Incubators Anonymous

[CapricornFarm]

Great news on your hatch, Aspen! I just got word from Tofuranch that she has a whole bunch hatched as well! I have grandchicks popping up all over:-D

 

[ki4got]

ok well it's official... my sultan roo's not shooting blanks. LOL

the last bantam chick to hatch is white. and seeing as Funky's my only white bird...

can't say i'm thrilled, his is also the worst personality. i have to keep reminding him at least once a week, that I am the bigger roo... but it's still a chick and still adorable. 8)

now just waiting on 2 ee and 1 more dorking. i think the ee that's pipped may need help, he's just made a huge hole in one spot and hasn't gone any further. pipped about 8 last night. the other ee has pipped internally. the dorking may also need help, looks all turned around. i can see a shadow of what looks like a wing or foot in the air cell. but he's breathing and moving so i just drilled a tiny air hole so he can get air.

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the EE is out... needed help, he was HUGE and glued to the side. and quite ready to go LOL

and even better! the other dorking egg pipped, and started zipping immediately!

 

[discoveregg]

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Congratulations and good job on the EE! It's always difficult to decide whether to help...or wait. Just being stuck to the shell is great news!

 

[ki4got]

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Congratulations and good job on the EE! It's always difficult to decide whether to help...or wait. Just being stuck to the shell is great news!

well i helped the dorking a bit too, he'd been internally pipped, and LOTS of movement in the air cell, but no external pip. so before bed last night i drilled a teeny hole in the top of the air cell... he zipped around TWICE before shoving

there was almost no shell left on the circumference by the time he decided he wanted out

and as a side note, i openned all the other eggs i hadn't seen movement in recently. noticed a few things...
first, all the EE that didn't make it to pip, were white. is there a lethal gene involved with white?
also, all the dorkings that didn't make it, the blood vessels didn't go all the way around the shell. that made me check the hatched eggs, and most of them also had sections that didn't have blood vessels too. makes me wonder if the auto turner isn't turning enough, or if there's something else going on. of them all, only 2 ee had complete coverage. even the bantams seemed to manage with a small void. tough little buggers. 8) maybe i need to redesign my turner. (it's the hovabator auto turner) figure out something else that will turn more completely. ok "engineer hat" on. bbl.

 

[LilyD]

Got back from shopping with my son and we had 4 totally out the others have kind of stalled but on the Delly side of the wall one of the Delly eggs is zipping. So that is 4 out 4 almost out and two more pips so far on day 20.

 

[AlienChick]

My FIRST time hatching about 31 eggs.

Seven did not hatch: 5 were clear/infertile and 2 died during some stage of development.

ALL the rest hatched and are doing fine.

I love my Hovabator 1588!

I'm REALLY fighting the urge to hatch more over the winter. [Gotta be strong!]

 

[LilyD]

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I understand where you are coming from. This has to be my last hatch for the season to give the girls and boys time to be laying by spring and producing our own eggs so that I can decide who to keep and who to raise to either sell or as meat birds for the freezer. It's going to kill me to not be hatching during the winter months but I am going to try really hard to be good lol. I use an LG and so far this year I have been having great hatches with it. I am still only on day 20 and the eggs are hatching away can't wait to see what my final total is.

As a side note. My little 18 week old EE rooster must have gotten lucky with at least one of my girls. I didn't think my large rooster would let him breed since he likes being top dog but I have one little chick that has definite stripes and black marks on it's wings and back. It also has the mascara around it's eyes. I will take pictures once they dry off a bit more.

Hope everyone's hatches are going well.

 

[DMRippy]

Ok 17 pipped, 1 was out, 30 total in lockdown (I don't have hope for about 3-5 but thought I would try anyway) looked like 2 of the Marans had pipped

and 1 Lav Am.

I think all of my RIR x NH had pipped (10 total) and 1 was out. I should have tons of babies in the morning.....

 

[LilyD]

5 out now 4 are zipping as we speak and two very stubborn ones have pipped but aren't doing anything else. The rest are waiting for hatch day tomorrow like good little chickies. Hopefully we see some more action then

 

[Impress]

I just took a large enclosed rabbit playpen and set it up on my porch with a piece of plywood under it, ran an extension cord out there, and realized I just made a massive grow out pen. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm making them a large heated attached box to get warm in, and they will have a 4 x 6 area to run around in on top of that! I can hatch more this winter I do believe!