September Hatch-A-Long

[Y N dottes]

quick question.
Should I turn off the fan during lockdown? or is that unnecessary?

 

[duluthralphie]

I kept my fan going ..BUT don't follow my advice I only hatched 137%, whereas others here have gotten well over 200% ( chicken math).

 

[ambodoorgunner]

I'm waiting on the last of my silkie chicks to hatch now!

 

[CharterChick]

Final count out of 16 in lockdown 9 hatched. There were 4 that were too big for the shell, 2 that pipped in the wrong spot and 1 that had a deformity where it only had one leg and a nub... Weird. All that made it to the brooder are alive and well! So I have 11 to sell! Woo Hoo!

On a sad note my chickens were being stupid and roosted on the dogs fence and my dog got one, he pulled all the feathers out of it's back. It's still alive but I don't know if it's insides are ok. I have it a bath and I'm snuggling it now

 

[FoxholeFarm]

quick question.
Should I turn off the fan during lockdown? or is that unnecessary?

I kept mine going and had 6/6 lockdown eggs hatch. Sounds like both a re viable options.

 

[CharterChick]

Forgot to add pictures.

There's 3 more drying in the bator.

 

[Y N dottes]

I kept my fan going ..BUT don't follow my advice I only hatched 137%, whereas others here have gotten well over 200% ( chicken math).

Anything over 100% is quite the hatch

Looks like I'll keep it on then

 

[Rainier]

Careful, the egg that I had explode on day 16 was a detached air cell egg from shipping that gradually got darker and darker below the air cell line on candling so I thought it was developing like the others but I never saw motion in it. Also, the egg never weeped or smelled "off". I have a strong sense of smell and thought I would have noticed before hand but the shell was thick and never smelled bad. Before the explosion I chaulked the lack of visual motion to the detached air cell and was going to remove the egg that night, but the explosion occurred first...

I think if you see normal development AND motion, then you should be good to go. If you have plenty of others developing, might be worth sacrificing the egg if you see no motion in order to avoid all the nastiness that comes with an exploded egg. I was torn to get rid of the egg earlier do to my inexperience and hope for a viable chick within...wish I would have been more decisive sooner. What a learning experience this has been!

I was just asking about pulling eggs that have no movement. One is a double yolk with one looking bigger than the other.

 

[SelfMadeFarming]

Starting lock down Wednesday night...

:cd

Can't wait to see my Welsummers

 

[duluthralphie]

Anything over 100% is quite the hatch

Looks like I'll keep it on then

Just remember that is chicken math!