Ended Official 2020 BYC Halloween Hatch-Along

[gimmie birdies]

Clock wise starting at 12:00, Punkin, Foxy, Sugar, and Casper...

 

[CluckNDoodle]

2 of my pips are on the wrong side of the egg

That's ok! The hard part is over with then! They're getting oxygen, so they're fine. When you have a malpositioned chick, the hardest part is pipping both internally and externally in one go without hitting blood vessels. You may also find that from pip to hatch that these chicks seem to take longer, that's because chicks normally pip internally and rest before you see them externally pip, you're seeing both at the same time when they're upside-down. Most of these chicks hatch just fine.

 

[jolenesdad]

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Clock wise starting at 12:00, Punkin, Foxy, Sugar, and Casper...

Casper. Perfect name.

@Allthefloofs pipping is the hardest part usually for wrong end pippers. If they’ve pipped they can usually make it. Just be aware that a pip not through an air cell is an internal and external pip so it can take twice as long to hatch. They need that time to absorb the egg. Watch those eggs as they start to increase their pip hole and watch for signs of struggle which would be distress chirping. Distress chirping ... not just regular chirping...and not progressing is a sign they can’t turn in the smaller end of the egg and zip out.

 

[jolenesdad]

That's ok! The hard part is over with then! They're getting oxygen, so they're fine. When you have a malpositioned chick, the hardest part is pipping both internally and externally in one go without hitting blood vessels. You may also find that from pip to hatch that these chicks seem to take longer, that's because chicks normally pip internally and rest before you see them externally pip, you're seeing both at the same time when they're upside-down. Most of these chicks hatch just fine.

JINX!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

JINX!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

2 of my pips are on the wrong side of the egg

Don't fret it.
There isn't anything you can do about it anyway.
Fret the things you have control over - like breeder nutrition, egg turning, temperature, humidity, etc..

 

[Xouie]

Final count into lockdown: 21 jumbo coturnix eggs from a local source; 8 of my girls’ biggest eggs. Shelf liner in, humidity vent minimized. 3 quiet days till the treats start popping out. This is mostly Tony’s hatch project — I gotta get that boy his own BYC account.

Now to prepare for receiving and setting up the 25 Cornish cross chicks I “accidentally” ordered.

 

[Xouie]

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Clock wise starting at 12:00, Punkin, Foxy, Sugar, and Casper...

Such cute babies and cute names!

 

[alknoll]

Disappointing candling session tonight. This egg is white, doesn’t look like much going on in there?

 

[Xouie]

Disappointing candling session tonight. This egg is white, doesn’t look like much going on in there?

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How far along should it be?