June Hatch A Long

[SunHwaKwon]

This little one (lavender or porcelain d'Anver, do you know which?) hatched last night. I hope it doesn't end up being the only chick that hatches. At least it has my broody hen to take care of it so it won't be lonely.

 

[SueT]

This little one (lavender or porcelain d'Anver, do you know which?) hatched last night. I hope it doesn't end up being the only chick that hatches. At least it has my broody hen to take care of it so it won't be lonely.

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Very sweet!
Is it with the broody now?

 

[juliasflock]

The scariest thing to wake up to happened. I thought I cooked my day 20 eggs. One of my thermometers was reading 109!!! I freaked out. It was the digital meat thermometer that I’ve used for all my hatches as my secondary read.

The one inside the incubator was reading fine, so I grabbed my husband’s Weber iGrill thermometer and it’s exactly where it should be

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Very sweet!
Is it with the broody now?

Yes, and she is already in love with the baby and very happy. I tried to take a picture of them together but the baby kept hiding.

 

[jolenesdad]

Yes, and she is already in love with the baby and very happy. I tried to take a picture of them together but the baby kept hiding.

Yay so glad they’ve got each other!!!

 

[jolenesdad]

The scariest thing to wake up to happened. I thought I cooked my day 20 eggs. One of my thermometers was reading 109!!! I freaked out. It was the digital meat thermometer that I’ve used for all my hatches as my secondary read.

The one inside the incubator was reading fine, so I grabbed my husband’s Weber iGrill thermometer and it’s exactly where it should be

 

[jolenesdad]

I’m making a hatch spreadsheet/chart I can use to start hatch comparisons and notes.

Here’s what I have for each egg, let me know what else you would want to keep note of...

Egg location in incubator (I opted not to change positions since I hadn’t for the first half)
Position during hatch (upright or side)
Position during lockdown (side or carton)
Breed
Starting weight
Finish weight
Percent loss
Visual inspection size of air cell
Air cell status at beginning
Egg cleanliness rating
Time of internal pip if noted
Time of external pip
Time of zip
Time of hatch
Notes

I know I won’t get all the info on every egg, but I’ll try and keep track so I can start records for comparison.

 

[jolenesdad]

Also.... I’ve got several of those shipped eggs with fluid at the bottom of the egg, some being incubated on side.

I have a couple options....

Setup little giant and continue incubating them to see if they continue growth... monitor for internal pips before upping humidity?

Weigh and if theyve lost enough, put into lockdown with all the rest but put at side of incubator in cartons to see if they can still hatch but not drown in the fluid?

Put in cartons for lockdown at same time as others, but separate from the others and put in little giant.

 

[HolyDuckBatman]

So I woke up today & my baby was gone I'm so completely heartbroken, I can't even put it into words. He did sleep a ton, & he kept trying to walk but couldn't & did seem weak last night, so I tried to give him food & water & he just wouldn't accept it, but I went to bed thinking that everything would be okay today, & he just needed time I wanted to come back & truly thank you guys though, for walking me through everything. If it wasn't for all of you, he would have had no chance at all, & I'm glad that we had that day with him...

 

[jolenesdad]

So I woke up today & my baby was gone I'm so completely heartbroken, I can't even put it into words. He did sleep a ton, & he kept trying to walk but couldn't & did seem weak last night, so I tried to give him food & water & he just wouldn't accept it, but I went to bed thinking that everything would be okay today, & he just needed time I wanted to come back & truly thank you guys though, for walking me through everything. If it wasn't for all of you, he would have had no chance at all, & I'm glad that we had that day with him...

What a precious little one, I am so sorry for your loss! :-( you did everything you could do, and I hope that you find solace in learning something to move forward even more prepared. We have all been there and it’s so tough.