OCTOBER HATCH-A-LONG!!! 2015

[Newchics]

They both made it through just a couple hours ago. Yeah

 

[lmboeder]

help! What's going on with this aircell? It was perfect the other day?!!!! Agh! Friday is lockdown.

 

[lpatelski]

Sorry to hear about your accident. I dropped one of my eggs, dent cracking it as I was putting it into the incubator. I glued it w/non-toxic and gauzed it. So far so good, it has developed. I am not sure it will go all the way to hatch. About 15% to 20% of the surface is sealed off from air. I sure this was okay when chick was just little, as it grows and needs more oxygen I think it will unfortunately die. Have heart, we are not a patient species; coupled with curiosity and excitement sometimes it just gets the better of us.

 

[tiffani day]

Sorry to hear about your accident. I dropped one of my eggs, dent cracking it as I was putting it into the incubator. I glued it w/non-toxic and gauzed it. So far so good, it has developed. I am not sure it will go all the way to hatch. About 15% to 20% of the surface is sealed off from air. I sure this was okay when chick was just little, as it grows and needs more oxygen I think it will unfortunately die. Have heart, we are not a patient species; coupled with curiosity and excitement sometimes it just gets the better of us. 

I was on day 19 there was a fully devloped chick in there is what makes it worse. I had read about folks repairing damaged eggs but this was demolished. Biggest issue now is smell coming from the incubator. Its full of eggs now on day 20 so I can't take them out and clean it, I'm just hoping we can survive the stretch another day or 2. Best of luck with your little egg that could, keep us posted.

 

[GitaBooks]

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 am so sorry. Accidents happen, even when we are trying our best to be careful. Don't blame yourself.

Well It looks like one of my 7 month old white leghorns may be broody. She took to setting on all 7 eggs that were laid by my girls yester day. I keep going out there to see if she has moved yet and she's still there. I am very excited but nervous. I hope she will stay and hatch them out but I have been told multiple times and even seen it on here that leghorns really don't get broody. My son wants to stick a few more eggs in there, lol 7 isn't enough for him.

Awesome!
I had a leghorn go broody, her name was Sandy. She stuck it out the whole time and hatched three lovely babies that she raised very well, though she was far more energetic a mother, desperate to escape her broody pen that was for sure.
A broody hen sits on eggs more tightly, hunching in her neck more, than a laying hen, so often times you can tell the difference.

Best of luck!

My girls did it!! I decided to let my two Silkie Hens hatch 7 eggs....and they hated out all 7, 100%. This was their first time going broody, and first time hatching some eggs. I am so happy!!

Congrats! Adorable babies!

help! What's going on with this aircell? It was perfect the other day?!!!! Agh! Friday is lockdown.

I'm not an expert on egg aircells, but if its been doing well for this long, I would think it should be okay until hatching.

I hope everything goes well. Best of luck!

 

[Purpletie3]

help! What's going on with this aircell? It was perfect the other day?!!!! Agh! Friday is lockdown.

That's a saddle shaped air cell. It happens commonly with shipped eggs. When i forget to turn the eggs in the autoturners 1/4 turn my eggs sometimes do that when they rotate in the same plain. Should be able to hatch out...let us know!

 

[tiffani day]

Hearing peeps and got some cracks

 

[tiffani day]

Hearing peeps and got some cracks

1 out

 

[ChickaLong]

1 out

More comming

 

[Purpletie3]

More comming

Did you get any sleep? Congrats on your hatchers!!!!