Set some eggs just now, due date 20th July.... anyone else setting just now? Hatch-Along

[Gen9]

I've got a pip! Yay! Now let's hope it beats all the odds. Hate for it to die. All the others are quiet

 

[Gen9]

How is everyone's eggs doing??? 2 hatched and are quietly cuddling together and I have 6 pips... hope all of us have a great hatch

 

[chickinthebator]

Hi all! Sorry to join in but I've been following the post and my date is 23rd!
Thought I'd wish you all the best of luck with your hatches!!
I have 7 random eggs in at the moment, day 15 is today (day 16 tonight)
and when candled 4 looked good, 1 pretty good, 1 just about OK and 1 is a yolk!
Fingers crossed for all of you

 

[CAjerseychick]

Hey all good luck to you all in lockdown (I guess I am too) and with pipping and hatching eminent! I checked my 6 eggs 2 days ago-- they are intact and non stinky (felt a little cool though) I hope they are OK.... the Broody was taking another dust bath-- I dont think she got off at all yesterday I really do think they will hatch soon! ... I will check on them soonish...

 

[epmchickens]

My incubator keeps going up from 100 to 104!? They go on lockdown tonight, can I give them to a broody at this point?

 

[luvmychixandducks]

I too have followed this thread but didn't want to jinx my latest attempt.
My last hatch resulted in six live chicks out of eighteen eggs so I set 18 more on July 1 and went into lockdown this afternoon.
The six chicks are in the brooder and will be moved to a guinea pig cage to free up the bin brooder for new hatchlings. (Is this considered counting chicks before they hatch ?)
Last time I had a lot of fully developed embryos that didn't appear to have any air sac at eggtopsy, so this time I went dry for the first 18 days and added water to the secondary incubator (I start in a square foam bator with an egg turner, then move to an older round one with wire bottom for actual hatch at lockdown) . This time I used the paper egg cartons, clipping the bottoms for air exchange, in an attempt to keep the eggs in the same configuration for hatching as during incubation. Thanks to all who suggested this, I hope it helps.
The only issue I had during this attempt was a spike at about day ten, where I saw the thermo at about 104.
I dropped it back to 100 and hopefully nobody died.
Didn't want to mess with the eggs to candle, so just proceeded with the process and will find out in three days if I killed everybody, or not.
The eggs were super fresh to start, and the flock owner who provided them did so with the proviso that we split the hatch.

Earlier there was a reference to a double yolk egg, and speculation about chances that it would hatch. Unfortunately twins in the poultry world are not usually successful in exiting their shared shell - it's hard enough to get a single chick to exit successfully, never mind two at a time. I wouldn't try if I knew there were two birds in a single egg
I hate to see chicks get to the final stage and end up no shows. or quitters as some hatchers call them. I don't think of them as quitters, but rather as never really had a chancers , and not their fault that they drowned before they had a chance to breathe.

 

[Gen9]

I've got 11 hatched right now, 4 pips, & nothing from the last 3 so far.

 

[CAjerseychick]

NOTHING. It s day 19or 20 or 21 not really sure. Broody is siting tight, I lifted her up and saw Nothing..... 6 brown eggs intact and non pipped no sounds, mama didnt get off today.... Sigh ... I guess I will leave town tommorrow with a good conscience....

 

[Gen9]

I too have followed this thread but didn't want to jinx my latest attempt.
My last hatch resulted in six live chicks out of eighteen eggs so I set 18 more on July 1  and went into lockdown this afternoon.
The six chicks are in the brooder and will be moved to a guinea pig cage to free up the bin brooder for new hatchlings. (Is this considered counting chicks before they hatch ?)
Last time I had a lot of fully developed embryos that didn't appear to have any air sac at eggtopsy, so this time I went dry for the first 18 days and added water to the secondary incubator (I start in a square foam bator with an egg turner, then move to an older round one with wire bottom for actual hatch at lockdown) . This time I used the paper egg cartons, clipping the bottoms for air exchange, in an attempt to keep the eggs in the same configuration for hatching as during incubation. Thanks to all who suggested this, I hope it helps.
The only issue I had during this attempt was a spike at about day ten, where I saw the thermo at about 104.
I dropped it back to 100 and hopefully nobody died.
Didn't want to mess with the eggs to candle, so just proceeded with the process and will find out in three days if I killed everybody, or not.
The eggs were super fresh to start, and the flock owner who provided them did so with the proviso that we split the hatch.

Earlier there was a reference to a double yolk egg, and speculation about chances that it would hatch. Unfortunately twins in the poultry world are not usually successful in exiting their shared shell - it's hard enough to get a single chick to exit successfully, never mind two at a time. I wouldn't try if I knew there were two birds in a single egg 
  I hate to see chicks get to the final stage and end up no shows. or quitters as some hatchers call them. I don't think of them as quitters, but rather as never really had a chancers , and not their fault that they drowned before they had a chance to breathe.

I don't understand why they're called quitters, or what would consist of classifying it as such. This whole thing is new to me. Sorry to read about the last batch. I was thinking of hatching them on their sides but after reading that so many have had successful hatches using the paper cartons, I decided to do it this way & I'm glad I did. I'm hatching my own. I don't think I could buy shipped eggs, I don't think they're worth it, but I'll be willing to drive an hour to pick some up. Eventually I want to start breeding & selling a heritage breed with strong bloodlines.
Oh my, I have a very loud chirpier, I might have to move the brooder in the garage

 

[chickinthebator]

Hmmm... It's either day 16 or day 15 today but I am not 100% sure.
I will lock up at 9:00pm on Sunday as that will be I have had 18 days or it is day 18!
Nothing yet but when candled saw a couple of little movers.
5 left in the game, 2 unfortunately never really developed (probably unfertalised)
Fingers crossed for all you hatching and pipping today!! 2 and a half days till lockdown