March Hatch-Along Thread- Come Hatch With Us!!!!!

[refamat]

Muscovy hatch #3 has happened. No idea how many until she brings them out, most likely tomorrow. I suspect they hatched yesterday (Friday 29th). As soon as I can I'll get some pictures

 

[sparkle1974]

* of my chicks of 18 have hatched so far and 8 have externally pipped omgsh more babies on the way I have already posted the 8 of them lol so cute oh and I ot a chocolate one named it coa coa lol

 

[ceocka]

Guess I missed an egg in the auto turner that didnt make it to lock down and it hatched last night. I am so excited. So 5 chicks alive. Lost one and two more pips.

 

[Brookhavens]

What kind of quail and what day are you on? Mine still aren't doing anything :-/

jumbo quail. They both hatched out yesterday. Wow are they tiny. I can't wait to see how small the button quail are when they hatch next Saturday.

 

[chickydee64]

HI,
Had one hatch two days early.don't know why.guess it was ready

Today is day 21...........have three zipping and four no action so far.
Have had the worst time with humidity.............Was going great.
100 temp 60 to 65 humidity.then last night the temp dropped to 95 and 45 humidity.
I have all trays full of water, two wash clothes (soaked) and a sponge.
Worked off and on for hours trying to get it up past 50.
It is now 101 and 60 humidity.........hope the little guys make it.
Just cannot figure it out. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[TweetyNPetey]

jumbo quail. They both hatched out yesterday. Wow are they tiny. I can't wait to see how small the button quail are when they hatch next Saturday.

Button Quail are the smallest bird I have ever seen! I had one that got mistaken for a bantam chick. THEY ARE SO SMALL. And adorable!!

 

[jhfamily5]

jhfamily 5:
Sounds like to high humidity to me.Did you have a hydrometer?????????

My Brinsea has one built in and a humidity pump to keep it steady too. I kept the humidity 40% days 1-7, dropped it to 35% per some suggestions of BYC'ers who said that was kinda high, and then on day 18 I went into lockdown and boosted the humidity to 65% and then 70% when my first ext pip had been pipped for 24 hrs (they hatched late despite steady temp of 99.6 the whole hatch). I thought that was spot on. My Brinsea manual actually recommends 40-45% until lockdown.

The weak one died yesterday and then the one with bad legs (one leg was through the yolk sac and stuck in a weird position and the other foot was slightly curled) died this morning. Despite shoes and leg wraps it's legs just couldn't quite position right and mobility was an issue. It was so strong though (and beautiful too) that we had to try. The three that hatched on their own and had spraddle leg (despite non-slip shelf liner in the bator and brooder) are doing fantastic. I removed their wraps this morning and they are right as rain now. Eating, drinking and pooping healthy. My daughter was desperate for a little paint silkie and when our 24 (BBS, Lavender and Paint) silkie eggs arrived with four marked paint she was pumped. Two of the three that made it were from those 4 eggs and one of the two was an actual paint so she is super excited and I am going to chalk this whole hatch up to "a learning experience" and just be glad that we got 3 out of 24 and she got her paint. Hopefully we will have better luck with our next hatch.

 

[Brookhavens]

Button Quail are the smallest bird I have ever seen! I had one that got mistaken for a bantam chick. THEY ARE SO SMALL. And adorable!!

I am hatching out some button quail later this week. I can't wait to see how small they are.

This is one of the jumbo's I hatched out:

 

[Vtown]

It can be tough losing a chick...I lost my first just 30 minutes ago... the heat lamp fell off and baked one of the chicks...thankfully the other 12 were not trapped under the lamp when it fell straight down umbrella style. Does anyone have bad experiences with these clamps on the heat lamps?

 

[hokankai]

You have to connect those lamps two different ways to prevent that from happening. Those clamps are not very good and I don't trust them.