January Hatch Buddies?

[Petej]

I've got six so far in January. Can I join the club??

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5440919#p5440919

 

[vebyrd36]

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Sure you can, we don't bite.

 

[Petej]

Consider me joined!

Waiting on two more eggs from this hatch. Got six already.....

 

[debilorrah]

Just wanted to say hi! Mine won;t go in until the 13th for the Chinese new years day hatch!

 

[newlyweds]

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Welcome, please show pics when you have them.

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I surely will thank you!! I also have a couple of fun mixes, some Naked Neck/Olive Egger and Salmon favorelle/OE, it should be fun to see what they will look like. I love hatching that are surprises.

 

[terrilhb]

Ok so I put my eggs in on Dec 31st at 8 p.m. So does this mean they in into lockdown on the 17th or the 18th at 8 p.m.? Thanks Remember this is my 1st time. Oh I am so excited. Can not wait

 

[newlyweds]

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So you would lock them down on the 18th at 8pm. A full 18 days after incubation.

 

[MuranoFarms]

I'm sorry but this chick is so darn ugly it's actually cute! lol I'll have to take some pics later.
I ended up with 3 FBMC chicks. I need to start using a hatcher. Doing lockdown in the bottom of the big bator doesn't work well. Well it does for 1 hatch, but when I have multiple hatches it's just too high humidity for the incubating eggs. I had 1 that pipped Friday and finally last night I gave up and helped. I opened the egg and he was pipped through the membrane....so as I peeled away the membrane (didn't see blood) a bunch of goo oozed out from behind him. His egg was full of sticky stuff. So after I get him cleaned up and resting I pick up the last 3 eggs. I candled 1 had quit probably right at lockdown, 1 was full of goo. I float tested them but was pretty sure they were gone. The last one pipped at the bottom and when I opened him he was full of goo and had probably drowned in it.

Poor guy.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I got 9 Hatching eggs from a local BYC'er yesterday.

 

[chkinut]

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#1- Eggs are permeable, meaning they breathe. Water evaporates from the egg during the first 18 days as the chick grows. If the humidity is too high the egg will not evaporate the water, and the air cell at the top will be filled with water, when the chick tries to break through the cap, they drown.. If the humidity is too low, the chicks grow very fast in the shell, all the water evaporates, and their bodies stick to the shell, and they cant break out to hatch. Also, Eggs grow in fluid, so when they come out they will inevitably be wet (if not they would stick to the shell and not hatch). That water layer allows them to break free from the shell and hatch out.

#2-Each egg is different, so they will breathe differently. Some are more porous then others, allowing for different rates of evaporation or absorption. Also the humidity will change in your incubator as water evaporates, so if an egg is developing slower than the others, and your humidity is dropped from evaporation that could cause some shrink-wrapping on the chicks. As far as why it only happens to the last chicks to hatch, im not sure. Someone else on here will inevitably know that answer..

thanks!! that's very helpful!!
i had a total of 5 Ameraucanas and 13 BCM!! i gave most of them away to 2 different people....and i kept 5 BCM in hopes of 2 hens!! now that i have only 5, i can socialize them all. it's VERY hard to socialize 13 BCM babies who all look alike!!

NOW i have 17 OE eggs in the bator and they're due to hatch on Jan 27th! i'm keeping ALL of them till i know which ones are roosters, then i'll give all the roosters away....then i'm gonna keep all the hens (if hubby doesn't kill me! lol).