OCTOBER HATCH-A-LONG!!! 2015

[gjamesi]

2 more hatched before I left so when I got back I did the same as yesterday {but with wet towels this time} and 2 pots of water boiling. Once the windows were dripping I popped the incubator to move them out only to discover 2 more fresh wet ones, those I left to dry out more. My concern is how much humidity is to much? When I opened up the humidity went from 69% to 76%.

 

[gjamesi]

Oh and it seems that the first egg to pip is taking its sweet time. It made its first hole only slightly larger and that's it. You can see its beak and can tell its breathing but nothing else for the last 48 hrs. Hope it does something soon.

 

[cedarcovefarm]

2 more hatched before I left so when I got back I did the same as yesterday {but with wet towels this time} and 2 pots of water boiling. Once the windows were dripping I popped the incubator to move them out only to discover 2 more fresh wet ones, those I left to dry out more. My concern is how much humidity is to much? When I opened up the humidity went from 69% to 76%.

I usually keep mine around 60-65. Once they hatch, the humidity will rise on its own. I would say over 75% is too high unless a chick just hatched. If it gets that high just crack it a bit and let it come down. I open my incubator all the time during lockdown as long as nothing is pipped.

Sometimes I'll mist the other eggs a bit if it's during lockdown. If there's a pip, I do not open at all until it's hatched. Lots of people have different ideas. I've never had a problem though. Good Luck!

 

[Honora]

A baby hatched early! It's only Day 19. Here she is with her 2 proud mamas.

 

[Peachickie]

A baby hatched early! It's only Day 19. Here she is with her 2 proud mamas.

Aww, so sweet!

 

[gjamesi]

A baby hatched early! It's only Day 19. Here she is with her 2 proud mamas.

Not fair, you have the automatic version. : ]
Congrats

 

[gjamesi]

Sometimes I can be soooo blind.
While transferring the last 2 four hour old hatchlings out of the incubator I took a good look at the egg that had pipped first over 48 hours ago and noticed that it had pipped at the wrong end.
Panic time.
Now I've read in lots of places not to open during lockdown, all because of the sudden moisture loss hardening the shells.
I cheated. I hung wet sheets yesterday, today wet towels, creating walls around the incubator and put on a couple of pots of water to boil, once the windows are steamed up I put a pot of boiling water under the incubator {about '2} to make sure there couldn't be a moisture drop.
Sooo I grabbed the pot from underneath and holding the egg in the steam slowly crumbled the edges of the shell until I found the membrane, then nibbled the shell from it. When I could see that the membrane wasn't attached to the chick I would peel a small strip of it off. Once I could see it was free of any restrictions I put it gently back into the incubator. That was a bit over an hour ago and it seems fine. I did notice that the yolk was gone.





Morning seems so far away.

 

[chickendreams24]

Is the chick stickied? I kinda looks like it might be is it breathing and acting okay? If it needs a pick me up dropper some raw egg yolk onto its beak just the tip or the tip of the things. Just a bit at a time and don't put it on the back of the things or it could aspirate it and die. K?

 

[gjamesi]

Is the chick stickied? I kinda looks like it might be is it breathing and acting okay? If it needs a pick me up dropper some raw egg yolk onto its beak just the tip or the tip of the things. Just a bit at a time and don't put it on the back of the things or it could aspirate it and die. K?

It still had some egg white on it and I wasn't sure if I should remove it. So would the yolk of a three day old egg at room temperature be okay?

 

[chickendreams24]

I would think that yolk would be fine. We would eat it although not raw. Has it gotten up at all? Normally I would say wait for it to dry. Now I'm new to chickens this last spring and not real experienced but its worth a try. The egg yolk trick saved an oegb we had that we got from tsc he couldn't stand hardly at all and couldn't hold his wings up. But this may be an emergency so as long as the chick doesn't get cold you may want to just go ahead with giving it the yolk now. I've read it works because their body has been living off the yolk so its easy for their body to utilize.