January Hatch-a-long 2018

[Scott214]

And I love seeing baby chicks! It makes me want some of my own to pop out and it’s giving me chick fever!

 

[gimmie birdies]

Scott, I would check the egg on day 18, shine a light in the pointy end, if it is clear on the pointy end it may take longer for that chick to hatch. (pointy ends should be dark on day 16)

One more week!

 

[Scott214]

That sounds great to me! I will mark any that are clear on the pointy side just to be able to check on them. This week I feel will be the longest.

 

[Brooke215]

Out of those I had left, most died during the second week of incubation- from infection it looks like. That also happens to be when everyone in the house was horribly sick with a virus. Two were full term, one pipped through a vein and hemorrhaged. The other pipped wrong and drowned. I have three lovely fluffy butts out of the five full term. It's not too bad I guess. And I prematurely blamed my eBay incubator, which might be just fine.

 

[Scott214]

Awhhh how precious

 

[chickenmama109]

now i know that the three weeks are hard to make it it fills like forever lol buttt!! when you get to day 18!! and you are waiting for those's pips it really really fills like forEVER i just hope that every ones hatch go's well and that it does not take to LONG!!!!!! lol

 

[elizabethu42]

My broody got off her nest and her eggs were stone cold. She is back to sitting but I don’t know if the eggs have a chance. Help please

 

[chickenmama109]

Scott, I would check the egg on day 18, shine a light in the pointy end, if it is clear on the pointy end it may take longer for that chick to hatch. (pointy ends should be dark on day 16)

One more week!

i will try this thanks

 

[gimmie birdies]

I had hatched 6 around thanksgiving, and after that I had a hen who was broody so after a couple of weeks I decided to give her some eggs, seemed like one by one one of those eggs kept getting cold, eventually I brought them in to hatch indoors, but I had just Hope that hatched.

When things don't go your way you try and fix it, that is why I bought shipped eggs and borrowed an incubator.

 

[chickenmama109]

i did open the vent plugs and i add water it is day 18 the humidity was at 66 and it is down in the 45s again what do i do do i close the vents or just keep adding water and ive been opening the top of the bator to add water and move them apart will this hurt them im going to candle to night and i know not to open the incubator after to day but i do not know if it will hurt them to open it today please help