May 2021 Hatch - A - Long

[BullChick]

Upright 1-2 days, then lay them down.

 

[gimmie birdies]

12 of my 16 lockdown chicks are out, 3 are still working on it, one was a quitter.

 

[Kholts]

What would you do if you recieved shipped duck eggs with air cells that were a little wiggly and your incubator only works with eggs on their sides. Would you incubate on their sides from day one, incubate in cut cartons for a certain time then lay them in their sides or would you incubate upright for the whole incubation??
Asking for myself

I’m dealing with this exact situation.
Had 24 duck eggs come in with wobbly aircells. I let them rest out of the incubator in their carton for 24 hours. Then put them in the incubator standing up in the turner with the turner off for 7 days. Then I switched the turner on. I candled on day 9 & all we’re developing & the aircells were stable but a lil misshapen then non damaged eggs.

I’m waiting to candle again day 18. Currently day 15.

 

[gimmie birdies]

my last eggs-of the 16 lockdown, so far of the 16 I only threw out one...

Below golden spitz

Polish cuckoo, and a silver spitz

The other chicks I posted earlier...

 

[FortCluck]

2 quail are out. Keeping them in the incubator until tomorrow. Hopefully the others will be hatched by then.

 

[FortCluck]

Hey little guy

 

[FortCluck]

Quail are popping like 4 out! Once one goes, they all go!

Definitely setting more quail eggs after this hatch. I have 21 eggs already saved up.

 

[BullChick]

I have one quail due Wednesday, and tomorrow I’m picking babies from a feed store for the broodies. One hatched, and disappeared.

 

[ElimAcres]

Oh how fun. I love the idea of a hatch-a-long. I have 20 eggs in the bator now due to hatch May 10th. We just went into lockdown yesterday! My kiddos are hoping for at least one mother's day chick. We'll see. This is my first hatch in my new incubator. Everything looked good when I candled right before lock down. We have 19 Lavender Orpington eggs and 1 silkie bantam egg from a sweet hen we recently and very suddenly lost. Excited to see how many we get!

 

[ElimAcres]

I have a question for you all. Do you elevate one end of your egg carton that you store hatching eggs in and switch which end is elevated several times a day?