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

[Sally Sunshine]

Holy crudbucketsfullofsquigglymealworms you guys got even chattier last night!!

anything I need to know or can I skip readback?

 

[Chaos18]

for Bubbles
for Sally. Glad to see you up and around. Hope you have a good and restful day.

Thought I'd pop my ugly mug in real quick like before heading outside to act like I'm a mechanic.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

And this is surprising why?
And the saga continues.

 

[Chaos18]

Holy crudbucketsfullofsquigglymealworms you guys got even chattier last night!! 

anything I need to know or can I skip readback?

There's lots you should know.......but most of it's useless until you need it.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Holy crudbucketsfullofsquigglymealworms you guys got even chattier last night!!

anything I need to know or can I skip readback?

Yea, I cant keep up. No way I'm going through over 500 posts. HAHAHA

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I don't think it's about the money. Think about it... If you were a small animal vet and got a call from a new client that wanted to have one bird tested, but wanted drugs for an entire flock, what do you think you would do? Any vet I have dealt with would not prescribe drugs for the whole flock if they were dealing with a *new* client. Now if they refused to see the one bird, that's a different story and they should be reported: http://www.vetabusenetwork.com/filecomplaint.htm

My suggestion for those that don't have an established relationship with a vet is to find a vet you can work with, cough up the $45-$65 for an office visit/wellness exam and take a bird in, then talk to that vet about your concerns and how they would go about dealing with you if your flock were to get sick.

Regarding vets refusing to treat birds... Vets try to stay current with the species they treat, which requires them going to seminars, lectures, reading, etc, and I think most vets want to give the best possible care to animals. Since a dog/cat vet's experience with birds is probably limited to what they did in vet school, they probably aren't comfortable in treating them.


-Kathy

 

[Jessimom]

Good morning! Still nothing, day 23, float test last night said lots of them were wiggling. All viable. I took 2 that did not wiggle and tried to open them this morning. One was barely alive, but a HUGE yolk sack and didn't look ready to hatch. She didn't make it. The other wasn't breathing or moving, but there was lots of blood.. They weren't shrink wrapped, or sticky. Should I just leave them and see what happens?

All the other non hatchers I've had, when I've opened them up, there has been no blood. What does it mean that there is so much blood in these?

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Not surprised, and expected it, lol.

-Kathy

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Good morning! Still nothing, day 23, float test last night said lots of them were wiggling. All viable. I took 2 that did not wiggle and tried to open them this morning. One was barely alive, but a HUGE yolk sack and didn't look ready to hatch. She didn't make it. The other wasn't breathing or moving, but there was lots of blood.. They weren't shrink wrapped, or sticky. Should I just leave them and see what happens?

All the other non hatchers I've had, when I've opened them up, there has been no blood. What does it mean that there is so much blood in these?

That they are not devolved yet. if its day 23 and no hatching, next time I would raise the temperature up 1/2 to 1 degree and see if they will hatch on time.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

(30,000th Post!

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yer silly! and I missed you by a second or two yet again!!!

your up late of late

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@Frindizzle

Ok, I may not be out of luck here. I just did a float test, was doubtful so I threw them all in the water. For all of them, the majority of the egg was under water, the air cell section was above. I walked away for a minute to grab my camera, when I got back there were 4 or 5 (maybe more) of them wiggling. So, some are still alive! They all went back in the bator. I am DEFINITELY on day 22. So, these are very late hatchers.

CH - I thought you were on day 14 or 15, did you set your eggs the same time I set mine???? Jan 15 or 16th?

I hope I run into an update!!! @Jessimom hmmmm you had low temps at some point, do you think at night you have been dipping?

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Night all!!

Good night Sally! I hope you feel better tomorrow!!
Thanks Love, I still feel bad, hope its just the flu

Thank you everyone i am home after almost 6 hours in the ER i dont have appendicitis

but i do have a ruptured follicle holy PAIN!!!!

My lovely teenage daughter did turn my eggs for me. so now im off to bed to try to sleep off some meds. Night all

@AnnikaLF oh wow that is painful!! you poor thing!

I hope they gave you some good pain pills! what are the chances of getting again? How are you feeling this morning??? and your eggs are just fine like we told you!

Hello Everyone! I haven't logged on in forever... My chicks are hatching and one was malpositioned, so I helped it after 48 hours, and he pulled himself out of shell, is now stuck to shell and bleeding out of his navel. I'm guessing he didn't absorb yolk sack all the way? How do I solve this problem?

@Mirajane !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mira!!!!

blood stop you may have in pantry is corn starch next thing is flour...... sometimes just a nail pinch up closer to navel works just fine..... or pressure from clean papertowl....... iodine open navels...... see other options below.... in the links

A NOTE.... and I know your a shell picker as we had discussed before. HOWEVER.... When the chicks circle inside the egg during ZIP stage, they actually twist navel strings/veins and this helps shut down and close them off, if they have too big of an area to get out/or you help them before this happens, they can bleed....

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Navels, Umbilical, Yolk Sack and Abdomen Issues:
NAVELS She HATCHED! But what's with her butt? post #25012
Umbilical Gunk aka Strings post #25012
Help I have a BLEEDER! NAVEL looks like a Vagina? begin (this is gonna be a long one) post #5159
Yolk Sac problems:

• https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1052862/yolk-sac-problems-graphic-pictures#post_16341493
• https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1000154/peachick-necropsy-pictures-graphic

Duckling was high risk for yolk sac infection, dipped it's umbilicus in chlorhexidine and gave it Baytril. post #35400 Chlorhexidine post #35432
MY CHICK has yolk hanging and is dragging in the bator HELP! begin post #15672
Mushy Chick Disease YOLK SACK INFECTION: Mushy Chick Disease
THIS IS NOT PASTY BUTT its Umbilical post #4077
Look ok or not fully absorbed yolk?? Begin post #4578

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UPDATE:​

I have pulled extremely helpful NOTES, LINKS &​

Informational Post Links from this entire thread​

for EVERYONE'S convenience and will continue to put them HERE:​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links
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Quote: I BET your having a ball watching this!! I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WOULD DO FANTASTIC!!! Your awesome Shell!!!!

@gotro17

I had a follicle twist it was worse than child birth feel better soon

@Laodicia

Welcome to the thread and BYC!!

Wow, I was just here this afternoon talking about CBs and stuff. I will have to go back and read all the posts after I get stuff figured out here. My trusty Hovabator is starting to go wonky on me tonight, my eggs will be on day seven tomorrow. It has been spot on this whole time, except when I cook, or shower the humidity rises. In case you don't remember, I left my farm after a break up, and I am now living in a studio apartment, so any little thing I do changes things! (I am still waiting on my name to be changed to studio chick). I wanted to get a new wafer and thought I had ordered it from incubator warehouse, come to find out, I did not press the last button that said "place order"

I figured that out a couple of days ago so hopefully it will be here Monday. This is my first time hatching Silkies, the couple of eggs I sneaked a peak at looked to have pretty small air cells. They were local eggs, the guy said he hatches them along with his Orps and told me not to make any changes with how I hatch (I have only hatched Orpingtons). But now I am wondering if I should lower the humidity even more, since I am in such a small place and anything I do seems to effect it. I also just noticed it is 12:30 am, that means it is officially day seven, I could candle. But I can't get the temp up now, so I don't want to push it

@Fuzzybutts

I know chatty bunch werent they!! do you have images of your pencil marks from candle? what has humidity averaged during the first 7? Also how much have temps been fluxing?

Quote: @MotorcycleChick update on the horses!! Have they been taken to ER?

Hey everyone just did my day 7 candle found out all the brown eggs (vital farms backyard eggs from whole foods) are not fertile completely clear 4 of the trader Joe's fertile eggs early quitters (blood ring no to little vein development )6 doing great saw the heart beating and the other 2 questionable no beating visible but okish vein development I'll wait a week more before I throw them out. (What does everyone do with the early quitters, garbage, feed...?) How does the air cells look seem uniform not to sureceive if they are the property size or not

Morning!!

Looks good from what I can see for day 7! nice candle, I am so sorry about the other eggs! I hope you are running out to buy more! I had good luck with my refridge eggs both times! wonder how old yours were??? @fresnofarmer

for Bubbles

for Sally. Glad to see you up and around. Hope you have a good and restful day.

Thought I'd pop my ugly mug in real quick like before heading outside to act like I'm a mechanic.

morning mechanic, what ya working on?