May Hatch-a-Long!

[Wishapup]

I'm on day 10 with my eggs and just finished candling for the second time. I threw out two. One looks like an early quitter, the other looks to recently have died. Most of my eggs are polish, and I am loving candling all these white eggs! They are soo easy to see! All 22 of the shipped eggs are alive and well!! Started with 40 in the bator. Threw out the two tonight plus 1 on day 7. I hope things keep going smoothly with this hatch! Got 24 eggs in the mail today and they are a mess! 3 were cracked and every single air cell is a hot mess!

Good luck. I'm going through something a bit similar with my shipped eggs. They were intact, but I can't tell if they're developing--dark eggs--and they all have bad air cells except for one (saddle-shaped, etc.) Sounds like your Polish are doing well though!

 

[ShadyHillFarm]

I need some advice. I don't think I'm going to get anything else to hatch out of this batch. Two chicks out of 20.

This was my first time incubating and it was definitely a learning experience. I know where my problems are now. That said, I have a broody hen that is sitting on nothing but a golf ball or two. Would you load up the incubator again (3-4 week difference between chicks) or place some under the newly broody hen? Or both?

 

[Kelsykin]

I need some advice. I don't think I'm going to get anything else to hatch out of this batch. Two chicks out of 20.

This was my first time incubating and it was definitely a learning experience. I know where my problems are now. That said, I have a broody hen that is sitting on nothing but a golf ball or two. Would you load up the incubator again (3-4 week difference between chicks) or place some under the newly broody hen? Or both?

I would do both.

 

[Heidisgran]

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I would do both but just because my incubators are obnoxious and scream for eggs but there is nothing better than a broody hatching and raising the babies

 

[Heidisgran]

one broody hatched 2 white silkies so far she has several more to go today is hatch day
one of my silkies went broody so I gave her my tolbunt eggs!!

 

[Deb B]

After a very long night (you can tell it's my first hatch!) I now have 10 little chicks in the brooder, plus one more that pipped a few hours ago and 3 that aren't doing squat (yet). All 5 of my Olive Eggers hatched and so far 5 of the 9 Welsummers. Keeping my fingers crossed for the last 4 welsummers.

 

[MemeGeorge]

I'm on day 12 with my eggs. I had 6 runners and 6 miniature silver appleyards to start with. I've got 5 growing appleyards and 4 runners. So 9 out of 12 at the minute. Ever so excited

 

[BirdyGirl7198]

Please help!! One of the ducklings that hatched has a really badly broken foot! It looks like it's only one of it's toes, but it's so badly twisted..

 

[Cynthia12]

Please help!! One of the ducklings that hatched has a really badly broken foot! It looks like it's only one of it's toes, but it's so badly twisted..

I don't do ducks..but my guess is, it isn't broken. Can you boot ducks feet like you can a chicks when it hatches with curled toes?

 

[Farmer Viola]

x2 on what Cynthia said... you can make a boot to flatten out the foot so it grows properly. I have had great luck doing this, I fixed 1 horribly broken foot, the foot was bent upside down and backward under the ankle and being walked on.

poultry podiatry: https://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/chicken-orthopedics/leg-braces will show you how-to

here is a pic of the foot I fixed


I used electrical tape and a piece of very thin cardboard. you can also use band-aids. use baby-oil to remove the sticky stuff when you go to remove the boot.