September Hatch-A-Long!

[Heidisgran]

Quote: after pipping the average zipping is 24 to 36 hrs....it can be earlier or a little later...pipping is about fresh air it doesn't mean their little blood or yolk is all absorbed! if the humidity is higher than they incubated you'll be fine....so sit on you hands and breeaatthh!!
let us know when you emerge

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: after pipping the average zipping is 24 to 36 hrs....it can be earlier or a little later...pipping is about fresh air it doesn't mean their little blood or yolk is all absorbed! if the humidity is higher than they incubated you'll be fine....so sit on you hands and breeaatthh!!
let us know when you emerge

not you emerge...they! silly me

 

[sweetappleacres]

2 things:

1. I have a pip!

. it's in my only lavender egg.

2. I checked on the chicks the broodys are raising and it seems they are slacking on the job. Yes they are dedicated and protective mothers BUT both chicks have a mild or moderate case of the pasty-butts. I tried to get them away from the chicks so I could bring them in to clean up but they weren't having it. And I didn't persist as I am very fond of all of my fingers.

 

[jnjmanning]

Hi jnjmanning,
I just go goofy every time I look at the chick in your Avatar.................
I think I know where to bid on the eggs.but not sure what breed your chick is...........Orpington?
I just have to have some............
Thanks, Tanya

Hi jnjmanning,
I just go goofy every time I look at the chick in your Avatar.................
I think I know where to bid on the eggs.but not sure what breed your chick is...........Orpington?
I just have to have some............
Thanks, Tanya

Mine are project silkies. But she has Chocolate bantam orpington eggs; Chocolate Ameraucanas, and Bantam Chocolate Ameraucanas. Mine looks like an Orp cause an orp was used for the chocolate gene in the silkie project. It is getting more of the silkie characteristics now.

 

[Angie Poo]

[COLOR=008080]HI, Don't worry yet..............My concern would be finding a way to keep the humidity up.[/COLOR] [COLOR=008080]Good grief, trying to remember the time frame from pip to hatch and have gone brain dead..[/COLOR] [COLOR=008080]I am sure someone will chime in.[/COLOR] [COLOR=008080]I think it is way to early to assist............especially if there is movement.....[/COLOR] [COLOR=008080]Sometimes they just take a little nap....hatching is hard work for them.[/COLOR] [COLOR=008080]Keep in contact.............and good Luck[/COLOR]

after pipping the average zipping is 24 to 36 hrs....it can be earlier or a little later...pipping is about fresh air it doesn't mean their little blood or yolk is all absorbed! if the humidity is higher than they incubated you'll be fine....so sit on you hands and breeaatthh!! let us know when you emerge

Thank you for your input. I worked on getting the humidity up and was able to get it to stay around 65%.

1 of the two chicks started making more of a hole then a zip where it pipped but seemed to be having problems. My gut feeling said something was wrong, Upon farther inspection I noticed that my poor little babies were getting shrink wrapped

So I decided to act on what I had read and researched. I started chipping away the shell and wetting the membrane. On both the babies the membranes no longer had veins

I was able to get the top of both eggs chipped off and the membrane moistened then pealed back with out any bleeding. I placed the babies back in the bator wrapped in a warm damp paper towel (still in the remaining half of the egg) and within 15min they were out of the shells walking or should I say wobbling around

no blood and yolks absorbed...they just weren't able to get out due to the low humidity. I would say my first hatching experience was a successful one

3/3 eggs hatched (2 with some help) 100% hatch rate on my first go around!!

 

[Heidisgran]

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[Heidisgran]

Our broody surprised us with our 1st 3 sept.babies.they all look like this one,3 more to hatch still

 

[chickydee64]

not you emerge...they! silly me

 

[jackslolita]

wow!! i want to see too !!

someone told me peacocks NEVER hatch .. which makes no sense to me. BUT this person also didnt tell me the difference between guinea hen eggs and regular..

Post photos!!

 

[Heidisgran]

wow!! i want to see too !!

someone told me peacocks NEVER hatch .. which makes no sense to me. BUT this person also didnt tell me the difference between guinea hen eggs and regular..

Post photos!!

peachicks are hard to get to hatch and very hard to keep alive...they are vulnerable for up to a year....guinea hens are native to Africa, they are actually related to turkeys not chickens