Setting eggs july 13 anyone else setting today, I need a buddy

[builderone]

those are some cool chicks.
Builder

 

[DixieChickie]

Here are my 2, so far

I have 3 lemon blue and a mille fleur (all cochins) pipping. And a blue mottled cochin who I really strongly felt needed help, and it has the umpulical cord across its face. Not sure how I'm going to help it, as it has huge veins running every which way, across air cell area?

Just lost the lil blue mottled egg with cord over its face

 

[audrey02026]

My only other hopeful hasn't moved since about 8pm last night....no pips no movement. Poor little SF chick may be lonely.

 

[builderone]

Sorry for the loss dixie.
audry you never know it might start back in I had a couple that I thought were done but they came back. Good luck
Chad

 

[jettgirl24]

Here are my baby chickies so far.... The one in the forefront is a white Silkie, I've also got a buff in the back left but she's hiding

I'm pretty sure the rest are very late quitters. I candled this morning and I didn't see any movement whatsoever. VERY bummed about that as I've been having this trouble all year. I thought it was the shipped eggs but these came in perfect condition and I've also had this trouble with a couple of Marans eggs from my own flock. I'm beginning to think I have some kind of incubator problem but I have no idea what it could be. I'm wanting something a little bigger so I think I might build a cabinet incubator and leave this as a hatcher or something. It's very frustrating because it hold temperature and humidity perfectly so I can't figure out what the heck the problem could be.

 

[ReikiStar]

Dixie - really sorry about that chick

Audrey - It's Day 21 today? I've seen people say they had them hatch as late as Day 25! I could never be that patient. Come on little one...the salmon baby needs a buddy! I would recommend the "float test" but as we discovered, it doesn't show you if the chick is alive or not unless you are able to see the egg moving. Then it's useful. Otherwise, dead or alive...it will float. Never viable, it will sink to the bottom.

Jettgrl - Were your shipped eggs from somewhere warmer than WA (well, everyone has been warmer this summer)? I'm lamenting that I lost my one survivor because it had actually started to develop during shipment (came from FL) and we were too late getting into lockdown for it. It looked "gone" when we candled on Day 18. Opened it on Day 21 and the chick was fully formed and 80% of the yolk absorbed!! It's inner membrane had shrunk. So either it dehydrated because it died or it died because it dehydrated in my dry incubator. Just brainstorming for ya. Don't know going on with your own Maran eggs. That's frustrating.

 

[jettgirl24]

Super frustrating! The eggs actually came from within WA, a few hours southeast of me during a spell of super mild weather so it couldn't be the heat I don't think. They were packaged exceptionally well - best I've ever received and seemed to have a fairly easy trip... Not even a loose air cell in the bunch. I have no idea what the issue is - the only thing I can think is maybe ventilation??? But I have a small fan blowing air in from outside of the bator so I really don't think that's it. Oh well - I'm wanting more capacity than my fridgibator provides and I want to accommodate auto-turners as well so maybe this will just be the kick I need to build a proper cabinet incubator... Won't my boyfriend love that - room for even more eggs

 

[ReikiStar]

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