient with the second.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I had a 5' long black snake come into the house on its own through the doggie door. My dog was standing at the top of the steps, cocking his head. I knew something was up. Next thing I knew, it was slithering down the hallway.

New house now, doggie door goes to enclosed porch, then doggie opening out of the porch. Chickens sometimes find their way through the outside one, onto the porch, but haven't had anything else get inside. Yet.

lol!!!!
mom and dad have those little yellow ringneck snakes in their house max 14 inches but lil skinny things, they cant do harm, but my sister was such a sissy growing up they come in through our nmountain stone fireplace, we actually had to keep those sticky mouse pads all over in it during the summer to catch them

well they still do! I remember sitting and having to catch them while my sister was screaming on the couch

wait until the rooster is on top of you lookin in your face one morning

Sally, my ducks and chicks will be due Dec 15th. 7 duck eggs, 18 chicken eggs at this point.

What did you put in the bater now?

I have serama locking down this weekend. and then I had put those eggs I was getting one by one CCL and then those other serama in when you did.

Great summary Sally! I have silkies in the bator right now, due Dec. 7. Just in time to clean the bator and get it set for the NY HAL, lol

thanks! I am so not sure of that hal

Hello Everyone! Hope your bellies are full and your hearts are happy this evening! I came home to find my malpositioned pipper still sitting in it's egg, so I went ahead and did a full assist. The membrane was actually quite pliable and soft, the blood vessels were nice and closed, but the wing was glued to the chicks head. That was it! Once I unglued the wing, the chick kicked reared up its head and started moving like crazy, I quick popped it back into Uglybator and it kicked out the rest of the way and is biffing around inside. Looks good.

I have three other pips and a fourth that is zipping. It's been zipping for at least an hour now (it was already zipping when I came home so who knows how long it's actually been going)...about 1/4 to 1/3 of the egg is zipped and it is very wiggly and squiggly and loud. I am frustrated though, as I feel I did something wrong to cause the chicks to be having difficulties hatching. It's too long of a zip, isn't it?

I don't want to assist! I just want them to pop out on their own!!! I was hoping to come home to some fuzzy butts, but all I came home to was superglue chick. >sigh<

Alright! I need to be positive!!! Four blue eggs have not pipped and neither have the Serama, but I think I might have heard a Serama cheep, so there is hope!

Uglybator jumped o 90% humidity when the first chick kicked out. Is that ok????


feeling insecure here

ohhhh the humidity will jump sweety just relax let me see the zip

Sally, how many puppies???

We had a terrier mix. She was a wonderful mouser. Put the cat to shame. Our lab also put the cat to shame. Both would shake a snake out of it's skin.
Would love to have seen that.

1 boy 5 girls
Hi lg Happy Thanksgiving

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

its called COPY PASTE Fire

and when your a plat member you can set your page to 100 posts at a shot and go straight down them....

but you can make it seem like a ton of work, I will take the credit

thanks

Even if it was using C&P, that was quite an article you pieced together. Nice, Sally... very nice!!!