July Hatch-a-long

[KrazyChromatics]

had a power outtage for several hrs yesterday... i picked out egg ready to hatch soo and candled, looked like an internal pip, i broke a little shell off to get a look, yup! still alive

i wrapped my winter coat around the bator to insulate it ... seems to have done the job!

 

[Gen9]

Yesterday I received a call saying my bourbon red poults won't be coming in. The hatchery lost the invoice (after they charged it) then shipped out all the turkeys to other places. Apparently there was a problem this year and they lost 2 clutches, so the owner of the store called another hatchery, they as well lost two clutches. So I got a refund. Maybe it was for the better. A sign that I really shouldn't buy from hatcheries again. I was really looking forward to getting them, but I am happy with 15 +/- chicks of my own. I don't think the last two will hatch, because of my whole adventure last night. Yesterday the temp in my incubator kept going down to 95 too. I think maybe it had to do with not adding warm water to the incubator.

 

[Gen9]

had a power outtage for several hrs yesterday... i picked out egg ready to hatch soo and candled, looked like an internal pip, i broke a little shell off to get a look, yup! still alive

i wrapped my winter coat around the bator to insulate it ... seems to have done the job!

that is great!

 

[sharol]

I've been adding water to the incubator using a plastic tube and a syringe. It only takes half a syringe full twice a day to keep it where I want it. If I add hot water, the temp in the incubator spikes up several degrees for 30 minutes or so. If I use ambient temp water (about 75 degrees), the temp in the incubator stays stable or drops part of a degree -- from 100 to 99. I'm not to lockdown yet (Tuesday), and at that point I'll use water as close to 100 degrees as possible since I'll need lots more of it. Here in KS it doesn't take much water to keep it at 30% (my egg supplier's recommendation), but pumping it up to 60% or so will take more water.

This whole humidity/adding water thing is very challenging.

Sorry about your turkeys, but sometimes when things are just too hard to do, a person needs to rethink the whole idea.

Yesterday I received a call saying my bourbon red poults won't be coming in. The hatchery lost the invoice (after they charged it) then shipped out all the turkeys to other places. Apparently there was a problem this year and they lost 2 clutches, so the owner of the store called another hatchery, they as well lost two clutches. So I got a refund. Maybe it was for the better. A sign that I really shouldn't buy from hatcheries again. I was really looking forward to getting them, but I am happy with 15 +/- chicks of my own. I don't think the last two will hatch, because of my whole adventure last night. Yesterday the temp in my incubator kept going down to 95 too. I think maybe it had to do with not adding warm water to the incubator.

 

[Gen9]

I have straws and plastic tubing to add water so I don't have to open the lid. I really think it got that low because I had to keep adding water to keep it between 65-70. After it gets down to 65 it drops drastically so it was just easier to maintain. I think not getting turkeys worked out, because of this special one. It looks like it's trying to push out, but I can't tell if it has a yolk still attached ... also looks like there's a hygroma on it's back. I really hope there's nothing wrong with this thing. I didn't notice one last night or early this morning when it pushed itself out of the inner membrane.

I've been adding water to the incubator using a plastic tube and a syringe. It only takes half a syringe full twice a day to keep it where I want it. If I add hot water, the temp in the incubator spikes up several degrees for 30 minutes or so. If I use ambient temp water (about 75 degrees), the temp in the incubator stays stable or drops part of a degree -- from 100 to 99. I'm not to lockdown yet (Tuesday), and at that point I'll use water as close to 100 degrees as possible since I'll need lots more of it. Here in KS it doesn't take much water to keep it at 30% (my egg supplier's recommendation), but pumping it up to 60% or so will take more water.

This whole humidity/adding water thing is very challenging.

Sorry about your turkeys, but sometimes when things are just too hard to do, a person needs to rethink the whole idea.

 

[Gen9]

It's trying to push out now. So I put a carton next to its head so it won't do it too soon, to give it more time to absorb any yolk. By then it should have enough strength to push out regardless of things in its way.

 

[SunnyChicksFarm]

Hatching 10 Silkie eggs. I usually get blues, blacks, whites and splash! Hatch date August 5th.

 

[Gen9]

It's out, on its own. I'm going to let it sleep, looks good so far? From this angle the yolk looks absorbed, can't tell on the other side. Will update soon. *fingers crossed* this one survives

 

[Gen9]

Hatching 10 Silkie eggs. I usually get blues, blacks, whites and splash! Hatch date August 5th.

Sounds lovely! Good luck! Setting 12 eggs after this batch is done.

 

[Gen9]

I have a couple like this now, they were the questionable ones before I went into lockdown. I don't think mine will hatch though, especially after I did the assisted hatching last night. I wish I could tell you a definite answer!

Thanks for all the leg band input. Ordered from ebay.

Day 14-candled (with my new flash light).
Pulled 6 eggs. Now have 36 viable from my original 46 set.
FYI-the eggs laid along edge by motor have done well. Tossed one, second from motor, so temp wasn't an issue.

Question: one egg has a very irregular air sac. It was a egg that has been in turner, but its air sac is on side. Very dark, unable to see movement. Should I just toss? Or wait?