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

[Pensmaster]

I wish!!  my internet is still at 64% and it wont save the notes I just did   I am gonna scream soon!!!!  
or cry 

Oh I'm beyond screaming with this computer. Probably my BP problem

 

[chicken hawk 33]

ok NOW it went through and I am cleaning duck eggs   be back in a few! 

because,the big eggs some are facing the wrong way with the air cell.and I couldn't lean them some in the cartons.but some good news one of your green eggs is wiggling.but more bad news.none of the Silkie or serama,or Turken are wiggling.

 

[Chaos18]

because,the big eggs some are facing the wrong way with the air cell.and I couldn't lean them some in the cartons.but some good news one of your green eggs is wiggling.but more bad news.none of the Silkie or serama,or Turken are wiggling.

Did you know that patience is a virtue?

 

[LocalYokel]

I would never incubate an abnormal shaped egg... but they do eat good!!!

At 4 AM theres few eggs available to me at the farm. I hatched at least 3 torpedo eggs last hatch.
I know its decreased rate for hatch. I look at it as none will hatch if unincubated.
The reason is I asked for em to hold a couple dozen for me, the next day they were in the fridge

This last time I did get em to hold me these Dom eggs tho

I wonder if I have any torpedo eggs in there now

I have hatched definently worse than that.

I said get him a WHITE unicorn!!!

what about a small teeny itty bitty one?

Sure.

Like a quail.

I actually have a suspected fart quail egg in there now

Do the abby-normal ones taste just like the normal ones?

Better!

They eat good too, but it takes more of 'em!

Better!!!

X2!

We're not here to judge people...........even if they are a bit loopy

Hence no mirrors in yer house......

 

[canadachickens]

because,the big eggs some are facing the wrong way with the air cell.and I couldn't lean them some in the cartons.but some good news one of your green eggs is wiggling.but more bad news.none of the Silkie or serama,or Turken are wiggling.

Leave them be and stop worrying about them CH! They will rest for long periods between movement getting ready to hatch. Check them again, through the window, in an hour and the ones that are wiggling now will have stopped and others will start moving again.

Patience, patience and more patience is what you need to remember! They don't wear watches or have a set schedule. They will do everything they need to on their own.

 

[shahtir101]

Leave them be and stop worrying about them CH! They will rest for long periods between movement getting ready to hatch. Check them again, through the window, in an hour and the ones that are wiggling now will have stopped and others will start moving again.

Patience, patience and more patience is what you need to remember! They don't wear watches or have a set schedule. They will do everything they need to on their own.

X2

 

[Chaos18]

At 4 AM theres few eggs available to me at the farm. I hatched at least 3 torpedo eggs last hatch.
I know its decreased rate for hatch. I look at it as none will hatch if unincubated.
The reason is I asked for em to hold a couple dozen for me, the next day they were in the fridge

This last time I did get em to hold me these Dom eggs tho

I wonder if I have any torpedo eggs in there now


I have hatched definently worse than that.
Sure.

Like a quail.

I actually have a suspected fart quail egg in there now

Better!


X2!
Hence no mirrors in yer house......

No mirrors in the house has nothing to do with you being loopy. It's just plain smart. Now i can't break one during an argument causing me, myself and the other guy bad luck for 13 years.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Well... Wasn't that special.

I was watching the last stuck chick, had about 30 minutes before I wanted to try helping again (had it on a timer), but I started to see some more liquid near the yolk side of the shell. I watched some more, as he got wetter, and when I started to see some little foaming in the liquid as he was trying to shove his way out, I decided time was up.

I was glad I did. He had managed to tear his umbilical cord or major vessel and was bleeding deeper in the shell where I couldn't have seen it. There was a significant amount of blood in the bottom of the shell - hard to know how much it will affect him. His navel was open, and it looked like he had JUST finished internalizing the yolk. I got him out of the shell as quickly as I could (he was stuck and membrane was all over him, especially his face - once he got out, I realized his beak was under his wing, and the wing had gotten cemented against his face). I held pressure against the navel until the worst of the bleeding stopped, then dabbed it with betadine (which really stopped the bleeding well!). Then I just put him in a small bowl on a paper towel and let him rest int eh incubator and warm back up for a little bit. Later, I wiped all the goop and membranes off of him with a warm wet washcloth - had to do it twice. (Oh, and the air cell? Nearly nonexistent...) Here's a photo of him right out of the shell.



Navel currently is closed, and not so bad looking (all things considered). I was concerned that he was developing an infection (which would be no surprise, given how long he was like that, in a dirty incubator). Upon examination (and smelling), I don't believe he is, though it may manifest more obviously later - I think the bubbles were from him squirming and air being worked into that fluid. He was trying to walk around and peep earlier - right now he's resting. Hard to know if that's normal rest/activity cycle or if he's fading. I moved the shell debris out of the incubator and put him and the other weak chick into clean baskets to rest and dry. If they do well, I'll move them into the brooder with everyone else in the morning. If not, I have the Brinsea Ecoglow up to temp (using a Mama Heating Pad set up for the other chicks), and will put them in a separate brooder together temporarily.




I don't know if they will live. If they live, and are weak at all, I don't know if I will cull early/now. (All weak malpositioned chicks are males.) But I feel I did my part to give them a chance. And I learned a lot.

@Sally Sunshine - So I can maybe learn from this for later hatches: Should I have waited longer and left the assist-hole smaller once I knew that there were blood vessels? Or is this just a situation in which there is no good choice? (Besides prevention, of course.)

I was on my feet all day watching them (except a few naps to try to shake the remnants of that migraine) - and my plantar fasciitis is acting up so that it feels like iron spikes are being driven through my foot. Having a glass of wine and waiting for the pain meds to kick in before doing an eggtopsy on the DIS one. I will post photos.

I'm exhausted - but before I go, for everyone who is in lockdown and hatching -

GOOOOOOO CHICKEEEEEEEES!!!!!!

- Ant Farm

 

[shahtir101]

Well... Wasn't that special. I was watching the last stuck chick, had about 30 minutes before I wanted to try helping again (had it on a timer), but I started to see some more liquid near the yolk side of the shell. I watched some more, as he got wetter, and when I started to see some little foaming in the liquid as he was trying to shove his way out, I decided time was up. I was glad I did. He had managed to tear his umbilical cord or major vessel and was bleeding deeper in the shell where I couldn't have seen it. There was a significant amount of blood in the bottom of the shell - hard to know how much it will affect him. His navel was open, and it looked like he had JUST finished internalizing the yolk. I got him out of the shell as quickly as I could (he was stuck and membrane was all over him, especially his face - once he got out, I realized his beak was under his wing, and the wing had gotten cemented against his face). I held pressure against the navel until the worst of the bleeding stopped, then dabbed it with betadine (which really stopped the bleeding well!). Then I just put him in a small bowl on a paper towel and let him rest int eh incubator and warm back up for a little bit. Later, I wiped all the goop and membranes off of him with a warm wet washcloth - had to do it twice. (Oh, and the air cell? Nearly nonexistent...) Here's a photo of him right out of the shell. Navel currently is closed, and not so bad looking (all things considered). I was concerned that he was developing an infection (which would be no surprise, given how long he was like that, in a dirty incubator). Upon examination (and smelling), I don't believe he is, though it may manifest more obviously later - I think the bubbles were from him squirming and air being worked into that fluid. He was trying to walk around and peep earlier - right now he's resting. Hard to know if that's normal rest/activity cycle or if he's fading. I moved the shell debris out of the incubator and put him and the other weak chick into clean baskets to rest and dry. If they do well, I'll move them into the brooder with everyone else in the morning. If not, I have the Brinsea Ecoglow up to temp (using a Mama Heating Pad set up for the other chicks), and will put them in a separate brooder together temporarily. I don't know if they will live. If they live, and are weak at all, I don't know if I will cull early/now. (All weak malpositioned chicks are males.) But I feel I did my part to give them a chance. And I learned a lot. @Sally Sunshine - So I can maybe learn from this for later hatches: Should I have waited longer and left the assist-hole smaller once I knew that there were blood vessels? Or is this just a situation in which there is no good choice? (Besides prevention, of course.) I was on my feet all day watching them (except a few naps to try to shake the remnants of that migraine) - and my plantar fasciitis is acting up so that it feels like iron spikes are being driven through my foot. Having a glass of wine and waiting for the pain meds to kick in before doing an eggtopsy on the DIS one. I will post photos. I'm exhausted - but before I go, for everyone who is in lockdown and hatching - GOOOOOOO CHICKEEEEEEEES!!!!!! - Ant Farm

Wow! Great job!

 

[LocalYokel]

Maybe a heating pad under the incubator?

-Kathy

Genius!

Anything should help. Another thing that concerns me is I can't help but wonder how it'll affect the thermostat. If it's whacked and won't go above 95F, will heating the bator above 95 render the element useless? In other words... if the thermostat is cutting power to the element once it reaches 95F, anything above that will have to be provided by an alternative source. I hope it gets sorted out, and soon!!!

X2

just out of curiosity, I had a screw up with mine years ago, I couldnt get heat up, and it was the stupid plastic windows one wasnt settled correct. not saying that just makes sure the lid sits tight on as does the plastic viewer ports

I would def check this, I know of a person who actually plucks the hatched one out thru the viewing window

that's a bummer......cause ya kinda have to