OCTOBER HATCH-A-LONG!!! 2015

[Kelsykin]

Not as far as some very successful hatches I have had. 9 of 16 of my own eggs hatched but of those 16 5 were clears. So really I only had the 2 fail to hatch of my own.


Out of the 24 shipped eggs only 3 hatched. I know shipped eggs are a gamble but I had a high number of clears. At lock down I only had 10 of the 24 make it. And I had to remove one due to it was a leaker.

 

[lpatelski]

4th batch of six all hatched, so 45 hatched for October so far.

 

[gjamesi]

So, my broody got off her eggs and they are cold.  She's in complete molt and I have no idea how she's keeping anything warm.

I put the other crew in lockdown in the incubator. I have my mix chicks....hona rooster over/ blue isbar hen, black isbar hens, hona hens. I also have a couple sussex in there.

Then I am turning the incubator off...

My peafowl did not hatch.  The air cells suffered too much damage by shipment...same with the bantams. I had one bantam hatch but he did not make it through day 2.  

Okay- onward...and happy happy hatching!

Dang.
Try again?

 

[tiffani day]

Lockdown!!!

 

[Newchics]

Of my 2 left both have a really tiny pip on the fat end of the egg. Don't know when this happened as I found them this morning getting ready for work. I've had 2 sets die from piping on bottom before so hopefully since these are piped on top they'll survive. So afraid they are not going to make it. I'll be back in a few hours to check on them but when should I worry if they can't get out? Can I pick them up to see if they are doing ok inside the shell? I'm afraid to open the incubator for any reason.

 

[ChickaLong]

Lockdown!!!

 

[tiffani day]

getting anxious now wanna see and hold those cute fuzzy butts

 

[GitaBooks]

Of my 2 left both have a really tiny pip on the fat end of the egg. Don't know when this happened as I found them this morning getting ready for work. I've had 2 sets die from piping on bottom before so hopefully since these are piped on top they'll survive. So afraid they are not going to make it. I'll be back in a few hours to check on them but when should I worry if they can't get out? Can I pick them up to see if they are doing ok inside the shell? I'm afraid to open the incubator for any reason.

I'm not an egg hatching expert, but I have handled hatching eggs multiple times and still had them hatch. Just make sure the incubator stays open for as short a period as possible and that there is plenty of moisture inside of it to boost it back up to the proper humidity.
I've picked up eggs to help pick open a larger breathing hole for slow hatching chicks.

Best of luck with your hatch! I really hope they all are strong and healthy!

 

[tiffani day]

I'm a horrible aweful person! I just dropped the flash light on an egg and cracked it open it had a beautiful baby chick in it and now it's lost because I couldn't leave things alone. No more itchy fingers here I'm not opening the incubator again until thursday, the day after hatch.

 

[ChickaLong]

I'm a horrible aweful person! I just dropped the flash light on an egg and cracked it open it had a beautiful baby chick in it and now it's lost because I couldn't leave things alone. No more itchy fingers here I'm not opening the incubator again until thursday, the day after hatch.

I have done that also.