May Hatch-a-Long!

[Farmer Viola]

Moved my 6 eggs over from the incubator to the hatcher last night at the end of day 18. Day 19 today! I swear I saw one wiggling....

Very loud peeping and rocking from some. One has made quite a large hole but it looks like the membrane is shrunk on him? I can see him moving well and his beak is clear of the membrane. He was a shipped egg and his air cell was saddle shaped if that makes a difference? You don't think they're all like this inside? I can hear him peeping.

sometimes that is an indication of malposition... I am very willing to assist with shipped eggs because they tend to have so many issues. less so on local/nonshipped eggs. if it is just making the hole larger and unable to turn, it may be time to help

Sad hatching results. Only one healthy keet out of eight eggs. I'm going to pick up a few day olds today so he won't be lonely in the brooder. Looks like it will be a lavender pied guinea. So nice! It sure is a cute, fuzzy ball of cuddle.

sorry to hear that - the one you got sure is cute though! good for you getting it some more friends

Squee!!! I am on day 17 with some chocolate orpington bantams. It's been a very fun exciting time around here! We started out with 7 shipped eggs in our brinsea mini advance. After a couple of little hiccups we are down to 2 eggs. I have heard that sometimes bantam eggs can hatch early... well, after checking my water levels and making sure everything looked good... one of my eggs moved! I thought maybe it was my eyes. Nope! It's not rockin' n rollin' But it is definitely moving.

But now I'm not sure what to do! Should I lock them down? Isn't it too early for lockdown? help! I can't sit still! It's too bad that I already went for my run this morning. I feel like I could run a marathon right now!

increasing the humidity is getting them ready to hatch. leaving the humidity lower, allows them to continue to evaporate and lose water weight. I feel like having lower humidity at the end, for longer, makes them hatch faster. more humidity, slower evaporation, slower time til hatch. just my thought

After getting only 4 shipped quail eggs to hatch (with just one survivor), I decided it was time to cheat. It was about 150 miles round-trip, but I picked up 30 on Saturday night. Hopefully I'll have better luck hatching out my own eggs in a few months.

look at that pile of cuteness!

that is quite the drive, they sure are worth it

 

[Farmer Viola]

My 16 Cream Legbar eggs go on lock down today. They were shipped eggs but arrived in excellent condition so crossing fingers for a good hatch.

Yes I did thanks. I've got one who's externally pipped the wrong end of the egg but has her beak clear and is peeping. I posted in the duck forum and lacrystol has been excellent with this. His blood vessels hadn't receded enough but they've gone right down since this morning. I've been keeping his membrane moist every two hours as suggested and his beak and nose are clear and he's peeping. So with this two I'm hoping for ducklings in the morning. There are 2 more who have internal pips and I can hear them tapping and peeping. The other 4 haven't pipped but I can still see them moving inside the egg and they rock the eggs all around lol. I think I got confused with the 'shadowing' and the pipping but I know the difference now

I'm learning so much

sounds like you are doing great! keep monitoring them closely

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Oh, I am not sure..anyone else? Sounds like she was just confused maybe with you handling her. Maybe just leave her alone for a while to get used to babies under her now.

gentle pecking is okay, it is how they communicate... if she is really hurting the chicks, they cry out and she doesn't stop, or if blood is drawn, it might be necessary to intervene. but I think she is just teaching/disciplining them.

 

[acemario]

Oh, I am not sure..anyone else? Sounds like she was just confused maybe with you handling her. Maybe just leave her alone for a while to get used to babies under her now.

So I did some real digging and found a conversation from 2010. One of the mods said that often times broodys will peck the head to get the chick to come back underneath until all the eggs are done hatching... hopefully that is the case.

I've also done some more research and found another forum that says my chick should be sex linked! (you had even contributed in the conversation! haha!) The dad is a Wheaten and the mom is a Barred rock. Beautiful grey/blue baby. No blonde spot.

 

[jlynnp]

Good Luck

Thats the next breed I want to start, but having trouble finding them any where.

Sandi I got my Cream Legbars off of EBay. Her seller name is all4ajett

 

[sandiTX]

Sandi I got my Cream Legbars off of EBay. Her seller name is all4ajett

Thanks for the info jlynnp

 

[TexasMomof5]

I have a duck egg that pipped yesterday, pip appears to be same size as it was yesterday....should I help it or leave it alone?

 

[acemario]

I have a duck egg that pipped yesterday, pip appears to be same size as it was yesterday....should I help it or leave it alone?

If it were me I would pull it out and see what the problem is... Especially if the other eggs aren't pipped. Sally sunshine has an awesome learning article for assisted hatching. It should be easy to find in the search. Just be sure to keep humidity up in the incubator and make sure the pipped membrane stays moist. You wouldn't want it drying and sticking to the duckling. Those are my two cents. Anyone else?

 

[missnu01]

When something like that happens at my place I very cautiously widen the hole, and if I see big healthy veins then I stop, but once I widen the hole a bit I wrap the remainder of the egg with the chick in it in a wet paper towel and then put it back in the incubator. Anyway I keep widening the hole until I have basically removed the part with the air cell, then I just wait for the chick to come on out of the egg. It's dangerous to fully remove a hatchling as often times they haven't emerged because their yolk sack hasn't been fully absorbed. So I leave the baby in the egg and wrap the egg in a wet paper towel and wait. When the towel dries off I re moisten it and just keep waiting.

 

[acemario]

So I did some real digging and found a conversation from 2010. One of the mods said that often times broodys will peck the head to get the chick to come back underneath until all the eggs are done hatching... hopefully that is the case.

I've also done some more research and found another forum that says my chick should be sex linked! (you had even contributed in the conversation! haha!) The dad is a Wheaten and the mom is a Barred rock. Beautiful grey/blue baby. No blonde spot.

About that blonde spot thing... I got a better look... And I see a blonde spot....

 

[Cynthia12]

So I did some real digging and found a conversation from 2010. One of the mods said that often times broodys will peck the head to get the chick to come back underneath until all the eggs are done hatching... hopefully that is the case.

I've also done some more research and found another forum that says my chick should be sex linked! (you had even contributed in the conversation! haha!) The dad is a Wheaten and the mom is a Barred rock. Beautiful grey/blue baby. No blonde spot.

Really? Did I do good? Or did I get corrected? Which post..on Barred Rocks? I remember where I said something somewhere about The dot size, and the leg color combined says something about the sex.