November Hatch -- Who's going to have late fall babies?

[ekemily]

I have 8 babies and three eggs left. One has pipped and died. I see her little beak just sticking out with no movement. I have two other eggs that have pipped and one (the egg in my avatar) that has not pipped yet. The chicks have been hatching since sunday afternoon around 3. They are eating the umbilical cord area on eachother.

They are pummeling the eggs that are trying to hatch. When can I take these babies out and put them in the brooder? I don't want to harm my pipped eggs, but I don't want to harm the babies either. They are eating eachother!

I've tried to keep the area really dark, but they can still see from the thermostat light. Thanks

 

[cherylcohen]

one pip

 

[Tala]

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Fire up your shower on really hot, and steam up the bathroom, then take the whole incubator and a brooder box in there with you to open it so you don't dry out the pipped eggs. I've done this and the rest of the eggs still hatched without shrinkwrapping. You are right, after they've been in there a while they just need to come out of the incubator for everyone's benefit

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

19 out of 24 due to hatch 11/28. 1 had no growth 4 quit early. Lock down is Thanksgiving. Hope I get a lot of hens. Good luck to all late hatchers.

 

[Robo]

I have a dozen comin out right now.

 

[cherylcohen]

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I read this on another thread and have been using this technique for the last 5 hatches. If you must open the incubator have a spong soaked in STEAMING water ready to put in there when you are done, it raises the humidity immediately. You can take out once it's stabilized or humidity to high EASY

 

[cherylcohen]

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Also next time hatch in egg cartons I have almost 100% hatches now!

 

[sloallie10]

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I have just hatched my eggs too and I went through these same problems. First It is ok if the chicks are moving around the other eggs. Mine did, and they still hatched. Second I DID NOT open my bator until 4/5 of the eggs hatched, because I dont think the 5th egg is going to hatch and I didnt want my babies to be stuck in that small bator for long!

 

[NicoleRM]

So my little guys that I was expecting on Thanksgiving are pipping! What the heck?!

I went in to lock them down and found 4 pipped out of 13. Now I'm freaking out because the humidity has only been in the 30s. I've got them out of the turner and have increased the humidity. I tried to moisten the membrane of the ones that pipped. I'll probably be waking up worrying in a few hours and check on them.

 

[cherylcohen]

put a steaming sponge in to raise the humidity