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

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Hi everyone! Tomorrow is lockdown on my first hatch. Just a recap, I had large air cells at day 10 and I realized it thanks to Sally's links she offered to me. I increased humidity and just candled. Only one has had any growth of air cell, and its minimal. I was told they looked like day 18 air cells, so I think I'm good there.
My question is, these are shipped eggs and 2 had detatched air cells. They've been sitting up this whole time. One of them has liquid that floats around the air cell when I turn it to its side. I'm wondering how this will work when I place the eggs on their sides?
They don't have to be placed on their sides as long as they have room to pip/zip.
Have the eggs in question been turned at all during this time? I don't mean twisted in an upright position, I mean turned from side to side. If not, I wouldn't hold out much hope for viable chicks from them.

You might find this interesting... the chick with the broody does eat her poop, and it's the only one of the 14 that started gaining weight by day 2, the others didn't start gaining until day 3 or 5.. Interestingly, I have never seen a peachick or a duckling with pasty butt, only chicken chicks.

-Kathy
I do find that interesting. After having lots of artificially incubated baby chicks and then those with broodies, I never gave pasted vent a thought till I started using the probiotic powder in chicks water. Then I put 2 and 2 together.

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Thank you all for the kind words about my pup. Seems that the white silkie non rooster-roo died during the fireworks, so does anyone know if chickens get scared? He's been suffering from the heat, more than the other silkies, so he's been getting more personalized care. Gets taken inside for the hottest parts of the day, extra electrolites and yogurt. But an early morning check of the coop this morning, they found him dead. Another chicken to ship off for testing! He came to us with an impacted crop. We took care of that, but his pouch stayed the same size. We would have to regularly massage it if it got too full. He's the only roo that I've seen that acted EXACTLY like a layed back hen, he took care of the babies, wasn't aggressive to newcomers, never strutted around, never crowed...actually never made a single sound. He was somewhat useless. But, I'm still sad he died. Everyone else in the pen is doing great!
I'm sure they do but they don't seem to take it as hard as dogs. Any sudden move or noise startles my birds but when I closed up Monday night during what sounded like a war zone, they seemed OK. So they probably got used to it.

No I mean she wants me to take her out.......like to town for a show.....no fishing tomorrow for me.....
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We saw the new shark movie - "Shallows" on Sunday. It was really intense.

It's still burning, contained, but not controlled is what the status is now.
They have managed to back burn and create fire breaks all around it, and the plan is to let it burn itself out now.
It is no longer threatening any towns or mining and oil operations, but it still is burning.
They expect it will likely take most of the summer to burn itself out.
Huge area, last I heard it was over 1500 square miles of forest
Only hear about it once in a while now.
That is huge.
Hard on wildlife.


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If Jane down the lane (this is not a poem) wanted tick control, I would understand her having a few little bantams. Eye candy with a job.
If Bill with sixteen acres of land got a few bantams I would be totally confused. If you have the property and the desire for the animal. You have the time and stomach for processing, you eat a lot of eggs. Why would you not get some dual purpose hens or at least some layers?

Better question! Why would you get all cockerels, meaning you don't even get tiny eggs?
Most of the old poultry farmers up north of me have embraced bantams because the egg output per feed input is greater with bantams.

All cockerels I don't exactly understand.
A friend up the road from me had chickens but didn't eat eggs. He just liked sitting at his desk in the morning and see chickens in his yard when he looked out the window.
So, interestingly, I set-up my first lockdown last night. I wanted to make sure I had everything perfect. I had cut up an egg carton and cleaned it, planning on hatching my eggs with them upright due to them being shipped and 2 having detached, saddle shaped air cells. I candled again for the "fluid" I saw earlier in the air cell and discovered that its a shadow that changes when I move the light across the egg. Not sure what I'm seeing, but there isn't much I can do at this point. After determining likely pip point and marking it on eggs, I decided to just lay them on their sides for the night and see what happened. This morning is official lockdown and I candled once more and discovered that my saddle shaped air cells fixed themselves! They look beautiful! I'm excited and a little hopeful about that.
One question, the bottom of the eggs, opposite the air cell still have a little area I can see veining in and the chick doesn't come all the way down. Is that normal for day 18 or are they behind a bit?
Thanks for all your help!
I sometimes still have some clear space in the small end on day 18.

Incubating W/ Friends Hatcher list

Birthdays: attimus: 7\8



Sally Sunshine AKA Sally
Everything! Usually CCL, BB egg layers, Serama, OE, Sapphire layers, brahma, ducks, guineas, or.... Yeah. Like I said, everything.
(NOTE to self: 8/5 bday!!)

BantyChooks AKA Banti or Bubbles
14 shipped EE eggs on day 11.

Chaos18 AKA Trouble or Chaos
6 eggs on day iforget.

MotorcycleChick AKA MC or Abi
Two broodies on day 7 and day 13 (or 14) with at least 8 eggs. The first one is mean!

kwhites634 AKA Whites, Whitey, Ken, Red Dog..... Just not late for supper
Broody: 5 RSL x BCM eggs, and she'd pushed one of them out....I gave it back to her, but there's probably something wrong with it, or she wouldn't have pushed it out.
Incubator: 12 BCM x RSL due the 4th....don't look for many to hatch out, though...several clears...only movement in 1 when I checked 2 days ago. UPDATE! 4 hatched, 7 left!

daxigait AKA Dax or Daxi
Broody has eight eggs 6/24, but I don't know how many are fertile since my cockerels are young and only with the hens on the odd evening. Green egg layers CL over OE/BSL/BR/RIR. Candling this weekend I hope.

Jessimom AKA Kathy
I have 14 BCM that gotro17 had shipped, 4 legbars (I think were also shipped), along with I think 12 of my backyard chicken eggs - these are on day 10. And I set 28???? eggs 2 days ago. It's a mix of gotro17's backyard mix eggs, and mine. I'll do an accurate count if I ever candle them.

Mine are probably not all fertile, Since we pulled the roosters several weeks ago, and the baby roos were just starting to figure out how to play with the girls when they started to crow and got pulled.. I currently have a BEAUTIFUL Salmon Favorelle and 2 black silkie roos in my basement. Waiting until I figure out what we are going to do with them.

I also have 2 broodies sitting on eggs. Not sure how far along, or how many eggs. They both should be getting close though.

Pensmaster Known as Uncle Pen to some, Pensmaster to the rest
13 Altsterier eggs under broody. Started 6-24. Three candled yesterday when the hen got off for water all three growing beautifully. Surprised as they were abandoned a couple times and eggs were washed.

mlm Mike AKA Mike or Mikemikemikemikemike
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Broody hen w/ icelandics

casportpony AKA Kathy or Kat
Pea eggs. @casportpony more info please!!

LittleLakePhil AKA Phil
I just set 12 Khaki Campbell duck eggs in my Brinsea.....hopefully they will hatch while my grand daughter is here visiting.....

sasafras4u2
When I got home early am I had one lavender orpington hatched this morning when I got up at 730 there is another lavender and a chocolate cookcoo cross. Still waiting on the other few 4 of them are 3 days behind so I should be hatching all weekend. Lol. There was only 10 surviving eggs to start with.

attimus AKA Zach
8 hona
5 Hmong
6 cemani(possible Hmong crosses)
All on day 7, checked one egg last night, veining. Candling the rest tonight.

Egg update.
Incubator was unplugged for my entire shift at work last night. Returned to normal working conditions upon realization. Am not optimistic at this point but stranger things have happened.

Please tag me w/ updates! Note: If you just quote me and not tag, I won't be able to find it later to add it when I'm on a PC.
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@BantyChooks
I have 31 black penedesenca eggs in the incubator. 5 due to hatch today (2 out so far and I think 1 quit a couple days ago), 5 due on the 8th, 5 due the 14th, 3 on the 15th and 13 on the 20th.

I'm not sure how many of those others will make it (in fact it's amazing any at all hatch) because I'm still using the chicken executioner version of the electric chair called a Little Giant.
 
They don't have to be placed on their sides as long as they have room to pip/zip.
Have the eggs in question been turned at all during this time? I don't mean twisted in an upright position, I mean turned from side to side. If not, I wouldn't hold out much hope for viable chicks from them.

I do find that interesting. After having lots of artificially incubated baby chicks and then those with broodies, I never gave pasted vent a thought till I started using the probiotic powder in chicks water. Then I put 2 and 2 together.

I'm sure they do but they don't seem to take it as hard as dogs. Any sudden move or noise startles my birds but when I closed up Monday night during what sounded like a war zone, they seemed OK. So they probably got used to it.

We saw the new shark movie - "Shallows" on Sunday. It was really intense.

That is huge.
Hard on wildlife.


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Most of the old poultry farmers up north of me have embraced bantams because the egg output per feed input is greater with bantams.

All cockerels I don't exactly understand.
A friend up the road from me had chickens but didn't eat eggs. He just liked sitting at his desk in the morning and see chickens in his yard when he looked out the window.
I sometimes still have some clear space in the small end on day 18.

@BantyChooks

I have 31 black penedesenca eggs in the incubator. 5 due to hatch today (2 out so far and I think 1 quit a couple days ago), 5 due on the 8th, 5 due the 14th, 3 on the 15th and 13 on the 20th.

I'm not sure how many of those others will make it (in fact it's amazing any at all hatch) because I'm still using the chicken executioner version of the electric chair called a Little Giant.

Thank you CC!
 
They don't have to be placed on their sides as long as they have room to pip/zip.
Have the eggs in question been turned at all during this time? I don't mean twisted in an upright position, I mean turned from side to side. If not, I wouldn't hold out much hope for viable chicks from them.


I'm not sure how many of those others will make it (in fact it's amazing any at all hatch) because I'm still using the chicken executioner version of the electric chair called a Little Giant.


They have been turned with an automatic turner in said electric chair. Everything is looking pretty good today. Im hoping for a 50% hatch.
Thanks for your response!
 
@BantyChooks
I have 31 black penedesenca eggs in the incubator. 5 due to hatch today (2 out so far and I think 1 quit a couple days ago), 5 due on the 8th, 5 due the 14th, 3 on the 15th and 13 on the 20th.

I'm not sure how many of those others will make it (in fact it's amazing any at all hatch) because I'm still using the chicken executioner version of the electric chair called a Little Giant.
good Luck!!
 
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