November 2021 Hatch-A-Long

[AusHen]

November hatch is complete, only 2 Muscovies Venom (black and white) and Eddy (white). the others all quit during lockdown and I don't know why, temp was stable and humidity was good

 

[AgnesGray]

November hatch is complete, only 2 Muscovies Venom (black and white) and Eddy (white). the others all quit during lockdown and I don't know why, temp was stable and humidity was good

Misting the eggs gives me the best waterfowl hatches as it keeps the shells soft.

Beautiful babies!

 

[gimmie birdies]

Eggs peeping, no pips yet. day 19/20.

 

[gimmie birdies]

First pip, low because of the saddle shaped shipped egg, eggs are talking...

I would guess that most will hatch mid-late tomorrow day 20. Or day 21, evening on Monday.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Waiting on 9 more- one out, and 3 pips. Day 20.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Still day 20, 3 out so far...
2 hatched last night by themselves, one that had pipped yesterday, looked like it was stuck, it got an assist, and the shell is below. The assisted chick looked like the first one I hatched, blue eggs. The assisted chick went back in incubator.

The chick to the left is from the dark brown egg, it is a blue maran and a NN/frizzle gene dad...see the foot feathers, the one to the right, is the first one to hatch, from the blue egg. Alabama.

 

[gimmie birdies]

#3 and 4 and egg zipping in background.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Chick number 5 is the light colored one out of a white egg. The black one is #4 They have a tuft because they are related to CC.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Number 6 is zipping, 3 eggs left look suspicious...might not hatch? One looks to be behind. Day 21 starts tonight. I will not worry about them until tomorrow.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Here are the 5 so far...

The 2nd one is from my hens.