Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[BBAcres]

Worries me.....

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Thanks for this. I must have missed this step. I thought the tips said to close the vents at lockdown. When do you open the plugs? At the first pip or sooner?

I am pretty new to this but have been stagger hatching for two months now.

15 min after I pulled the plug on the Genesis both of the pipped eggs started to move towards zipping--cracks are forming and the holes are getting bigger.

 

[kathyinmo]

Quote: Thanks for this. I must have missed this step. I thought the tips said to close the vents at lockdown. When do you open the plugs? At the first pip or sooner?

I am pretty new to this but have been stagger hatching for two months now.

15 min after I pulled the plug on the Genesis both of the pipped eggs started to move towards zipping--cracks are forming and the holes are getting bigger.


I never close mine. I threw them away. Most important that they have oxygen to hatch and survive. At least open them up the last couple days. Like I said, I don't close them at all, ever.

 

[dsqard]

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I never close mine. I threw them away. Most important that they have oxygen to hatch and survive. At least open them up the last couple days. Like I said, I don't close them at all, ever.

X2 For me because I know I would forget to open them so I always work the temps with them open/pulled.

 

[mstricer]

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It's not my computer. Lot's of people have been reporting trouble since Thursday. Most people aren't having trouble. I've seen this before on other forums, I've never been one of the affected people before and now I can see how frustrating it is.

Deb

Is that the day they did maintance on the site at around 5pm? I hope it gets better. Look at that I think this thread is going to make it to 10000 posts!!!!!!!!!!

 

[lilstar]

I'm sick with worry After over 24 hours of lazy duckies pipped and resting, they started zipping like crazy! We were so excited! And then.. I looked at the thermometer. At least 120*. I say "at least" because 120* is where it maxes out. I think a child may have fiddled with it. I unplugged the incubator immediately. Its now down to an appropriate temp and it wasn't that high for very long. Definitely under an hour, probably under half an hour. I heard occasionally peeping and saw movement when it was that high, but I haven't heard anything or seen movement in a while. Please.. please let them just be resting! Its just ominous to see a bill through the zip so clearly and no movement. How long can they survive with temps that high? Do you think the chickens that I set sunday night (so, due most likely tomorrow, unpipped) are toast?

 

[dsqard]

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Is that the day they did maintance on the site at around 5pm? I hope it gets better.
Look at that I think this thread is going to make it to 10000 posts!!!!!!!!!!

Yes ever since that day I have been having issues posting. If I remember to preview first it is not too bad, but half the time I forget and have to do the "workaround" again.

 

[mstricer]

Wzorries me.....

That would worry me too. I had the same thing happen my last hatch, it didn't go well

 

[kvmommy]

My pipped blue egg from crazy pet lady was upside down and hasn't progressed, using a chopstick I turned it over and the chicks beak was moving so its ok for now. Then a second later the chicks rolled it around again. They really need to get them out of there. 6 is great, but I set 138 eggs. and a couple seramas and quail would be nice too!!! I wish this one would hatch so I can pull some chicks out before others pip...if they pip. Still nothing from the hovabator. I'm thinking my heat spikes although didn't kill them did too much damage. WE'll see. a couple were set a on the 19th so they would be later regardless.

I read someplace that you close the vents because its thes lack of oxygen that causes the chicks to know its time to come out and it causes the convulsions which makes them internally pip.
But I know nothing.

I'm sorry some of you dont' have pips. But don't lose faith! Today is hatch day and as you know some people have hatches on day 30! Disregard all those early hatchers (ahem, Mahroni).

Oh and those that are having issues posting, I think it was Dsqard that told us how. Before you post, hit preview, then post it. IF you accidentally hit submit first it won't work. Just copy it, hit refresh and then paste it, hit preveiw and submit. IF you're brain dead like me, you'll hit submit a couple of times accidentally and have to redo it a couple of times. But it totally works.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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Ah, so we were "unsupervised" and able to make the exchange!

DH still hasn't counted all the turkey eggs.

I ended up blabbing about the eggs over breakfast. He said he didn't care. And he left me alone anyway once we got to the swap, went to the gun range for a bit, went to get coffee and tea for me, went to Home Depot for wood... each time he'd come back he'd go OH THEY HAVE GOATS NOW! AND PIGS! YOU SHOULD GO SEE THEM!

I was ogling a very cute grey and white rabbit at the station next to mine, it was a good thing it sold.

I'm thinking about putting my turkey eggs in now... because I have no patience.