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Looks more like it should be for the Rooster Croaking contest.
Looks more like it should be for the Rooster Croaking contest.
Mahonri's 2nd Annual NYDHatch, watching them grow...
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I have had hatches spread over 72+ hours from the first chick out to the last pip. From first pip to last chick out, I had one set that was 5 days!!! I say don't count them out until you know they are goners. I would pip the tip to look for signs of life tomorrow morning if you can't tell by candling.
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I would leave it, but do you hear peeping? If you have been hearing peeping for more than 8 hours, I would pip a millimeter square TEENY hole in the fat tip of the egg just to allow some air in- bigger than that and it could dry out and NEVER hatch. You won't be able to see in through the hole. Don't try, as that will make it too big. You WILL be able to see better inside the shell if you candle through the hole, so you may learn more about what's going on.
Hurrying the eggs is a risk, just like not helping is a risk- it's a terrible balance, and we ALL feel confused about what to do when the delay seems brutal.
C'mon chickies!!!
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Thank you both.
I have had hatches spread over 72+ hours from the first chick out to the last pip. From first pip to last chick out, I had one set that was 5 days!!! I say don't count them out until you know they are goners. I would pip the tip to look for signs of life tomorrow morning if you can't tell by candling.
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I would leave it, but do you hear peeping? If you have been hearing peeping for more than 8 hours, I would pip a millimeter square TEENY hole in the fat tip of the egg just to allow some air in- bigger than that and it could dry out and NEVER hatch. You won't be able to see in through the hole. Don't try, as that will make it too big. You WILL be able to see better inside the shell if you candle through the hole, so you may learn more about what's going on.
Hurrying the eggs is a risk, just like not helping is a risk- it's a terrible balance, and we ALL feel confused about what to do when the delay seems brutal.
C'mon chickies!!!
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Thank you both.
Ms.FuzzyButts :
Been reading to get caught up.. and was just about to post that I still had no more pips.. But before doing so, I got up and looked one more time. Sometime between checking for pips and seeing none and getting caught up on this thread.............................................. I have a pip!!!!!!!!!!!
Wheew, I was so afraid I was going to have a lonely hatchling.. But I still don't get it. I set them all on December 11th at noon with everyone else. Temps and humidity have been spot on. This has got to be my 20th hatch atleast and never a problem like this... It just confuses me to no end!
Set 8
5 made it to lockdown
1 hatched Dec.31st
Currently 1 pip at 10:15 am on Jan 2nd..
????????????
My girls have come off strike and I have almost 2 dozen eggs waiting to go in... But this is making me second guess myself!!
*Edited for fumble fingers...*
Encouraging information.
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I am still trying to read and catch up. I went to help a friend with her new house. She got the keys on Christmas Eve and we were going to do some cleaning and such yesterday. She called me just before I got there and let me know that there was no water as the water line in the pump house froze. We put a light in to thaw it and as it thawed, we discovered that the freeze had split the pipe. Not cool, but oh well. So long day yesterday.
I got one quail chick hatched. Not sure why, but one other had zipped and then died inside the shell. All the other eggs had quit at various points.
Disappointing but so much better than my first try at hatching.
Funny this morning, Buster (the SS rooster that contributed to the hatchlings I got) has been trying very hard to convince me that he needs to be invited to dinner. He does not really do his job watching out for the girls and has been sneaking up and flogging me lately. So he decided to run from across the yard and attack today. I turn after he gets me and boost his little feathery butt. Just then I notice the turkey hen had run after him. She attacks him anf chases him back across the yard. Apparently, she did not like that he attacked me. I think my good girl needs a reeally good treat.
Been reading to get caught up.. and was just about to post that I still had no more pips.. But before doing so, I got up and looked one more time. Sometime between checking for pips and seeing none and getting caught up on this thread.............................................. I have a pip!!!!!!!!!!!
Set 8
5 made it to lockdown
1 hatched Dec.31st
Currently 1 pip at 10:15 am on Jan 2nd..
????????????
My girls have come off strike and I have almost 2 dozen eggs waiting to go in... But this is making me second guess myself!!
*Edited for fumble fingers...*
Encouraging information.
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I am still trying to read and catch up. I went to help a friend with her new house. She got the keys on Christmas Eve and we were going to do some cleaning and such yesterday. She called me just before I got there and let me know that there was no water as the water line in the pump house froze. We put a light in to thaw it and as it thawed, we discovered that the freeze had split the pipe. Not cool, but oh well. So long day yesterday.
I got one quail chick hatched. Not sure why, but one other had zipped and then died inside the shell. All the other eggs had quit at various points.
Disappointing but so much better than my first try at hatching.
Funny this morning, Buster (the SS rooster that contributed to the hatchlings I got) has been trying very hard to convince me that he needs to be invited to dinner. He does not really do his job watching out for the girls and has been sneaking up and flogging me lately. So he decided to run from across the yard and attack today. I turn after he gets me and boost his little feathery butt. Just then I notice the turkey hen had run after him. She attacks him anf chases him back across the yard. Apparently, she did not like that he attacked me. I think my good girl needs a reeally good treat.
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Just keep waiting. I would wait until tomorrow morning to candle again to see if they are still alive. I am going to try this again but I think I am going to wait until the Easter hatch before attempting again. Main thing I have learned is that I do need a spot check thermometer before attempting again. Goochgirl, there is hope just have to wait until they are ready to come out!
Sorry, what is a spot check thermometer?
Just keep waiting. I would wait until tomorrow morning to candle again to see if they are still alive. I am going to try this again but I think I am going to wait until the Easter hatch before attempting again. Main thing I have learned is that I do need a spot check thermometer before attempting again. Goochgirl, there is hope just have to wait until they are ready to come out!
Sorry, what is a spot check thermometer?
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Looks more like it should be for the Rooster Croaking contest.
I think it is proof that RathBone's rooster REALLY gave his all in crowing!
Looks more like it should be for the Rooster Croaking contest.
I think it is proof that RathBone's rooster REALLY gave his all in crowing!
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Brinsea makes a highly accurate digital thermometer with a probe to check spots in incubators. It is, cleverly, called a SpotCheck.
Brinsea makes a highly accurate digital thermometer with a probe to check spots in incubators. It is, cleverly, called a SpotCheck.
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It is a digital thermometer that is sold by Brinsea. I have noticed that many people on this thread used them for this hatch to verify their temps in their bators. I would guess that they are very accurate. Brinsea's web site says that they are accurate to .1 degrees. I am going to get one because I am convinced that the digital read out on my incubator was reading high or it is reading the temperature at the top of the incubator and not what the eggs were sitting at. I think that is why my eggs didn't start hatching until Saturday evening and I still have the two eggs that were peeping this morning. Mahonri mentioned that he thought his Brinsea was running cooler than he thought and increased his temp when he was down to just a few unpipped eggs. I did that yesterday (increased my temp by 1/2 degree) and I got a pip in the evening on the lav orp egg that hatched last night. The way things are going, my fourth lav orp egg might make it too, it just hasn't internally pipped yet so no peeping yet. I am not ready to give up on that one yet either. BTW the spot check thermometers are only $20 so I think it will be well worth the investment.
It is a digital thermometer that is sold by Brinsea. I have noticed that many people on this thread used them for this hatch to verify their temps in their bators. I would guess that they are very accurate. Brinsea's web site says that they are accurate to .1 degrees. I am going to get one because I am convinced that the digital read out on my incubator was reading high or it is reading the temperature at the top of the incubator and not what the eggs were sitting at. I think that is why my eggs didn't start hatching until Saturday evening and I still have the two eggs that were peeping this morning. Mahonri mentioned that he thought his Brinsea was running cooler than he thought and increased his temp when he was down to just a few unpipped eggs. I did that yesterday (increased my temp by 1/2 degree) and I got a pip in the evening on the lav orp egg that hatched last night. The way things are going, my fourth lav orp egg might make it too, it just hasn't internally pipped yet so no peeping yet. I am not ready to give up on that one yet either. BTW the spot check thermometers are only $20 so I think it will be well worth the investment.
Well I get the burnt biscuit award none of mine hatched
will leave them for another few days but I am not hopeful. I will try again these poor babys went thru alot of trama so I am not surprised. It has been fun trying to keep up with all the post and I have really enjoyed everyone. Congrats to all the new fuzzies. I will def. be in for the Easter hatch
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Upon very close inspection through the plastic incubator cover, I realized TJ chick #3 was actually upside down in the bottom shell half, so, the top half was on its bum. I guess it never turned in the egg? It was hatching upside down.
Okay, that could not be comfortable at all, especially all folded in half like It was.
So I broke out the Q-tips and a cup of warm water and went in to help it out.
Just one little bit of dried membrane sticking to the chick, effectively making a sort of "hinge" holding the two halves of the shell together at the chick's shoulders. All the important stuff was absorbed correctly; the chick was just stuck folded up, on its shoulders, legs up to kick feebly. It could breathe okay, but would need a whole lot of strength to right itself, stuck at the shoulders, there.
It is now out and resting. Whew!
Okay, that could not be comfortable at all, especially all folded in half like It was.
So I broke out the Q-tips and a cup of warm water and went in to help it out.
Just one little bit of dried membrane sticking to the chick, effectively making a sort of "hinge" holding the two halves of the shell together at the chick's shoulders. All the important stuff was absorbed correctly; the chick was just stuck folded up, on its shoulders, legs up to kick feebly. It could breathe okay, but would need a whole lot of strength to right itself, stuck at the shoulders, there.
It is now out and resting. Whew!
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