March Hatch-A-Long

[Chicksnmind]

Here is a picture showing what I mean ..see how it’s only on the top half? Does that mean it got stuck to the shell?

Still no movement .

I think my oldest egg will be day 18 tomorrow . The others will be on 17. My tiny bantam eggs looks like it might be a early chick though it will be day 17 tomorrow. Not sure if I should start lockdown tomorrow or Wednesday.

 

[Chickassan]

No, it isn't stuck and don't worry about no movement it dosen't always happen.
You could lockdown today if you wanted, you'd only be giving them more time to position themselves but not doing any harm.

Here is a picture showing what I mean ..see how it’s only on the top half? Does that mean it got stuck to the shell?

Still no movement .

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I think my oldest egg will be day 18 tomorrow . The others will be on 17. My tiny bantam eggs looks like it might be a early chick though it will be day 17 tomorrow. Not sure if I should start lockdown tomorrow or Wednesday.

 

[cppeace]

That doesn't look full enough to me for day 17

 

[SA Farm]

That doesn't look full enough to me for day 17

Agreed

 

[Chicksnmind]

Really I don’t know what day this one is considered. This is one of the four that my silkie was sitting on during the night and off during the day for 4 days. I candles them and since they showed veins stuck them in the incubator. It was for sure moving a lot yesterday. I compared it to the picture that I posted yesterday of the same egg and it looks like a major vein is gone today.

My other 3 look like the picture below.

So if they developed like they were supposed to today they would be day 17. Since they went for so long with the hen getting off the nest that may have slowed development down.

 

[cppeace]

Well if I were just guessing by candle, I'd put that at day 13 or so. Still having at least a week to go if it will make it. Good luck!

 

[Ms Biddy]

What tips do you have to prevent malposition? Can you tell when candling? Looking back, I remember at least one of the three I lost last time was malpositioned.

I don't think there's anything you can do to prevent malpositioning or that you can see it. I would guess it's caused by weakness and weakness can be caused by many things including damage from shipping. In cattle, malpositions are linked to maternal health including things like mineral deficiencies. This is why ideally, hatching eggs would not be shipped and would only come from the healthiest hens.

I am editing to say that eggs with unusually small air cells allow the chicks to fill too much space in the egg. That space is not just for air, it's also the extra room that a chick uses to turn. Food for thought.

 

[Ms Biddy]

Oh man, I'm on the cusp of lock down for my remaining chicken eggs and my turkey eggs.

Out of 12 turkey eggs, only 3 have made it this far and 1 looks like the veins have disappeared so I fear it died but in light of *recent events* I'm just leaving it. I took a peek at them and one has internally pipped. Wow, lock down is starting a little early. Per directions for turkey eggs on the Porter's website, I've dropped the incubator temp slightly and bumped the humidity way up.

 

[cppeace]

good luck hon!

 

[Tatuana]

So I have a question to maybe ease my worry. The second egg I opened that I was sure was dead. It had a bunch of yoke still, and the membrane was kind of yellow/runny liquid inside. The yoke took up about as much space as the chick (that I could see).

I'm assuming since they're overdue to hatch that he was dead? I can still see the yoke in the live one, but it's much smaller.

I had a weird nightmare last night that I threw out a live chicken egg and it died a horrible death. (I dreamt they were due this weekend, not last).

I did throw out the one with the large yoke.


Still nothing from my chicks. Starting to worry!