July Hatch-a-long

[justoldbobo2]

Have two hatched out of my seven a day early! Ready for more more more

 

[jab91864]

I still have 2 eggs in the hatcher waiting for babies to come out...... come on lil babies!!!!!!!

on another note.... one of my hens decided to go broody yesterday with just 1 egg and the other hen that is in the pen with her decided to climb in the nest and lay an egg on top of the broody hen lol. it was funny to watch. anyway..... I couldn't just let her sit 2 eggs so I took the other hen out and slipped in 6 eggs from the incubator that I had set day before yesterday. so my dates and numbers are +2 I just gave up the care of 6 out of my 20 eggs due on the 22nd. woo hoo. so now I have 22 eggs due on the 22nd.

I just wish I could turn them all over to the hens.... they do such a better job than I do hehe.

LOL, have to agree a good broody is worth her weight in gold. I have had various types of incubators over the years and nothing has ever topped my broody gal.

 

[Gen9]

Rolling into day 4...or is it 3? 2 out of 22 look infertile. the air sac enlarged but didn't see any veins. I saw a lot of them with veins but I couldn't spot an embryo, I don't want to handle them again until day 10 or 12. does anyone know what this means? I've had some embryos floating right near the air sac. I'm afraid what nightmares I am going to have tonight...
They just won't stop

 

[crazyhen]

Get it out and get out the live ones, open quickly and mist the eggs still in there.

I agree.

 

[monita]

well 2 things to update..... the 2 eggs that were still in the hatcher didn't make it.

and I acquired another hen today.... I know it will take her a lil while to get adjusted to being here but hopefully she does that soon and decides to hatch some eggs too hehe.

 

[monita]

LOL, have to agree a good broody is worth her weight in gold. I have had various types of incubators over the years and nothing has ever topped my broody gal.

oh yea.... that's the truth right there. they have a lot better hatch rates and I don't have to take care of the babies lol. the hens can have all the eggs they want to sit on. I dont' mind a bit. lol

 

[Hennyetta]

My 2 out of 8 eggs are still looking very good on day 11. Little chicks rolling and squirming around in the eggs when I candle them!

I'm 99.9% sure the third one that I thought had a blood ring is, indeed, a blood ring and dead. Okay, so I'm actually 100% sure, but I'm still going to wait until day 14 to throw it out... just in case.

There was another egg that showed a red streak a few days ago, but now it doesn't anymore. Not sure what that is all about. Another egg seems to have a dark mass in it (not the usual-looking yolk) but I don't see any veining.

I'm just hoping to get two healthy chicks, and praying for them to be a hen and roo! I'm grateful that ANY are developing after the temp spike!

 

[jnjmanning]

My 2 out of 8 eggs are still looking very good on day 11. Little chicks rolling and squirming around in the eggs when I candle them! I'm 99.9% sure the third one that I thought had a blood ring is, indeed, a blood ring and dead. Okay, so I'm actually 100% sure, but I'm still going to wait until day 14 to throw it out... just in case. There was another egg that showed a red streak a few days ago, but now it doesn't anymore. Not sure what that is all about. Another egg seems to have a dark mass in it (not the usual-looking yolk) but I don't see any veining. I'm just hoping to get two healthy chicks, and praying for them to be a hen and roo! I'm grateful that ANY are developing after the temp spike!

If you are positive it is a blood ring get it out. If it decides to explode, you risk infecting all your eggs with a deadly bacteria

 

[EggieRowe]

So I have two chicks and a bunch of external pips and its day 18! I was told to try bumping up my Genesis half a degree after my last two hatches were kind of low (8 out of 14 & 4 out of 12). We were going out of town tonight and coming home Sunday since they were due to hatch Friday night. Should I put the bator in the car? I have an inverter. Or leave them here and put some food and water in there?

 

[EggieRowe]

Also, I hadn't even locked down the bator, so humidity was only 26% but they are the peppiest newly hatched chicks I've ever had. I added some very warm water and bumped it up to 60%. I'm kind of panicking!