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

[casportpony]

Quote: Very nice!

-Kathy

 

[Pensmaster]

Nice set of eggs! How many eggs is the broody on?

-Kathy

13 small to medium sized Altsterier eggs. 3 that I candled while she was getting water and stretching were growing.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Hey guys I could really use some help. I had 12 shipped silkie eggs. Through incubation at different times they all stopped developing until their were 5 left. Hatch day only 1 hatched. Now day 22 and 2 out of 4 had internally pipped. Waited 12 hours and candled again but they both were breathing really heavy and getting quiet. Made a pin point size safety hole in both and placed them back in the incubator. Now almost 24 hours after I checked them again and 1 was silent. No movement. Up until now it had been active and chirping. Tapped it and nothing. Removed the shell and it's not alive. Perfectly formed no yoke and the veins have receded. I didn't want to help out to soon and now I'm kicking myself cause I feel like I could have saved it. I made the safety hole bigger in the other one so I can keep an eye on it. It's again in the incubator on a moist paper towel. Their are 2 more that haven't internally pipped but are moving. Their bodies are in the air cell and not the beak. Should I help or can the move to where they need to be? Need some major help. I'm panicking and don't know what to do. I know some people have the hands off approach and if it's weak theory but these will be pets so anything I can do at all?

 

[Pensmaster]

Goodbye, people!

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Very cool... What are Altsteriers? Guess I should google them.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Altsteriers are nice looking birds!

-Kathy

 

[BullChick]

Bye! BTW, loved your BYC interview!

-Kathy

Thank you.

 

[daxigait]

My splash LF Cochin who thinks she can hatch ceramic eggs. She is one cranky b#@%h! Been shooing her out and locked her out even but nooooo right back she goes.

Have you tried the frozen water bottles like Fire used?

 

[BullChick]

Hey guys I could really use some help. I had 12 shipped silkie eggs. Through incubation at different times they all stopped developing until their were 5 left. Hatch day only 1 hatched. Now day 22 and 2 out of 4 had internally pipped. Waited 12 hours and candled again but they both were breathing really heavy and getting quiet. Made a pin point size safety hole in both and placed them back in the incubator. Now almost 24 hours after I checked them again and 1 was silent. No movement. Up until now it had been active and chirping. Tapped it and nothing. Removed the shell and it's not alive. Perfectly formed no yoke and the veins have receded. I didn't want to help out to soon and now I'm kicking myself cause I feel like I could have saved it. I made the safety hole bigger in the other one so I can keep an eye on it. It's again in the incubator on a moist paper towel. Their are 2 more that haven't internally pipped but are moving. Their bodies are in the air cell and not the beak. Should I help or can the move to where they need to be? Need some major help. I'm panicking and don't know what to do. I know some people have the hands off approach and if it's weak theory but these will be pets so anything I can do at all?

First, we are all going to ask you what the temperature has been, and what the humidity has been.
Get those chicks out of their shells. It has already been long enough. If they are going to survive, you should probably get them out yourself.
I am afraid that I'm going to bed, but others here know how to assist. and good luck!

 

[Pensmaster]

Hey guys I could really use some help. I had 12 shipped silkie eggs. Through incubation at different times they all stopped developing until their were 5 left. Hatch day only 1 hatched. Now day 22 and 2 out of 4 had internally pipped. Waited 12 hours and candled again but they both were breathing really heavy and getting quiet. Made a pin point size safety hole in both and placed them back in the incubator. Now almost 24 hours after I checked them again and 1 was silent. No movement. Up until now it had been active and chirping. Tapped it and nothing. Removed the shell and it's not alive. Perfectly formed no yoke and the veins have receded. I didn't want to help out to soon and now I'm kicking myself cause I feel like I could have saved it. I made the safety hole bigger in the other one so I can keep an eye on it. It's again in the incubator on a moist paper towel. Their are 2 more that haven't internally pipped but are moving. Their bodies are in the air cell and not the beak. Should I help or can the move to where they need to be? Need some major help. I'm panicking and don't know what to do. I know some people have the hands off approach and if it's weak theory but these will be pets so anything I can do at all?

At this point I think I'd help. Check out the first few pages of this forum for a better guideline