March 2022 Hatch-A-Long

[Chookwagn]

31 eggs into lockdown last night

 

[Tori1133]

Welcome!
Read this and be ready if you need to assist.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

Thanks you!! I will save that link!

 

[ThinMintTheChicken]

All 9 hatched! Still got another egg to go that just reached lockdown and 4 OEGB eggs that are a week behind the one on lockdown. (The blue/lavender one is the newest and was a bit premature because it developed later so it's spending the night in the incubator)

 

[Tori1133]

Important to not remove any membrane that has any active blood vessels.
Is the chick clicking it’s beak? If so it is still absorbing the yolk.

I haven’t heard any clicking just chirping! But maybe I missed the clicking… I’ll go listen more. Also ok thank you, I will be very careful of blood vessels if I try to help her out

 

[Tori1133]

I would watch. She may be stuck. If it was me, and she had made no progress by tonight or tommorow morning, I would peel back a little shell.

Okay thank you for your opinion I really appreciate it!! I am a pretty big over-thinker sometimes so can be hard to discern when my intuition is actually right haha I’ll keep an eye on her tonight

 

[LadiesAndJane]

All 9 hatched! Still got another egg to go that just reached lockdown and 4 OEGB eggs that are a week behind the one on lockdown. (The blue/lavender one is the newest and was a bit premature because it developed later so it's spending the night in the incubator) View attachment 3040110View attachment 3040111View attachment 3040112View attachment 3040113View attachment 3040114View attachment 3040115View attachment 3040116View attachment 3040117View attachment 3040119

Cute chicks! Love the fluffy faced ones. Great idea using the egg carton as a prop.

 

[ThinMintTheChicken]

Cute chicks! Love the fluffy faced ones. Great idea using the egg carton as a prop.

Thank you!!

 

[wolfwalker]

5 removed from the incubator. several more pipped and today is day 20.

 

[PioneerChicks]

27 Holland chicks!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

27 Holland chicks!

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Congrats!