JANUARY ...OUR FIRST HATCHING OF 2013 ANYONE? come join!!

[Roxannemc]

Morning Roxanne.

Morning Brook !
Whats the haps? AnythIng ready to hatch? Gotta look back on the last post s from everyone since last eveing
My Last PATHETIC messed up baby doing good! Im so happy...See above post.

 

[Brookhavens]

LESSON TO ME ; DONT GIVE UP TOO SOON
He was truly HOPELESS and i was SURE he would die .If i had the heart i would have culled him first day . such a mess..but I just couldnt do it.Im too weak
My lesson was dont give up too early on a seemingly totally hopeless case.
Even if he does die at least he had a few days of life cuddled in my lap and fed and walked a little like a real chicken.

FYI He is a HinkJC baby and truly the prettiest baby i ever have had ..so fuzzy and big.

My fingers are crossed for this little fighter and i have a glimmer of hope now .
POWER TO BLESSING.......

FIGHT ON!!!
Tape on his toes because first day all curled up he tore up his neck all bloody with his own nails.


Sleeping today all comphy,flash woke him.

so true Roxanne. There are several that I have now that I should have culled on the first day. I didn't have the guts to do it. I am too soft-hearted. The one thing I have learned from these chicks is to not jump the gun and help them out right away. I let them go until the last possible moment before I assist.The chicks are all perfectly normal now and you can't tell them apart from the other chicks health and size wise. A few have died but I have had more survivors than deaths. I tell myself it is in GOD's hands.

 

[Roxannemc]

so true Roxanne. There are several that I have now that I should have culled on the first day. I didn't have the guts to do it. I am too soft-hearted. The one thing I have learned from these chicks is to not jump the gun and help them out right away. I let them go until the last possible moment before I assist.The chicks are all perfectly normal now and you can't tell them apart from the other chicks health and size wise. A few have died but I have had more survivors than deaths. I tell myself it is in GOD's hands.

Thats so true Gods hands ....yesterday when i saw it stand i prayed it would live and be ok prayed HARD and today....GODs hands for sure
Was just thinking it was the one hatched out the center of the shell closer to the small end wonder if it breathed in fluid while hatching? How it acts i know its its lungs or heart. .The lungs possibly could get cleared up if so. maybe why he isntr breathing so hard as beofre.
Dont want t o Expect it though.. too much hope..but it would be wonderful.
Assist well.... it had not made much progress in 24 hours didnt seem to be going to either. Not much peeping at all the whole hatch maybe twice and quietly
I figured it had a physical problem was why i helped at 24 ..He had a quarter sized hole but not the membrane 2 small holes pipped in it ...one up one down and looked very dry been like that for hours .. .weird .so i just tore the middle out and chipped some shell by its head and he did the rest in short order..think he couldnt breath well so had to rest too often to really get into zipping.

 

[Roxannemc]

Hi! Just set my very first eggs this morning! 14 Silkies. Shipped eggs. PA to CA! Packed well...arrived intact. I let them sit for 19 hours big end up. Of the 14 at least 5 had funky air cells. Now they are all in the bator.... big end up and I am NOT going to turn or touch them for 7 days!

So far so good?

Welcome PInky and good luck on the hatch!!
Sounds like you have done a great job so far
What kind of an incubator do you have?
Only bad thing about incubating your eggs is ...its SOOOO ADDICTING!! You will be scared and excited and at the last days so excited you barely can breath
The first hatched chick is like a miracle happened and it truly did.
So enjoy every minute. and we are all here to help with any question. you have at all. ..GOOD LUCK and !

hatching thread.

Oh and not to be a downer but shipped eggs dont have a high hatch rate so dont be too disappointed kicking yourself like i was my first shipped I felt i did some terrible thing wrong and didnt know what but its just shipped eggs get scrambed often from the way USPS treats them
.Local eggs average 85% or better so you might want to look on Craigs or here on the swap or if yuhave a facebook chicken swap for your state ...good places.. for someone close to you to get eggs from to hatch out so you can see how well you can do
Most of mine have been shipped just gotta have the right mind set for them,.
What chicks i have gotten are fabulous and I am so thrilled But it is a big gamble every time

 

[samouw]

That is an awesome and inspiring story about the little chick you helped!

I am getting very impatient and having a hard time sitting on my hands. LOL Just saw a little star crack on #2 egg, so I'm holding my breath. Nothing on the other 11, but today is day 20, so I'm just trying very hard to be patient.

 

[PugBug]

"Only check them every 7 days!" everyone says, but that is a lot to ask for a chicken addict!!! XD

Yes it is! I check mine on day 5 to start, then about every 2-3 days until lock down. Seems every one has a different idea, some say you can candle every day & won't hurt, some 7, 14 & 18- then some ppl say they never check... I do know that with the Isbars I put in 3 days ago I have not checked & have not turned them either. After day 5 I'll put them in the turner to see if what I've heard will help since they were shipped. One good thing for me is I have the SFH chicks now to play with & the 2 buff orps, so I can let the eggs alone a bit more

 

[PugBug]

That is an awesome and inspiring story about the little chick you helped!

I am getting very impatient and having a hard time sitting on my hands. LOL Just saw a little star crack on #2 egg, so I'm holding my breath. Nothing on the other 11, but today is day 20, so I'm just trying very hard to be patient.

good luck!

 

[PugBug]

so true Roxanne. There are several that I have now that I should have culled on the first day. I didn't have the guts to do it. I am too soft-hearted. The one thing I have learned from these chicks is to not jump the gun and help them out right away. I let them go until the last possible moment before I assist.The chicks are all perfectly normal now and you can't tell them apart from the other chicks health and size wise. A few have died but I have had more survivors than deaths. I tell myself it is in GOD's hands.

Aw! I hope it continues to get stronger each day

 

[pinky67]

Thank you! i am very excited and a bit nervous! I have a brinsea mini advance . Right now it is full of 14 silkie eggs! I have them proped up on the pointy end and I plan to just let them be for at least 5 days. If I have more than 8 or nine viable at lockdown ( wishful thinking, I know) ill have to get a bigger bator for them to hatch in! We will see how it goes.....thankfully I am very well educated thanks to everyone on BYC!

 

[pinky67]

Thank you! i am very excited and a bit nervous! I have a brinsea mini advance . Right now it is full of 14 silkie eggs! I have them proped up on the pointy end and I plan to just let them be for at least 5 days. If I have more than 8 or nine viable at lockdown ( wishful thinking, I know) ill have to get a bigger bator for them to hatch in! We will see how it goes.....thankfully I am very well educated thanks to everyone on BYC!