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

[OneMountainAcres]

Feeling better than last night? @Auroradream26
 

Actualy, my throat was worse this morning and I've had a dull headache all day. Hubby made me breakfast and tea this morning and I spent half the day dozing on the chair. I won't be up too much longer tonight. I think more sleep will help. Thanks for asking

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

exactly but it doesnt take AS long for some reason, dont ask me why! so you cant technically figure in both times, you have to really watch the membrane and what the others are doing, that gives you a good inclinations of when its due to come. again if they are alive most times they get out like that! you had big wet goopy chicks, thats not good and prol takes even longer because of all the liquids and size of chick.

Thanks! I realize there were additional things wrong with my chicks, but just wanting to understand. So when the membrane by the pip starts to dry up, you start seeing if you should help?

Fire Ant Farm I set 16 Cream Legbar eggs yesterday afternoon. Looks like the shipped eggs (Alohas with some Naked Necks in the mix) will come next week, so the tandem hatches will be a week apart. (Brinsea Octagon), and the second one will be set up tonight (R-Com 20). Cream Legbars lock down on February 7. Aloha NNs lock down on February 16 (at least any that make it to lock down). Gently turning those three times a day now.

Update:
Cream Legbar hatch: 14 live hatched out of 15. Five with malpositions - one lethal beak away from air cell (DIS), and the others (4 of 5 eggs from one pullet) with small air cells and butt/hocks toward air cell. All hatched with assistance, one culled later, one being hobbled for splay leg.

Aloha NNs: I got confused and just now candled on day 13 instead of day 14 (didn't realize until afterwards). ARGH!!!!!

Lock down 2/16/16.
Culled 2 with blood rings, but the rest are viable, several with movement. Air cells are HUGE! I'm a little worried about that. Humidity was 45%, moved it to 30% yesterday (in reaction to the malpositions in the CLs). Moved back up to 40% pending input (see photos below) - ambient is running 32-35%. Temperature running 99.7F. I know for a fact some of these eggs started old even before they were shipped - initial air cells upon arrival looked like a big day 7. Advice on humidity setting/adjustment based on these? Should I boost it between now and day 18? Not sure how the shipped status (or age) affects this decision. Is it purely just the actual size of the air cell?












@Sally Sunshine (You are so amazing and patient!!!!!!!

)

- Ant Farm

 

[campingshaws]

Sally did you have an opinion on my air cells?

I can candle and take pics if you need to see them better.

 

[kwhites634]

Actualy, my throat was worse this morning and I've had a dull headache all day. Hubby made me breakfast and tea this morning and I spent half the day dozing on the chair. I won't be up too much longer tonight. I think more sleep will help. Thanks for asking

Sleep certainly won't hurt. Take care of yourself

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@Auroradream26


Actualy, my throat was worse this morning and I've had a dull headache all day. Hubby made me breakfast and tea this morning and I spent half the day dozing on the chair. I won't be up too much longer tonight. I think more sleep will help. Thanks for asking

awwwww I hope you feel better!!

 

[BullChick]

Quote: Take a tablespoon of coconut milk or mix in tea.

Not caught up yet, but going ahead and posting this first.
@MotorcycleChick I can't find the original post to quote here, but CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Thank you!

Quote:
thats a good looking egg shell Mc!

Okay. I will chill then.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

They're redder than they should be.

no its a good looking one I think... not much gunk on the chicks navels? hocks are not red?

 

[fire370]

They're redder than they should be.

Nothing wrong with that shell, looks good.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Not caught up yet, but going ahead and posting this first.
@MotorcycleChick I can't find the original post to quote here, but CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Quote:
up to 50 and check 2 days

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Thanks! I realize there were additional things wrong with my chicks, but just wanting to understand. So when the membrane by the pip starts to dry up, you start seeing if you should help?
Update:
Cream Legbar hatch: 14 live hatched out of 15. Five with malpositions - one lethal beak away from air cell (DIS), and the others (4 of 5 eggs from one pullet) with small air cells and butt/hocks toward air cell. All hatched with assistance, one culled later, one being hobbled for splay leg.

Aloha NNs: I got confused and just now candled on day 13 instead of day 14 (didn't realize until afterwards). ARGH!!!!!

Lock down 2/16/16.
Culled 2 with blood rings, but the rest are viable, several with movement. Air cells are HUGE! I'm a little worried about that. Humidity was 45%, moved it to 30% yesterday (in reaction to the malpositions in the CLs). Moved back up to 40% pending input (see photos below) - ambient is running 32-35%. Temperature running 99.7F. I know for a fact some of these eggs started old even before they were shipped - initial air cells upon arrival looked like a big day 7. Advice on humidity setting/adjustment based on these? Should I boost it between now and day 18? Not sure how the shipped status (or age) affects this decision. Is it purely just the actual size of the air cell?












@Sally Sunshine (You are so amazing and patient!!!!!!!

)

- Ant Farm

Those aircells look like mine did on day 18. I'd run closer to 50'ish on RH if those were my eggs...