JAN 28th HATCH!!! Who's with me?!?

[dmiravalle]

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i tried the other one 1st and so far.... ITS WORKING. 3/4ths of it has already gone inside of her!!!!

I don't know if this is true, but I was taught, mushy chick syndrom is from to much humitity doing the first 18 days. Anyone's opinion on this. I believe that is what Storeys books say too.

 

[dmiravalle]

Ok, sooo I need the experts opinions.

Today is day 7 and I candled my eggy's. I have 15 LF LB eggs, shipped. I have never used the egg carton method before, or have hatched large breed eggs so this is my findings.

I definetely have 6 clear, but no sign of bloodrings, so I left them in.

The rest are heavier feeling, more solid, no sloshiness to them (don't think that is a real word). They have a dark mass towards the airsac, but I couldn't see any veins.

If they were bad, at this point, wouldn't they still be clear like the other eggs??? Do you think my babies will be hatching??

 

[KWAK]

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I don't know if this is true, but I was taught, mushy chick syndrom is from to much humitity doing the first 18 days. Anyone's opinion on this. I believe that is what Storeys books say too.

yeah it prob it....

hope none of the others have that


now less than 1/8 is out... man its going in pretty quick

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Well, finally brought myself to do the egg autopsies for Groups 1-3.

Group 1: 5 out of the 10 remaining unhatched died fully developed, guess they just weren't strong enough, or potentially they were sick. The other 5 quit after week 1.
Group 2: 2 out of the 3 remaining unhatched were mostly, but not fully developed. Not sure what went wrong.
Group 3: 1 out of the 4 remaining unhatched died after punturing the air sac, apparently was not strong/well enough to pip. The other 3 quit halfway through incubation.

I have learned some new things in our first ever home incubation... like, "give the incubator upwards of 10 minutes before readjusting the temp too high and cooking half of your first group!"

Hoping things go MUCH better with the next group to be set in 2-3 days time. Only going to set 1 group this time, so as to not interfere with lockdown dates.

 

[KWAK]

so one of my eggs is peeping and rocking right now... hope it will hatch soon, my 1st chick is doing fine now... surprised at how fast the yolk went in to the chick... i swear it wasnt even an hour... its so cute lol

think this one is a roo. ( the cross i have should make the roosters have white legs and hens grey

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[GreenGoddess]

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LOL... Don't feel bad.. My husband only wanted 4-7 hens for eggs.. Well, we got 5 the first time around, I picked out 3 chicks and he picked out 2 that were about a month old.. One that he picked out died 3 days after we got her... The other one he picked out turned out to be a roo... Luckily, the chicks that I picked out were all pullets...

THEN, I wanted to incubate... I built an incubator and my son and I watched through candling the babies growing.. Two out of 18 made it to day 21 but because i was inexperienced and the temps would fluctuate so badly, neither hatched, only one of which pipped through the air cell... Well, I just couldn't let my son watch for three weeks for nothing.. So, off to the feed store I went and picked up 6 barred rocks... Two of those ended up being roos so i got rid of one and kept one.. So, then we were up to 9... More than my hubby wanted in the first place....

THEN... In april of last year, I wanted to incubate again because I refused to fail!! If at first you don't succeed, try try again... Right?!?!?! LOL... So, I found someone to send me some eggs and put a few more from my girls in there and had a total of 36... Out of those, 26 or 27 hatched!! I was going to sell them all but there were a few that were special... One I helped hatch and had to nurse for several days because she was shrink wrapped.. I kept her and half the shell wrapped in a wet towel for 2 days, then for the next three days, I had to force feed her vitamin water because she could not walk and everytime she tried to stand, she would flop onto her side and act like she was having seizures... I was determined not to give up on her.. She will be 9 months old on April 14 and I absolutely LOVE her eggs.. Her name is Miracle and she is an americauna/RIR cross!! And then there is Shikoba (Koby for short) who is a beautiful black Americauna/dark brahma bantam and her feathers shine green.. She was the only chick I had that was feather footed... I just couldn't sell her.... Then there were the only two delawares that hatched... I didn't know if they were pullets or roos but i had to keep both to see if I got a pullet, right?? Well, unfortunately both were roos so I got rid of one and kept the other.. The one I kept is named "Snowball".... So, now I am up to 17.... WAAAAAAAY more than hubby originally wanted...

Now I am incubating again!!! I have 64 eggs set and I KNOW 49 of them are alive.. The other 15 I won't know for a few more days because they've only been in there for 2 days... My husband keeps telling me, "NO!" but, I will keep at least a few of them!! Especially if I get anymore feather footed chicks or if i need to nurse any... I just can't part with the "special" ones...

Goddess

 

[GreenGoddess]

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I am very glad to hear that!!!! Quick thinking and patience is all it takes sometimes..

Goddess

 

[KWAK]

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I am very glad to hear that!!!! Quick thinking and patience is all it takes sometimes..

Goddess

thanks for your help

 

[GreenGoddess]

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Sorry to hear about your unhatched chicks.. It's definitely a learning experience.. I am very glad you did get some chicks out of it though..

Goddess

 

[GreenGoddess]

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I am very happy to hear your first chick is doing well!!!!!

Goddess