March 2022 Hatch-A-Long

[3KillerBs]

But I was worried about them getting dehydrated in the incubator heat -- not to mention the nasty poop building up in the bottom. One of them had been hatched for 18 hours already.

Oops, miscounted. The first-hatchling -- first by over 12 hours, had been in there for over 30 hours when I took them out.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Great job! Important to let them kick out by themselves, but no harm in giving them a little help when they’ve gone this far.

 

[Kholts]

OK, that was a good spot on the dried out membrane.

I started to dampen it and realized that it was dry as leather. So I took tweezers and peeled the dried membrane away. She started to kick vigorously, so I used tweezers to take little chips out of each edge of the zip where the membrane was dry until I hit soft membrane and she pushed her way out in about 30 seconds after that.

If you have spots of dried membrane you can use a thin layer of Vaseline or petroleum jelly. Then put it back. Usually hydrates the membrane enough that the duckling or chick can continue on.

 

[Poodlemum]

Update on the last two eggs!

Green didn’t develop past a few days old

Brown egg looks to be day 18-19, but lots of guts not inside it’s body I don’t think it looks like unabsorbed yolk, but there was plenty of rotten egg juices. Not compartmentalised in a yolk like the other two eggtopsies

 

[Poodlemum]

I did take photos Some distortion because I opened them inside a bag. If anyone wants to see, I can post

 

[3KillerBs]

I did take photos Some distortion because I opened them inside a bag. If anyone wants to see, I can post

Please do. I think I've got an egg to analyze myself and I need to learn.

 

[Poodlemum]

Spoiler: Eggtopsie Photos

 

[Josip]

Am in love with her

 

[Iluveggers]

Am in love with her

How can you not be?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

It looks like I can join the March hatch-a-long! 13 Porcelain d'uccles and 3 Gold Neck d'uccles!
I hadn't planned on hatching until April...but then WVduckchick posted an auction for some beautiful Porcelain d'uccles and she got me! lol