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

[Bejammie]

42 eggs in bator, no idea how many viable at lockdown. Thus far three pips- olive egger, Easter egger, and a white leghorn.

 

[Chickenluver106]

Should my chick be walking normally by now and I haven't heard my other eggs cheap in for a while and they are pipped

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Maxi pads too

 

[Chickenluver106]

They also don't do anything if I move it a little

 

[Jessimom]

the link: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...g-in-the-chicks-april-hatch-a-long-2016/0_100

To helpfull hints, you'll have to find the puppy pad one yourselves!

Thanks Mike!! I found so MANY helpful hints in there. That is by far the best thread I've followed! Some useless stuff too (at least useless to me). But overall some awesome hints!

 

[h2oratt]

Maxi pads too

That is a big maxi pad

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Thing two probably won't make it through tonight

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: You're welcome. It is an interesting thread!

 

[rIrs roost]

MARKING AIR CELLS DAY 18 Candle day 18 is to determine growth, weigh, pencil mark air cell size and dispose bad eggs. It will look pretty dark and FULL in there! You may or may not see movement on this candle. Its ok if not, don’t panic! The chick may easily be resting! The embryo now occupies most of space within the egg, but NOT the air cell, the beak is against the inner shell membrane and ready to pierce it. See how that air cell is beginning to dip more to one side and if you lay the egg down it will roll into the hatching position. I set my eggs with lowest dip in the aircell up. This position for hatching is good so the chick is able to turn into position and I can easily see my pips too! Setting eggs horizontal in the hatcher actually can aid a chick to hatch 1-2 hours earlier. (HOWEVER, shipped eggs that have had loose air cells or saddle air cells, should be hatched upright but tilted just enough so that the lowest dip is somewhat upright, so if they have fluid in the air cell it may prevent drowning). AGAIN, I lay my eggs down LOWEST DIP of the AIR CELL UP! see below images, this is the normal and most likely hatching position and the chick will break through or Internally pip and externally pip in that probable area. See the image below with the x, x being lowest dip in air cell and probably pip area/s. Chick normal hatching position, Where to place your X, Example of chick position/beak in shell before internal pip drawing below: image below: drawing below:

[COLOR=800080] [/COLOR] GOOD LOOKING MARKED AIR CELLS and SIZE: images below [COLOR=800080] [/COLOR][COLOR=800080] [/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]WHY LAY HATCHING EGGS HORIZONTAL TOUCHING:[/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]It is now known that the different embryos communicate with each other by a series of clicking sounds, the rate of clicking being the important feature. Ensuring the eggs on the hatching eggs are in contact with each other facilitates the synchronization of hatching where the eggs are incubated in a modern machine. This assists in reducing the time between when the first and last chicks hatch[COLOR=008080]. [/COLOR][/COLOR] @rIrs roost

Thanks Sally and everyone for all your help. I'll be laying them down touching with low point of the air cell up.

 

[Bejammie]

Is this malpositioned?