November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

[Varglet]

I clearly saw a foot in one of the eggs yesterday... And the one baby is still doing good. He likes the mirror, even though he knows it's his reflection.

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

I clearly saw a foot in one of the eggs yesterday... And the one baby is still doing good. He likes the mirror, even though he knows it's his reflection.

I saw feet on my late Day 17 candling. It was the coolest thing! Hope your little one has a friend soon.

 

[SoManyHats]

So my sick chick died, and my daughter buried her next to a wild bird that ran into our glass door and died a couple months ago.

 

[Farmer Viola]

They are just a bunch of wet chicks. I was going to wait for fluffy pictures.

So you left partly zipped chicks alone for two days? wOw, that's self-control! It rests and then tries again, so I figure it's just working in its own time.

There are now four Faverolles X EE, 2 Faverolles X ?? (options are SLW, SS, or cuckoo Marans...there were also Welsummer X hens but I don't believe any of the viable eggs are Wellie X). One blue copper Marans out, the one slow zipper Marans and another one starting to zip. One more Faverolles X ?? zipping like mad, 2 more Fav X EE pipped. Four unpipped yet out of 16.

Mahalo for your support. Are you going to make the BYCPNW party on Saturday?

Oh no, I meant that the issues didn't occur with chicks who hatched right on time in perfect conditions like yours

I think the latecomers (day 23) who got stuck could have been affected by me removing earlier chicks from the hatcher. I had a wide spread of hatch dates, eggs set 2 days apart; and on top of that, the first batch hatched early (d20) and the 2nd batch hatched all the way through d23..only the d23 chicks seemed too big for the egg and/or dried out. Maybe because I had removed the chicks who were hatched? a little complicated to explain.. LOL and no I feel I didn't have really good self control.. I opened it probably 3 or 4 times more than necessary, and it just makes you question yourself in hindsight. Edit: I mean, why did that one Wellie boy die? three other chicks hatched at the same time as his zip, and not only was the humidity good, but wet chicks raise the humidity.. yet his beak was crusted to the shell. why did this happen?...

Sorry, no, I am not going to the BYCNW party.. have fun though!

Your Fav crosses sound COOL! I desperately want faverolles but everyone local stopped laying for winter. grr..

 

[MrsJenSmith2007]

Just did my last candle until lockdown. We are at day 11 now. My temp DROPPED drastically today while I was at work, so I was very concerned that they would be lost. Fortunately I was pleasantly surprised that more eggs than I thought last time are alive and wiggling like crazy in there!! It never gets old seeing those little boogers in the eggs! I pulled 3 suspected clears and when I opened them they were indeed clear. That puts me at 17 viable (I think) eggs in the bator. I need advice on one egg. It is a green/blue EE egg. This time I could see thru when I candled. I saw what I THINK is a blood ring. There is a VERY RED circle within the egg with the biggest concentration of blood in the bottom (pointy) end of the egg. I can see a chick in the egg but don't see any movement. Is this in fact a blood ring? Does this mean the chick has died? My other EE cross egg is doing great! Both my leg horn cross eggs are doing awesome also. The rest are various shades of brown so I don't know which is which!

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

Just did my last candle until lockdown. We are at day 11 now. My temp DROPPED drastically today while I was at work, so I was very concerned that they would be lost. Fortunately I was pleasantly surprised that more eggs than I thought last time are alive and wiggling like crazy in there!! It never gets old seeing those little boogers in the eggs! I pulled 3 suspected clears and when I opened them they were indeed clear. That puts me at 17 viable (I think) eggs in the bator. I need advice on one egg. It is a green/blue EE egg. This time I could see thru when I candled. I saw what I THINK is a blood ring. There is a VERY RED circle within the egg with the biggest concentration of blood in the bottom (pointy) end of the egg. I can see a chick in the egg but don't see any movement. Is this in fact a blood ring? Does this mean the chick has died? My other EE cross egg is doing great! Both my leg horn cross eggs are doing awesome also. The rest are various shades of brown so I don't know which is which!

The one with what you think is a blood ring is likely nonviable. I would wait and recandle at Day 14 and then you will know for sure...if the chick has not grown in those three days and not moving, you can take it out of there. Sometimes they just quit. :-(

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

Oh no, I meant that the issues didn't occur with chicks who hatched right on time in perfect conditions like yours

I think the latecomers (day 23) who got stuck could have been affected by me removing earlier chicks from the hatcher. I had a wide spread of hatch dates, eggs set 2 days apart; and on top of that, the first batch hatched early (d20) and the 2nd batch hatched all the way through d23..only the d23 chicks seemed too big for the egg and/or dried out. Maybe because I had removed the chicks who were hatched? a little complicated to explain.. LOL and no I feel I didn't have really good self control.. I opened it probably 3 or 4 times more than necessary, and it just makes you question yourself in hindsight. Edit: I mean, why did that one Wellie boy die? three other chicks hatched at the same time as his zip, and not only was the humidity good, but wet chicks raise the humidity.. yet his beak was crusted to the shell. why did this happen?...

Sorry, no, I am not going to the BYCNW party.. have fun though!

Your Fav crosses sound COOL! I desperately want faverolles but everyone local stopped laying for winter. grr..

It would have been fun to meet you! Half the Fav X chicks belong to the flockmistress where they came from. She is going to try to slide them under a broody Silkie. My half will be available though *poke* and since you have new chicks you could just slide one or two in, right?

I've read a lot and listened carefully to those who have hatched thousands of chicks in this type of incubator. They all say, "DO NOT. Repeat: DO NOT open that door under any circumstances." or something similar. I so badly want to open it a literal crack (1/8") and poke a little chip out with a chopstick to help that slow zipper. The length of the zip is the same as I found it at 6:30 this morning but I've been told to wait 24 hours. Excruciating...but I don't want to endanger the other ones that have pipped.

*sitting on hands congratulating myself for not even laying a finger on one of the three latches*

 

[Heidisgran]

Just did my last candle until lockdown. We are at day 11 now. My temp DROPPED drastically today while I was at work, so I was very concerned that they would be lost. Fortunately I was pleasantly surprised that more eggs than I thought last time are alive and wiggling like crazy in there!! It never gets old seeing those little boogers in the eggs! I pulled 3 suspected clears and when I opened them they were indeed clear. That puts me at 17 viable (I think) eggs in the bator. I need advice on one egg. It is a green/blue EE egg. This time I could see thru when I candled. I saw what I THINK is a blood ring. There is a VERY RED circle within the egg with the biggest concentration of blood in the bottom (pointy) end of the egg. I can see a chick in the egg but don't see any movement. Is this in fact a blood ring? Does this mean the chick has died? My other EE cross egg is doing great! Both my leg horn cross eggs are doing awesome also. The rest are various shades of brown so I don't know which is which!

oh ya!! I told you!! lol just had to say that!

I'm so happy for you

I bought rumples tufted araucana's...they came today
blue orpingtons
lavender orpingtons
and assorted ameraucanas

I thought I was finished hatching for the year!! oh well I sold all of last months hatch....

 

[DeannaA]

I have hens pushing eggs out of a shared nest. They are newly laying, not broody. They push out any egg that wasn't one of theirs. I caught on of my hens doing it and she looked guilty. Any one have this happen?

 

[MrsJenSmith2007]

oh ya!! I told you!! lol just had to say that!

I'm so happy for you

I bought rumples tufted araucana's...they came today
blue orpingtons
lavender orpingtons
and assorted ameraucanas

I thought I was finished hatching for the year!! oh well I sold all of last months hatch....

lol....yes you did!

I am SO happy things are going better this time! Going to give the odd one until day 14 and check again I suppose, as recommended here. Lots of squirmys in there tho!!!

As for your newest addition...did you ever REALLY think you were done for the year???

That's just what you were telling everyone else....you knew otherwise! Good luck!! You have a beautiful and fun assortment this time around! Can't wait to see what hatches out for you!!