November Hatch-A-Long (2014)

[Jucknath]

My first chick to hatch under broody. Have another 10 due next weekend which i need to candle in Monday as incubator at my sons school.

Cute, What are the parents?

 

[darkbluespace]

I am only on day 25 but I have a few internal pips on my duck eggs!! I can hear tiny tapping!! I am crazy excited... I LOVE ducklings so much!! I hope all 10 hatch... I have a smaller baby pool I am going to try out as a brooder. I want to keep them in the living room so they get used to us... this is going to be sooo fun!

I have 4 frizzle eggs that are in lockdown too, but I only wrote down the hatch date not the day I set them. So I wonder if I was smart enough that I planned for the 17th to be day 19 for them as they usually hatch early. I'll guess I'll just have to trust myself! I did download hatchabatch so now the app can keep track for me!! Thanks for that!

Other exciting news... Someone made me a very generous offer for my 4 peafowl and so I am going to sell them and get some adult Heritage Turkeys!!!

Hopefully Bourbon Reds but maybe Royal Palm!!! I better get that cabinet incubator finished!

 

[darajosami]

Cute, What are the parents?

Black Leghorn Bantam is dad and Mum is either a Brown or Silver Duckwing Leghorn Bantam not sure exactly who Mum is as they all free range LOL

 

[HugHess]

I have a pip in one of my cream legbar eggs! It's in the middle of the egg, more towards the narrow end. I'm a little worried. It is peeping. I peeled just a tiny bit of egg to reveal the membrane and made a tiny snip near the beak. It's day 21, but I had a half day where the temp was a little low (92-94), so if they are ok, they will probably hatch late. I don't want to to rush help this one, but I am worried about it since it's not in the big end. A local friend of mine has cream legbars from the same batch from the same breeder. She had 2-3 pip like this and they all died.

I had the same problem a few days ago and after I noticed the pip and the wrong end, I listened for the sound of the chick's neck an d opened the hole wide enough to expose the beak so s/he could breath...upped the humidity and laid a paper towel tented over the hole...waited 27 hours and after no progress went back in, removed about 60% of the shell, leaving 2/3rds of the inner lining. Moistened the lining with DISTILLED water and put her back. She finished hatching about thirty minutes later. So best wishes to you for a healthy hatch!

 

[rachelpotter]

It's one of my two Serama... He is TINY compared to the Maran that hatched. I will get better pics when I get home... Have to transport incubator... Mid hatch... Ugh

 

[DragonDaddy]

Six of mine have hatched so far. Two more have pipped.

 

[thecluckenfarm]

I have a chick w a string and bloody looking sack hanging out it's butt. I'm afraid it's the intestines. Has anyone had this happen before? I tried uploading a pic and it won't let me. Ugh!

 

[darkbluespace]

I have a chick w a string and bloody looking sack hanging out it's butt. I'm afraid it's the intestines. Has anyone had this happen before? I tried uploading a pic and it won't let me. Ugh!

It may still have a bit of yolk sack to absorb... may just need a little more time, is it still in the incubator?

 

[thecluckenfarm]

It may still have a bit of yolk sack to absorb...   may just need a little more time, is it still in the incubator?

Yes, in the incubator, my first three did fine, my fourth died while zipping, I opened it and it had the sAme thing the fifth does. 6Th just hatched w same thing but a little less. I'm in shock, 2nd time and never have I seen this. Its almost like their butt hole is blown up. (Sorry, but best way to describe it)

 

[Rainier]

I have a chick w a string and bloody looking sack hanging out it's butt. I'm afraid it's the intestines. Has anyone had this happen before? I tried uploading a pic and it won't let me. Ugh!

I posted a page back or so about my chick doing close the same thing. The chick external pipped, zipped and completely hatched in two hours. It's been about seven hours since hatch and he/she is fine but I also left him/her in the incubator until just now when I opened it to take the picture. I also have the shelf lining from the dollar store that is smooth so the yolk cannot get caught on anything.

Here is my baby and so far so good. Chirping away when not sleeping