JUNE - JULY HATCH-ALONG!!!!!!!

[CluckNDoodle]

okay.... im going in.

Fingers crossed for you!! Keep us updated!

 

[jolenesdad]

as I was making a safety hole I heard an actual peep. Safety hole made, back in the Bator.

Okay, so, with that LARGE of an air cell, doing that safety hole, is that going to be too much? Do I need to open the air cell and oil the membrane, or should I leave it as is?

 

[jolenesdad]

And why not... another question.

How long do you wait right here? This chick has been here and not “progressing” since I’ve been back in here for fifteen minutes and I was gone for an hour. it clearly has moved from pip stage, and is taking a break, but with everything going on.... breaks make me nervous. Additionally, that fluid on the cardboard underneath the egg if you can see it was not there before. Pretty sure it spilled out of the egg.

Sorry for the fuzzy photo. The Brinsea has a double acrylic lid and once fuzz gets in there, photos are a no go

 

[CluckNDoodle]

as I was making a safety hole I heard an actual peep. Safety hole made, back in the Bator.

Okay, so, with that LARGE of an air cell, doing that safety hole, is that going to be too much? Do I need to open the air cell and oil the membrane, or should I leave it as is?

That depends on the size of the safety hole and how dry the incubator is. You could always wait a bit longer and breath easy knowing that the chick is breathing as well.

And why not... another question.
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How long do you wait right here? This chick has been here and not “progressing” since I’ve been back in here for fifteen minutes and I was gone for an hour. it clearly has moved from pip stage, and is taking a break, but with everything going on.... breaks make me nervous. Additionally, that fluid on the cardboard underneath the egg if you can see it was not there before. Pretty sure it spilled out of the egg.

Sorry for the fuzzy photo. The Brinsea has a double acrylic lid and once fuzz gets in there, photos are a no go

I'm assuming we're talking about the dark egg? The fluid and pausing for that long at that point would probably worry me a bit more but as long as you can see that the beak and nostrils are clear of membrane or fluid, you have more time to decide. I can't tell in the image but if you don't see the beak then I would delicately move some of the shell and membrane until you know nothing is obstructing it's breathing.
I' looked at the picture again and it does kind of look like it made a zip all the way around the egg and it's just not able to push out. If that's the case and the membrane dried and is too tough to tear that last little bit, you can just pop that little bit of membrane and put the chick back in the incubator to finish.

 

[jolenesdad]

That depends on the size of the safety hole and how dry the incubator is. You could always wait a bit longer and breath easy knowing that the chick is breathing as well.



I'm assuming we're talking about the dark egg? The fluid and pausing for that long at that point would probably worry me a bit more but as long as you can see that the beak and nostrils are clear of membrane or fluid, you have more time to decide. I can't tell in the image but if you don't see the beak then I would delicately move some of the shell and membrane until you know nothing is obstructing it's breathing.
I' looked at the picture again and it does kind of look like it made a zip all the way around the egg and it's just not able to push out. If that's the case and the membrane dried and is too tough to tear that last little bit, you can just pop that little bit of membrane and put the chick back in the incubator to finish.

It hasn't zipped all the way around. It looks like it just missed a spot, so Im on alert if that membrane is tough, but I think it can make it. It's a little quiet right now for my liking, but, ill just monitor. I imagine if it cant get out it will start SOME sort of distress action.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

It hasn't zipped all the way around. It looks like it just missed a spot, so Im on alert if that membrane is tough, but I think it can make it. It's a little quiet right now for my liking, but, ill just monitor. I imagine if it cant get out it will start SOME sort of distress action.

You've got this!!!

 

[jolenesdad]

Ugh one of my sticky chicks Has a fused eyelid I found trying to clean it a little. If I try and separate the eyelid, I can only see about the first third. The rest of the eyelid doesn’t seem to even be there...

Is that a cull?

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

It hasn't zipped all the way around. It looks like it just missed a spot, so Im on alert if that membrane is tough, but I think it can make it. It's a little quiet right now for my liking, but, ill just monitor. I imagine if it cant get out it will start SOME sort of distress action.

This was my most common guinea egg problem, one of even zipped all the way around twice and still couldn’t get out! The egg shell membrane got dried out and then the keets were unable to break it. I started grabbing them if they had zipped all the way around, then tore the membrane myself and freed the keet. I did this at least six times out of the 50
hatched and none had a problem. I did have one that died; it was in the back and I couldn’t see that it had zipped, broken the shell all the way around, but the egg membrane was mostly intact, so it smothered. Your egg is probably too open to smother, so my only point was that all of these keets were very ready to hatch! Anyway, you got this!!!

 

[jolenesdad]

He is out!

He had a completely fused section of air cell membrane over his neck so needed help he couldn’t turn.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Ugh one of my sticky chicks Has a fused eyelid I found trying to clean it a little. If I try and separate the eyelid, I can only see about the first third. The rest of the eyelid doesn’t seem to even be there...

Is that a cull?

Oh no! I don't have any idea, I've never seen that before! It does sound like a defect but chickens can survive just fine with only one eye. Hopefully it will open after some time passes? That membrane can be like cement. If it doesn't peel right off after the chick dries then you could try Vaseline or oil to peel the membrane off...I sure hope that's what it is and not the eyelid.