June Hatch A Long

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Ugh. I just had a sticky chick. Covered in sticky foo clearly couldn’t move. Now, it’s in a bow though, because it had the teeniest tiniest yolk left. :-(

Cross your fingers for that guy. I kept proceeding through the funk and he didn’t want to move and I thought I was running out of time. . . But he was still absorbing.

You’re very attentive! I’m sure that you are giving these babies every chance to live! I’ve only hatched ducks once, on their sides. That went very well so nothing to compare it with... My mallards externally pipped at 26 days and then just sat there... After 2 days I started poking around through the pip trying to help, and they very vigorously protested, like “Hey, I’m laying here absorbing yolk! Go away!!!”, then they got themselves out a few hours later. I kinda feel like those mallards never really forgave me... Maybe next year I’ll hatch more ducks and try the voice imprint!

 

[jolenesdad]

Last nights ducks are out! All in the Brinsea have hatched and I keep putting the assisted hatches in there. The little giant is just holding the ICU eggs and I went ahead moved the two external good pips too.

Also...uh oh. I love ducks.

 

[Knighstar679]

Getting close to hatch day. About 4/5 days left before hatching day. Going to do another candle tonight see how the Australian Spotted Ducks are getting along. These are the ones due to hatch by this weekend.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Last nights ducks are out! All in the Brinsea have hatched and I keep putting the assisted hatches in there. The little giant is just holding the ICU eggs and I went ahead moved the two external good pips too.

Also...uh oh. I love ducks.

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Such little cuties!!! Congratulations on your successes!!!

 

[jolenesdad]

Such little cuties!!! Congratulations on your successes!!!

Thank you!

The upside-downs are starting to have veins clear up. Here’s the latest successful assist!

 

[Bookworm0124]

Guys I think I cooked my incubator eggs. The heat reading part was not in the incubator for some reason and my second thermometer was reading 118!!!! I couldn't see what the second said in my panic to open it and cool it down. I'm really hoping it was wrong

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Thank you!

The upside-downs are starting to have veins clear up. Here’s the latest successful assist!
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Wow! You ROCK at duckling assistance!!! That duckling is looking up at you like you’re her guardian angel!!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Guys I think I cooked my incubator eggs. The heat reading part was not in the incubator for some reason and my second thermometer was reading 118!!!! I couldn't see what the second said in my panic to open it and cool it down. I'm really hoping it was wrong

Someone else on this thread thought that they cooked their eggs but it was a faulty thermometer... Donyiu another thermometer to check?

 

[Bookworm0124]

Someone else on this thread thought that they cooked their eggs but it was a faulty thermometer... Donyiu another thermometer to check?

I have two in there because well.... I'm paranoid. I didn't get a good look at the second one in my rush. Fingers crossed. I'll check in a bit for movement.

 

[LilyD]

Hi @LilyD, I’d love your thoughts on our hatch, which went quite poorly. I’m trying to learn so I can do better with our next hatch. In retrospect, I wish I’d kept the eggs in the incubator to hatch so I could have assisted, though I had thought that the OE eggs were doing well and unlikely to need assistance. Two were in the beak over right wing malposition and did not internally pip. When I started trying to help on day 21 they had already passed. My clue that I would have needed to intervene earlier was that the healthy chicks hatched at the beginning of Day 20. It was a few days back that I posted the following...

I definitely think I would test your incubator not only for over all temp but also for hot and cold spots in the incubator. I have noticed that depending on where the temperature gauge is in the incubator there could be a variant of +- a degree or more in a lot of the styrofoam bators more for the ones with still air than the forced air but the forced air ones can have issues as well.

Beak over wing in incubators is said to be caused most often by heat stress or the incubator running too hot which could be corroborated by the fact that your chicks that did hatch did so on day 20. As an experiment you could try putting a calibrated thermometer into the incubator and comparing the temps in different areas to map your temps and see if you have hot zones. You could also based off the evidence you already have run a degree cooler on the next incubation and see if that resolves the issues. It's not unusual for the incubators to have issues with temp regulation after a while.