May Hatch-a-Long!

[Kelsykin]

Setting eggs for the very first time today. I am so anxious, nervous, and excited! Am I crazy to try shipped eggs for my first attempt at hatching?

No. I have found it is all on the wrapping.

 

[brandy00]

Something malfunctioned and caused the heating element on my incubator to cook my duck eggs  . They were within hours of hatching. Naturally it happened in the middle of the night and I didn't discover it until I woke up. Temp was up to 108! NEVER AGAIN will I use a Hovabator. My darling husband got me a Brinsea for Mothers Day so I will try again. I hope to have better luck this time. My poor little babies 

That stinks! So sorry

 

[czoellner]

Tonight is day 20. Temps and humidity have been perfect the entire time. Looking forward to hatching tomorrow. Was hoping for some pips tonight, but haven't seen anything yet.... just an expectant mom here who has to get up early for work tomorrow... can't spend alllll night in front of the bator

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: that's rough so sorry

 

[ShadyHillFarm]

Something malfunctioned and caused the heating element on my incubator to cook my duck eggs

. They were within hours of hatching. Naturally it happened in the middle of the night and I didn't discover it until I woke up. Temp was up to 108! NEVER AGAIN will I use a Hovabator. My darling husband got me a Brinsea for Mothers Day so I will try again. I hope to have better luck this time. My poor little babies

Oh no!! I'm so sorry.

Good luck with it! You are no crazier than me. I just finished my first hatch and all the eggs were blue or dark brown.... a candling nightmare for an inexperienced chick mama!

Hahaha, I did the same thing.


Got my stuck baby out of it's shell and now I'm wondering if I might need to put it down.

It's feet are badly curled. It's having a hard time steadily walking. It's like it's walking on the sides of it's feet. It seems like it has spasms every now and then to. Ugh....

 

[Meinertzhagens]

I set my classroom hatch on April 22nd. Friday was day 18, so before I left I added water and took out the egg turner. I came in this morning to have a silent baby layed out, I thought he was dead but when I took him out he started chirping. This is my first time! I have tried to give him save-a-chick water but he doesn't seem to be drinking. He did have a poop though. He isn't moving around a whole lot but when I make noise he chirps very loudly and for a while until it gets quiet in the classroom again. I am concerned because he seems so lethargic. This is what he looks like all the time... any thoughts?
another has pipped and is chirping from in the egg!

 

[Heidisgran]

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you need to put boots on it and give it vitamins right down the beak...it'll be fine

 

[Ruralpearls]

Oh no!! I'm so sorry.

Hahaha, I did the same thing.


Got my stuck baby out of it's shell and now I'm wondering if I might need to put it down.

It's feet are badly curled. It's having a hard time steadily walking. It's like it's walking on the sides of it's feet. It seems like it has spasms every now and then to. Ugh....

 

[Farmer Viola]

you need to put boots on it and give it vitamins right down the beak...it'll be fine

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you can fix this ShadyHill!
here is a link about making chick sandals: https://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/chicken-orthopedics/leg-braces
I would make an electrolyte solution and add some chicken vitamins (eg PolyViSol or NutriDrench) to the water and dip it's beak in. that should help perk it up. I have fixed many feet with sandals. good luck!


Today is day 18 for me... hmm should I lay them on their sides now, or after dark, when I can candle them and pencil their air cells? of course I should probably wait, but I wanna do it now!

 

[COsteveo]

One quail hatched yesterday on day 17. I wasn't going to take it out of the incubator but it managed to get stuck behind the fan and was pecking styrofoam off the side of the cooler. I didn't want it to eat any.

I can still hear movement in the incubator so I hope for some more hatches today and tomorrow. The incubator has been running a bit cool so the one hatch on day 16 may have been an anomaly that wouldn't have lived even if my cat hadn't traumatized it.