Jan. 2022 Hatch-a-long

[AUChickenGal]

Can you dip her beak in a vitamin and electrolyte in water mixture?

I can, and I will if she doesn't perk up by morning. She's only been out of the shell for a little more than an hour, though. I'll give her a little more time before I intervene much. Currently, she's snuggled in wash rag on top of a heated rice sock. That's how I warm up all my chicks between the incubator and brooder phases. I like to give them a little "snuggle" time, and that usually perks them up. I'm not worried about her; she was the one who pipped into the wrong end of the egg, so I'm sure she just needs a little time to get herself oriented to the real world.

 

[BlueBaby]

I can, and I will if she doesn't perk up by morning. She's only been out of the shell for a little more than an hour, though. I'll give her a little more time before I intervene much. Currently, she's snuggled in wash rag on top of a heated rice sock. That's how I warm up all my chicks between the incubator and brooder phases. I like to give them a little "snuggle" time, and that usually perks them up. I'm not worried about her; she was the one who pipped into the wrong end of the egg, so I'm sure she just needs a little time to get herself oriented to the real world.

Good luck with her!

 

[AUChickenGal]

The slow starter chick is bright and alert this morning. She’s not quite ready to move to the brooder, but she’ll get there.

Still no pips on the two remaining eggs, though one showed good movement when I candled. Hopefully it gets on with things soon.

 

[AUChickenGal]

Chick #3 was also malpositioned. Darn shipped eggs. Looks like it hit a blood vessel while pipping and bled out while I was outside doing horse chores this morning. That's the first time I've lost a viable chick at hatch.

That leaves egg #4, which is the one with the saddled air cell. I'll be watching it like a hawk all day.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Going into lockdown today with the first batch of 10 Silkie eggs.

 

[BlueBaby]

Chick #3 was also malpositioned. Darn shipped eggs. Looks like it hit a blood vessel while pipping and bled out while I was outside doing horse chores this morning. That's the first time I've lost a viable chick at hatch.

That leaves egg #4, which is the one with the saddled air cell. I'll be watching it like a hawk all day.

Sometimes shipped egg's are like that if they have a good distance for journey. Plus, with this crazy weather that's been happening in places. I'm going to wait until spring before I order more of these.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Chick #3 was also malpositioned. Darn shipped eggs. Looks like it hit a blood vessel while pipping and bled out while I was outside doing horse chores this morning. That's the first time I've lost a viable chick at hatch.

That leaves egg #4, which is the one with the saddled air cell. I'll be watching it like a hawk all day.

It's a shame to have a chick make it to hatch and then have the bad luck of pipping into a vein.

Wishing you the best of fortune with #4!

 

[AUChickenGal]

The fourth egg is still showing no signs of pipping. Given that we’re more than 36 hours past the first hatch, I’m not optimistic, but I left it in the incubator when I rest a new batch of eggs. You never know, right?

 

[Bananer86]

We candled Saturday night & still have movement in all 8 eggs! Unfortunately I’m realizing the humidity struggle. Our humidity has held steady at 35% for 2 weeks then dropped to 20% last night. Today I’ve been trying to steady it back at 35-45% until Thursday.

 

[AUChickenGal]

My last egg didn’t hatch. 2/6 isn’t a great hatch rate, but, for shipped eggs in January, it could have been worse. And at least one of the two chicks that hatched is a pullet!

I’ve got one more hatch of my own flock set up now for a Valentine’s Day hatch date. Maybe the third time will be the charm for me this year. We’ll see, anyway.