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

[sparkle1974]

I only assist a chick if it needs it and that is the best way to go or if they are in distress that is the only time i ever help I do help the twins though cause it is two or three at a time and it is very tricky with three but I have done it by making their holes a little bigger so they can breathe thats all....

 

[StarlinaStan]

I put six eggs in the bator on 3/3/13. One hatched on the 25th and two hatched on the 27th one of them is not doing to well and hardly moves around. I hope it lives.

 

[Arkansas81]

my babies are doing very well! tagalong is making big strides in the right way every day/hour. i am just so relieved that she is turning around...i was really worried there for awhile. now i'm on the look out for silkies...do you know of anyone close to me? i would like to get show quality or as close to sop as possible...i'm looking foward to april hatch a long...is there one yet?

 

[ceocka]

[COLOR=008080]Sweet remarks about great grandma's.............It is so great to be able to pass skills on.......[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008080]My daughter asked if  I would teach her to can this summer..so excited she wants to learn........... [/COLOR]
[COLOR=008080]I love to chrochet..A few years ago I was very ill and down for about 5 months........[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008080]I had many people help me with almost every thing............Made each one of them an afgan.........[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008080]One of them took 200 hrs to make.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008080]Darn.now you have given me the crochet bug again.......... [/COLOR]

My friends house burnt down last summer. Her afghans were in there that her mom made. She lot her mom many years ago. Everyday my friend would come and see me crocheting and comment how pretty it was and how thick and warm. On Christmas Day she opened her present from me and seen it under the tissue paper and a down pour of tears followed. I wrote in a card telling her that every time she used it her mother was weaved and holding her tight. She can't sleep without her blanket now. I started oct and finished a week before Christmas. 10 jumbo rolls of yarn later.

 

[mlongworth]

so my first hatched at 11 am next around 5 pm i have 1 more zipping another pipped and 7 others. They arent due til tomorrow. When should i remove the first ones?

 

[CamiLynn]

Well I went outside after dark to check on the pipped egg, only to find the momma hen on the ground and one of our 7 to 8 week old chick sitting in her box and on the eggs! I ended up moving her to the brooder pen w her chick and moved the pipped egg and the other in the bator, since its getting down almost to freezing tonight. I'll move them back to her once they hatch and dry. Little one is peeping away in there but no zipping yet. Nothing from my quail eggs yet that are due to hatch tomorrow. This has to be the worst and best part of hatching!!!

 

[TweetyNPetey]

That doesn't sound right to me. Why are you having to assist them? How long are you waiting? How do you know they are too weak to get out? Are you giving them ample time to rest and build up strength? Are your temps a little too low?

I am having to assist because, usually, they pip, and can't unzip. I am waiting many hours. I know they are weak because they are pointlessly banging their beak against the shell, over and over. My temp is constantly kept at 99.5*

 

[CamiLynn]

so my first hatched at 11 am next around 5 pm i have 1 more zipping another pipped and 7 others. They arent due til tomorrow. When should i remove the first ones?

They can stay in there until all have hatched or until they at least dry. They say not to open the bator during hatching unless necessary, but I have and never had any issues, but I don't listen very well either

 

[CamiLynn]

I also have 8 quaker parrot eggs and 6 cockatiel eggs now...They are due any day now and are in my other incubator....I cant wait

Now that is exciting!! Make sure you post pics!!

 

[TweetyNPetey]

so my first hatched at 11 am next around 5 pm i have 1 more zipping another pipped and 7 others. They arent due til tomorrow. When should i remove the first ones?

Move them to the brooder as soon as they are dry and/or fluffy.