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

[ChickenCanoe]

Someone asked about why their embryos quit after lockdown.

I would make sure the ventilation was sufficient and what I believe Saris said, pay special attention to breeder nutrition.

Here's a rundown of all possible causes of deaths after day 18. You'll have to look at your process and see what may apply to your situation. The ones in black wouldn't apply since you have a problem with multiple breeds, breeders and hatches.

Incubator temperature, humidity, turning or ventilation is improper.
Hatcher temperature, humidity or ventilation is improper.
Contamination - especially from molds.
Fumigation too severe or too long.
Eggs chilled during transfer to hatcher or transferred too late.
Cracked shell.
Nutritional deficiencies. i.e. Vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, vitamin B12, riboflavin, biotin, thiamin, folic acid, pantothenic acid, lineolic acid, selenium, calcium, phosphorus, manganese.
Embryo malpositioned
Embryo development accident (failure to switch to lung respiration)
Heredity (lethal genes, chromosome abnormalities)
Twinning
Hatcher opened too much during pipping and hatching.
Poor shell quality
Breeder diseases.

 

[canadachickens]

Good morning everyone!!!! Look what I found in my incubator this morning - the world's newest little Aloha Naked Neck: Another one (the one with the original pip) is zipping. Oh goodness, I have so many people to thank (gets out folded piece of paper and hopes she doesn't get cut off by the orchestra)... I'm off to go look at the cutie again and see how the zipping is going. - Ant Farm

Congrats Ant Farm! Patience pays off sometimes! And know that everyone here contributes.. Your experiences and updates will help others as well! ( make sure and put your name on that piece of paper as well)

 

[kwhites634]

Hello, Friends & Neighbors
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

 

[canadachickens]

Hello, Friends & Neighbors
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Good morning Whites! Enjoy your day yesterday?

 

[mrleeroy]

Good Morning Friends

 

[canadachickens]

Good Morning Friends

Good morning!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Space is a bit tight in there and the little one is sitting in the egg cup - do you think it will mess up his little feets while waiting to be taken out?

I'm starting to think that I should have put the eggs in the center and let them flop over to each side. (Not that I can do anything about it now, but I'm such a worry wart...)

Timing this zip - seems to be taking a long time, hoping I don't need to help out. Assisted hatch article says assist after "several hours" (which I take as meaning three), so I'll keep an eye on it and time it.

- Ant Farm

 

[ChickenCanoe]

One of the nicest February days in memory. It's already 51 F at 7AM and going up to 73. It hit 77 yesterday.
I only remember one other time that it hit 70 in February. It was almost 30 years ago. My wife and I went canoeing that day. We had to beg an outfitter to haul us upstream in the middle of his winter vacation.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Space is a bit tight in there and the little one is sitting in the egg cup - do you think it will mess up his little feets while waiting to be taken out?

I'm starting to think that I should have put the eggs in the center and let them flop over to each side. (Not that I can do anything about it now, but I'm such a worry wart...)

Timing this zip - seems to be taking a long time, hoping I don't need to help out. Assisted hatch article says assist after "several hours" (which I take as meaning three), so I'll keep an eye on it and time it.

- Ant Farm

Sit on your hands and think about something else.
I don't assist at all but when I did, back in the day, I waited about 36 hours after pip.

 

[kwhites634]

Good morning Whites! Enjoy your day yesterday?

Actually, it wasn't bad. 'Bout the most I did was bring in a couple loads of wood & help bring in a few more.

Oh, and made sure that the 5 dogs my granddaughter showed up with didn't get into my birds. I definitely was not a happy camper. Fortunately, all the birds were contained & safe, although quite upset by a dog bouncing off the chain-link trying to gain access. If one of those dogs, even one of the 9 week old pups, had gotten one of my birds, there'd have been dog splattered all over the landscape. I certainly let dear GD know that dogs on the loose around chickens is a recipe for disaster. Poor birds probably won't lay for a week. Never ceases to amaze me the lack of common sense some "adults" show...GD's 23 or 24!