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

[Chaos18]

I have finished work so that good, My little daughter as some pain in here hear, and that is bad.
so I am with her at home. And that is good
So the total is leaning to good!

I'm glad the total is leaning to good. I hope that your daughter feels better soon.

 

[daxigait]

So last night I started 41 eggs in my incubator this is my first time doing this so hopefully things go well they are just farm chicks my hens are Rhode Island Red and barred rocks and my rooster is a partridge Cochin ... So here goes!!!

good luck read all the help stuff and ask away, there are great helpful people here.
@Fire Ant Farm hopefully the other does well. Congratulations on a good if difficult first hatch.

 

[hippiestink]

Stay warm folks!

 

[daxigait]

Morning everyone
good afternoon? @Akrnaf2 What's for dinner? Nice homemade Bator. What are you hatching?

 

[Akrnaf2]

Morning everyone
good afternoon? Bennie. What's for dinner? Nice homemade Bator. What are you hatching?

Good morninig
Yes afternoon here, 14:30, I think some good chicken soop, ( the Jewish Penicillin) with good vej. thanks, this is my first DIY bator and my first setting. I have 4 Partridge rock egg, and 4 rumpless Aracauna eggs, day 12.

 

[Chaos18]

Morning everyone
good afternoon? Bennie. What's for dinner? Nice homemade Bator. What are you hatching?

Morning

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Still nothing

 

[dheltzel]

Finished moving 200 eggs to lockdown last night. 44 are turkey eggs.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@sallysunshine I wonder if I just need to use sponge wedges for lockdown next time. I am doing the Easter HAL,I would like a 100% hatch rate.

@bauerdog can you test it now? shamwows are awesome too, sorta can cut them like wicks and have the end in a dish and then only bring out the amount of surface area needed to reach humidity levels.

Quote: yes setting the entire machine at a slight angle. it has to turn in two directions because it moves forward and reverse? My gut tells me its the angle of the egg! I would test this if I had the machine as long as it still rolls and turns well. @casportpony

These are my 10 (+2) Bielefelder eggs. They are smaller than I expected, and I didn't expect the colors to vary so much. The air cells look pretty awesome, most are nickle sized or smaller, with only a little jiggle. The worst one is the top right one with a quater and a half sized saddle cell. but all membranes seem to be intact. *fingers crossed for setting them Friday evening!

CONGRATS!!! wow so much better than mine!!! the eggs look pretty I think!!! so happy yours look good!! so sad for my duckies booo whoooo

Well, I just euthanized that last chick that I helped out. He was not doing well, could not stand or use his legs at all (both completely folded up toward his head), breathing fast. I used the baking soda/vinegar CO2 chamber method - it was quick. It was sad, but not as sad as the thought of watching him suffer, which he most assuredly would have. And now I know how to do it using this method. I considered scissors, but opted for this instead.

The second chick was looking perkier, so he got yet another bath under running warm water to get the sticky stuff off, but is looking better - once dry, I will move him to the brooder tonight. He's had a delay in eating and drinking (tried to put in Grogel, he hasn't eaten any) - he will need to make it in the group. We will see if he survives overnight. I have a full day of work tomorrow - he'll need to make it through on his own.

- Ant Farm

awww sweets, Kristin you did the right thing. I am glad you could do it, its a very sad part of incubation but it comes with it hand in hand. sucks I am sorry

I have10 WH duck eggs being shipped to me next week. Is there a site I can read that will help me prepare the eggs for incubating?
thanks

DUCKS awesome Cyndi!!!! I pray your air cells are fine!! Cant wait to see your eggs!! I washed mine in the bleach solution and hot water as I always did, but the air cells are terrible!!
see if you can find help below!!

• Introduction to Keeping Ducks
• Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks provides vital information for anyone wanting to keep ducks. HERE
• Incubating & Hatching Muscovy Eggs
• Keeping duck water clean post #47877
• Casportspony Scovy malpositions assists post #43908
• Heathers Call DUCK assist post #43902
• Duckling was high risk for yolk sac infection, dipped it's umbilicus in chlorhexidine and gave it Baytril. post #35400 Chlorhexidine post #35432
• DUCKS can have Spraddle leg too! post #15184 post #15355
• Rens Duck HATCH post #42494
• Duckling navel wry neck? NOPE yolk infection! post #16089
• Duckling Care links ​
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  click here Duckling Care
• KEEPING DUCK BROODER CLEAN​
  https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/duckling-care-brooder-ideas post #1221
• Raising Ducklings To Ducks
• Duckling Care & Brooder Ideas
• Duckling Care and the Ancona Breed
• PALLET DUCK HOUSES post #16063

• Keeping Muscovy Ducks
• Common Muscovy Health Problems
• Foot and Leg Problems in Waterfowl - Niacin Deficiency
• Waterfowl Housing – Coop & Run Designs & Plans For Ducks, Geese, Etc.
• The Cuticle removal for those big eggs and Duck eggs? post #25379
• Overcoming late mortality when hatching Peking duck eggs post #20952
• MUDDY DUCK egg discussions post #17018
• Fancy ducks https://www.backyardchickens.com/g/a/6321490/my-waterfowl-collection/
  

Awh man I'm sorry about your chicks.

I didn't want to make a thread just to say that my first little baby chick hatched!! Now I'm anxious to make sure he/she doesn't burn to death under the heat lamp or die for some unknown reason. I've only got two eggs ready right now (started with 6 and they were my test eggs) but it doesn't hatch for the next 2 days.

@kissofcrimson Congrats on the baby!! we would love chic pictures Welcome to the thread!! what bator are you using? you have found this info from the thread? https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links

Morning folks! Busy day for me around the homestead. Sky's clear so I'll be working on cleaning out the coop and figuring out the garden. Hope y'all are having a good Thursday!

Morning hippie!!!! Hope you have a good one as well!!

So last night I started 41 eggs in my incubator this is my first time doing this so hopefully things go well they are just farm chicks my hens are Rhode Island Red and barred rocks and my rooster is a partridge Cochin ... So here goes!!!

@sarah25bear welcome!!! glad your with us!!! What bator are you using? and have you calibrated thermohygros? and you know humidity is NOT a set number?
and you found where I attempt to keep our ongoing supply of info from this thread? https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links

Good Chilly Thursday Morning Everybody.
Stay warm , it's a drink a lot of coffee kinda day here.
Scott

morning scott!!!

Quote: morning cc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I missed you as usual!! have a great day!!

Shalom Sal.
In one of your's posts you have asked abaout foam bator, mine is made of foam
Look the pic.





I get this foam boxes free from my fish dealer, the cover are artificial parquet panels scrap that I have found near home.
I have 2 main water reservoirs in the bator, and too each one of them I have entered an aluminum pipe that I use to replenish the water without needing to open the cover. ( i am making another one!

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Benny!!! Thank you for the details! I will add it to our list!!

Good morningChaos!

good luck read all the help stuff and ask away, there are great helpful people here.
@Fire Ant Farm

hopefully the other does well. Congratulations on a good if difficult first hatch.

mornin dax!!

 

[daxigait]

Still nothing