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[brandibaby23]

"U" unwrap.......... I'm on lockdown tommorrow, for 4 RIR and mystery mix all 4 are good so far!!! Christmas Eve babies hopefully

 

[newduckie]

I am HORIFIED!!! absolutley HORRIFIED!!!!!! My eggs are past due and I decided to open one to see what was going on or why they had died, or how far along in developement that they quit. IT WAS ALIVE and I KILLED IT! I was screaming at the top of my lungs.. I am a murderer. It was the most horrible thing I have seen. Its little legs were kicking and its little beak was gasping. the yolk was completley outside the body. These eggs will rot in there before I ever have the nerve to destroy them. I am traumatized. (my husband heard me screaming... he thought I had hurt myself)

 

[charmedbychickens]

How late were they? Don't fret too much about it. You didn't know. I think that it's all part of the learning process. You can't be sure it would have survived anyway.

 

[Poco Pollo]

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New Duckie:

Some people put iffy eggs in a bowl of water if they are trying to figure out if the egg should be tossed. A live chick will struggle because the shell is permeable (water leaks into the egg drowning the chick), so the egg is then rescued, dried, and returned to the incubator. This is too harsh a test for me, so I opt for just leaving them in a few more days. I once left an egg in 7 days past the hatch of the last expected egg, and it finally hatched. The little guy was weak, though, and he expired about three days later. CBC is right. You can't know if the chick would have survived. The only thing you lose if you leave the eggs in longer is space, so letting them stay longer is okay, unless they start to stink. Toss the stinkers immediately. You don't want to breed bacteria.

A friend of mine drops iffy eggs onto a folded bath towel. She listens for a squeak or peep. If she hears something, the egg goes back into the incubator. If she doesn't, she opens a tiny hole in the big end, through the air sack and tries to see if the chick is moving. A bit of tape can cover the hole if the egg needs to go back into the incubator. For me, this seems traumatic too, so I don't dunk or drop. I just wait. After you've incubated about twenty more batches you'll develop some patience, or not. I usually lose sleep in the last three days. It's normal for new mommas to be anxious. You're doing okay. You're a curious person who learned an unhappy lesson. We all have.

 

[newduckie]

Thanks guys.. I have called all my kids and told them all what a dumb mom they have. There are still about a dozen in there. they will stay for several days. I have more eggs coming tomorrow so I was going to clear out the incubator since they were overdue. Guess I will hold the new eggs for a few days before i set them.

 

[newduckie]

Quote:
New Duckie:

Some people put iffy eggs in a bowl of water if they are trying to figure out if the egg should be tossed. A live chick will struggle because the shell is permeable (water leaks into the egg drowning the chick), so the egg is then rescued, dried, and returned to the incubator. This is too harsh a test for me, so I opt for just leaving them in a few more days. I once left an egg in 7 days past the hatch of the last expected egg, and it finally hatched. The little guy was weak, though, and he expired about three days later. CBC is right. You can't know if the chick would have survived. The only thing you lose if you leave the eggs in longer is space, so letting them stay longer is okay, unless they start to stink. Toss the stinkers immediately. You don't want to breed bacteria.

A friend of mine drops iffy eggs onto a folded bath towel. She listens for a squeak or peep. If she hears something, the egg goes back into the incubator. If she doesn't, she opens a tiny hole in the big end, through the air sack and tries to see if the chick is moving. A bit of tape can cover the hole if the egg needs to go back into the incubator. For me, this seems traumatic too, so I don't dunk or drop. I just wait. After you've incubated about twenty more batches you'll develop some patience, or not. I usually lose sleep in the last three days. It's normal for new mommas to be anxious. You're doing okay. You're a curious person who learned an unhappy lesson. We all have.

Don't think I want to do that either. I would probably wait to long to see if it was struggling and then drown it anyway. I have considered a small hole but now I just can't get myself to look at them in case my bad mojo jynxes them...lol

 

[Namble]

4 more days for me!!! I go into lockdown tomorrow night!! I'm due on Christmas Eve, the 24th! Woot!!!!


-Grant

 

[technodoll]

Chicks due here on the 23rd, if all goes well...

Broody mama has been hard at work for weeks now, I hope she gets her reward!

 

[Poco Pollo]

Aren't we all broody chicken mommas?

 

[Overeasyplz]

I still have nothing, it is day 21 for the 4 and day 16 for the others. I swear I think they are rolling about a bit though, I dare not reach in and touch them but oh god do I want to!!!!!