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

[BullChick]

Note to self: while open- sided duck brooders make for fantastically tame ducks, they WILL splatter mud, poop, and water on everything within a five foot radius.

That is why I never liked birds in the first place. It is amazing that I have chickens, but I don't put them in open sided cages in my house!

 

[jwlpoultry]

Well I'm back sun burn and all. Aloe is one of my best friends today. MC I missed you. @Sally Sunshine It is so good to have you back hope you are having a good day.
Good morning everyone!!!!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

**Anyone** come across wing feathers turning out on week old hatched chicks? And if so anything short of a sling I can do to fix this?

Could it be part frizzle/sizzle

pictures?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Well I'm back sun burn and all. Aloe is one of my best friends today. MC I missed you. @Sally Sunshine It is so good to have you back hope you are having a good day.
Good morning everyone!!!!

Good Morning!
Don't let oyur sunburn dry out if you can help it, how's the baby cow??

 

[BullChick]

Well I'm back sun burn and all. Aloe is one of my best friends today. MC I missed you. @Sally Sunshine It is so good to have you back hope you are having a good day.
Good morning everyone!!!!

Hello! Miss me no more! I am here.

 

[BullChick]

Okay. I give up. The coop(s) need cleaned. Wish me luck! After all this rain, plus seven ducks, it's wet in there!

 

[jwlpoultry]

Well I'm back sun burn and all. Aloe is one of my best friends today. MC I missed you. [@=/u/162672/Sally-Sunshine]@Sally Sunshine[/@] It is so good to have you back hope you are having a good day.

Good morning everyone!!!!

Good Morning!
Don't let oyur sunburn dry out if you can help it, how's the baby cow??

I am putting cold water and aloe on it every couple of hours and that is helping, I went to sleep last night with 2 wet bath towels wrapped around my arms and it feels ok this morning. He is doing great I need to get updated pictures.

 

[jwlpoultry]

Okay. I give up. The coop(s) need cleaned. Wish me luck! After all this rain, plus seven ducks, it's wet in there!

You are allowed to go as long as you promise to come back.

 

[casportpony]

**Anyone** come across wing feathers turning out on week old hatched chicks? And if so anything short of a sling I can do to fix this?

You could try wrapping them if you think it's a problem. I've seen this before in some of my peachicks and poults, and they grew out of it.
https://theiwrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Duerr_Splinting_Manual_2010.pdf

-Kathy

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I am new to byc. I am starting to incubate tonight. Bantams and americaunas. I read that using rocks in the water chamber helped hold the temperature better. Has anyone heard that?

@coon chicks WELCOME TO BYC and the thread!!! Yes heat sinks and wrapping the bator can help! see this post for more help on incubation and the link after it! Any questions just ask!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links

HEAT SINKS/ Stones/Pebbles ADD THEM TO STYRO! post #43903

How old were the eggs at set?

How old is your flock?

They were stored and turned cool conditions?

Have you misted or washed the eggs?

COLLECTING, WASHING & EGG STORAGE (Click to show)
COLLECTING, WASHING & EGG STORAGE

Washing, Cuticle, Sweating eggs post #63837
Digital Egg Scale - Accurate Humidity Measurement and Egg Sizing HERE
ZONES OF COLD INJURY fro EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT post #36213
PULLET EGGS??? post #41984 UNDER CONSTRUCTION
DOUBLE YOLKERS NOT suggested but they can hatch with assistance post #46649
BIRTH DEFECTS CONVERSATION AND INFO ON WORMERS!! post #25707 post #25706
Abstract DIPPING EGGS IN VITAMIN C post #33828
Pre-Incubation Warming of Chicken Eggs post #65812
Egg Quality: (Click to show)
Egg Quality:

• Egg defects and CORRECTIVE steps, detailed information Click HERE
• Optimum Egg Quality from your Flock: click HERE
• EGG Quality Click HERE

Fertility: (Click to show)
Fertility:

• IS IT FERTILE? Many images see post #43324
• Managing Fertility click HERE
• Several Reasons Why Your Hens May Stop Laying Eggs click HERE
• Winter Blues w/the Roos, why are my eggs infertile ugh starting post #1986
• Reproductive Physiology of the Hen post #40628
• HOW long does a ROO SPERM REMAIN IN HEN post #40628

• Polyspermy is typical in birds. Several sperm enter the germinal disc region post #40644
• Double fertilization spots? post #5991

Example 57 out of 126 were declared fertile.

Hatch Rates...

Example 50 of the 57 fertile eggs hatched the % hatch=

What bator are you using?

It has been fumigated/cleaned?

Cleaning Incubator and Equipment (Click to show)
Cleaning Incubator and Equipment

FUMIGATION OF HATCHING EGGS AND EQUIPMENT post #48689
CLEAN INCUBATOR BEFORE AND AFTER USE post #48689
Turner or no turner?

TURNING ITS IMPORTANT (Click to show)
TURNING ITS IMPORTANT

HOW and Why To TURN Eggs TURN MORE THAN 3 times a day!! post #22178
Turning until day 18 post #51410
UNDERSTANDING the CAM ~chorio-allantoic membrane post #22177
Incubated Air cell Upright or horizontal?

How do you have your thermos leveled in the bator?

Fan or no Fan? You know temps should be different for Fan vs still air models?

INCUBATION TEMPERATURES (Click to show)
INCUBATION TEMPERATURES

READ TEMPS SECTION HERE: post #9068 Hatching Eggs 101
Incubators with fans and without fans need to run at DIFFERENT TEMPS! post #9068
ADD a LEGO to your dial of cheap styro bator to make minor adjustments! GENIUS post #38133
What is the maximum and minimum range of temp I can go before killing the chicks? post #12473
ZONES OF COLD INJURY fro EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT post #36213
HAVE A PLAN IN CASE YOU LOOSE ELECTRIC ITS THE SEASON! see post #522
What to do when you find a HIGH TEMPS in Bator post #7061
10/13 day old embryos begin to produce excess heat in the incubator post #27240
You calibrated thermo hygros and know not to rely on the one that came with the bator?

AGAIN...You have more than one thermo hygro and they had been calibrated?

You know that you should not use the vent holes to adjust humidity?

THERMOMETERS, HYGROMETERS & CALIBRATION (Click to show)
THERMOMETERS, HYGROMETERS & CALIBRATION

Celsius to Fahrenheit (ºC to ºF) conversion calculator click HERE
Thermo/hygro suggestions post #13998
Brinsea Incubator Thermometers click HERE
Strombergs Thermometers click HERE Hygrometers click HERE Digital Thermo/Hygros click Here
Hova-Bator GQF Incubator Thermometer / Hygrometer (Wet Bulb) 3018 post #32892
HEAT SINKS/ Stones/Pebbles ADD THEM TO STYRO! post #43903
Calibration is a MUST: HOW TO CALIBRATE post #9068
VENTILATION (OXYGEN) (Click to show)
VENTILATION (OXYGEN)

Hatching at High Altitudes post #37908
O2 deprivation to day 10 of incubation followed by regular oxygen concentrations leads to stronger chicks post #33815
NEVER USE VENT holes as a means to Control HUMIDITY especially during HATCH DAYS!

You realize humidity is NOT a set number just a tool to get the correct weight loss in the egg?


You understand the majority of people for standard hatching eggs run the first 7 days 25-30% humidity (possibly 35%for shipped eggs) and adjusted from there for weight loss?

You understand that you can in fact candle every two days after day 7 to just keep a closer eye on weight loss so you dont need to make major changes later on?

Try to add water above in containers and not in the troughs until lockdown?

HUMIDITY Humidity is NOT a set number! (Click to show)
HUMIDITY Humidity is NOT a set number!

Its a tool to get the correct weight loss in the egg! post #7068 see Hatching Eggs 101

WHY do we need less humidity to get the best weight loss for colored hatching eggs during incubation? post #36320
KEEPING MOLD and BACTERIAL from growing in water WELLS during incubation post #1644
Humidity pumps DIY ETC post #79960
TIPS n TRICKS to raising humidity in incubators post #42512 Humidity pumps DIY ETC post #79960

AGAIN....You understand humidity is NOT a set number, most of us begin incubation 25-35% the first week and then adjust as needed per air cell growth/weight loss.

*IMPORTANT INFO= TIMELINES PIPS ZIPS!!! & MARKING AIR CELLS DAY 18, DRAW DOWN, INTERNAL PIP, EXTERNAL PIP, and ZIPPING (Click to show)
LOCKDOWN, DAY 18, CANDLES, PIPS, ZIPS

*IMPORTANT INFO= TIMELINES PIPS ZIPS!!! & MARKING AIR CELLS DAY 18, DRAW DOWN, INTERNAL PIP, EXTERNAL PIP, and ZIPPING post #35770

DAY 18 CANDLE IMAGES/VIDEOS: post #41176
FIVE VIDEOS show Draw Down and Internals post #44701
DAY 18 DIS CANDLES post #43401
Incubation CHICK FIRST AID KIT Supplies post #71640
911- INCUBATION & CHICK EMERGENCIES! (Click to show)
911- INCUBATION & CHICK EMERGENCIES!

Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching - Click HERE
DUCK ASSISTING VIA CANDLES post #79130
NOPE she is not ready for you to assist yet! post #24835 now is she? post #24850
MALPOSITIONS /PIPS WRONG END are the first to pip and the last DIS after hatch post #19606
Malposition (pipped wrong end) chick most times will hatch! VIDEO post #22241
A WRONG END PIP IS BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL Pip! post #518454 VIDEO HATCHING post #54642
Casportspony Scovy malpositions assists post #43908
STUFF OOZING from pip begin post #19606
Images normal chick pip position post #19606
STUCK ZIPPING WHAT DO I DO? bottom of post #35770
YES a chick can chirp when its not pipped internally! post #20506
Heathers Call DUCK assist post #43902
It has a bump on its head! What The Heck Is A Vaulted Skull? post #46616

CHICKS Wet? Sticky? Stuck? Yellow Gel? What did I do Wrong? (Click to show)
CHICKS Wet? Sticky? Stuck? Yellow Gel? What did I do Wrong? post #25379

Swollen abdomen? A WET chick? or infection post #24810
Eggtopsy possible Sticky chick post #35087
Eggs UNHATCHED at end of Incubation (Click to show)
Eggs UNHATCHED at end of Incubation

Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching - Click HERE
I HAVE EGGS LEFT UNHATCHED NOW WHAT? post #25223
EGGTOPSYS & REMINDERS IF YOU WANT US TO HELP SEE post #2140 post #42654 post #44923 post #45013 post #54834
Pipped but dead post #47432
Normal hatching position and the six recognized malpositions Images: click here
Trouble Shooting Failures with Egg Incubation
http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/trouble.html
Hatchability Problem Analysis http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00008570/00001
Troubleshootting Incubation http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8127.pdf
This is also a great pdf with pics: paste link in browser search: CLICK HERE
Eggtopsy: What happened to my egg? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/363717/eggtopsy-what-happened-to-my-egg-graphic-pictures
Effects of Nutrition on Infertility, Embryo Mortality and Hatchability
POOR INCUBATION RESULTS post #20480

What Went Wrong During Incubation could it be the flock? or Incubation? ​

post #1825
Signs of Deficiency in the Embryo & Poultry Vits Oz/Sal Diary Thread post #13719
Effects of nutrition on infertility, embryo mortality and hatchability. click Here
Some causes of EARLY CHICK MORTALITY post #17586 ~ http://www.poultry.uga.edu/extension/documents/French-Livability.pdf
Possible causes of deaths after day 18 post #57322
Can you get pics uploaded on BYC and understand that pics help us to help you?

Technical HELP ON BYC AP's/Threads (Click to show)