November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

[itspebbl]

So sad. I hope some of the ones remaining will survive

 

[Heidisgran]

Egg Update! In case you forgot, I started out with:
Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas, received 10, set 9 (ALL detached air cells)
Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, received 15, set 15 (some detached air cells)

Today is day 15. I have not candled, weighed, or removed the eggs from the incubator until today. I have been hand turning them 3x per day. Using dry incubation method, forced air incubator, and an altered incubation plan for Detached air cells.

Ameraucanas: Culled 5 (4 left)
Wyandottes: Culled 10 (5 left)

Sad, sad day. I had high hopes that they would all be developing since I have treated them so gentle, but alas they were too damaged in shipment:

3 Wyandotte eggs had a small pea-sized embryo, early quitters.
1 Ameraucana egg was quite developed, probably died day 10-12 I would guess. It had a beak with egg tooth, and it's legs were up by it's head, but it didn't have well defined feet and claws yet. It had the beginnings of feathers, I think.
11 eggs did not develop at all, they had whole yolks and looked good enough for breakfast. That is at least a little easier to deal with than dead chicks.

All the eggs I eggtopsied had re-attached air cells, except 1 Ameraucana. It was one that never developed at all, whole yolk inside. It was the 1 egg that was significantly poop soiled (the rest were clean)

It's hard not to be disappointed, and it makes me want to swear off incubating shipped eggs... but let's be honest, that ain't gonna happen!

it's very rare to have better than a 50% hatch rate with shipped eggs! I especially hope the rest of your blue wheatons hatch....that was the shipment I received that was such a mess a while back but I did end up with 1 out of that disaster!!! and she is GORGEOUS...when your babies hatch you'll be so in love you won't feel cheated!

my little araucana babies are doing well....her little vent isn't as red I think the prep H is helping
came home from being gone most of the afternoon to find a mostly dry Lavender orp chick hatch...a day early!

 

[Heidisgran]

Pic taken with my not-so-awesome cell phone. This one just hatched, obviously.

I agree with you the little black chicks are too cute, that and really really light yellow ones!! I also love ones with lots of markings!!

 

[Farmer Viola]

So sad. I hope some of the ones remaining will survive

thank you! me too

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*hugs* thank you...its really good to hear that...I'm sorry you only ended up with 1.. do you have any pics, how old is she?

would love to see the lav orp too I was supposed to set those this time, but it fell through. I am still on the hunt for good english orps in Oregon

 

[gimmie birdies]

Heidisgran:

I don't know what you mean by vent- the butt or the belly button? when I had a chick with an out-y I just let it dry natural and it shrank and went away- those do need a bit more nutrients. I give yolk water or wet dogfood water. helps.

Farmer Viola:
good luck with hatching your other shipped birdies- this happened to me in the summer. I live in WA state and had blue Maran eggs shipped from ohio-100 degree ohio weather, and 100 degree here. the eggs were all detatched air cells. put them up right for a while. then under a hen with my own chick eggs- all eggs melted but one of my own.

My last incubation project here- I had adopted 2 blue maran hens one was a splash. right after one laid an egg. I set it aside- and waited 5 days for more eggs to hatch nothing. so a couple of days before thanksgiving I got 9 eggs from a friends fridge to hatch.(knowing from the fridge is 50% hatch) she has a blue- and bantams. so they will be mystery eggs- I have 8 from her hatch before, I kept 3 they are so friendly!.of this group, one was detatched air cell but it re-attatched and is doing well, one was not fertile- and 3 were quitters. I am concentrating on the remaining 6 eggs. which includes the blue. day 19.

 

[Varglet]

 

[Heidisgran]

Heidisgran:

I don't know what you mean by vent- the butt or the belly button? when I had a chick with an out-y I just let it dry natural and it shrank and went away- those do need a bit more nutrients. I give yolk water or wet dogfood water. helps.

Farmer Viola:
good luck with hatching your other shipped birdies- this happened to me in the summer. I live in WA state and had blue Maran eggs shipped from ohio-100 degree ohio weather, and 100 degree here. the eggs were all detatched air cells. put them up right for a while. then under a hen with my own chick eggs- all eggs melted but one of my own.

My last incubation project here- I had adopted 2 blue maran hens one was a splash. right after one laid an egg. I set it aside- and waited 5 days for more eggs to hatch nothing. so a couple of days before thanksgiving I got 9 eggs from a friends fridge to hatch.(knowing from the fridge is 50% hatch) she has a blue- and bantams. so they will be mystery eggs- I have 8 from her hatch before, I kept 3 they are so friendly!.of this group, one was detatched air cell but it re-attatched and is doing well, one was not fertile- and 3 were quitters. I am concentrating on the remaining 6 eggs. which includes the blue. day 19.

I mean....her vent!!! where she poops! it's some better this afternoon! vent prolapse in chicks is not common....I hope it doesn't kill her. I used prep H it's gone down and isn't red so the other chicks aren't interested in it like they were when it was bright red! she's eating and drinking. I'm feeling better about how it looks at this time.

 

[Heidisgran]

my beautiful black frizzle is the girl that laid me an egg yesterday I saw her nesting today and she left me another! I've put them in the incubator...the boys have been active for over a month so we are hoping she's fertile!!

 

[Heidisgran]

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*hugs* thank you...its really good to hear that...I'm sorry you only ended up with 1.. do you have any pics, how old is she?

would love to see the lav orp too I was supposed to set those this time, but it fell through. I am still on the hunt for good english orps in Oregon
I have lavender orps...well 1 I sold the others...so I ordered more eggs, hoping for a roo...anyway I set a bunch of shipped eggs and most of them are doing fantastic even the polish that came in a squished box are doing great...3 out of 5 due Thursday...it was I'm almost certain the parent birds of the lavenders just not doing there "business"...most never started!

the English orps are so gorgeous...you should pm chickydee she has English orps and she's in oregon

 

[ggschulz]

First of two groups of Coturnix Quail (Pharaoh and Tibetan) just went on Lockdown. My first hatch. Some mailed eggs, some home bred. Wish me luck!

Terrible picture, I know, but my first hatched baby ever!!! Little Coturnix quail, pretty sure out of my flock. I will leave him/her in overnight and see how many I have in the morning, then move that group to the incubator! Can't wait to show my boys (4, 7) in the morning!