Setting Eggs On March 7, anyone else??

[Cattitude]

Hmm, are most of your eggs non-starters, or blood rings, or Day 14-18 quitters, or pippers-then-die-ers? I think this website has sort of a troubleshooting guide. http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/Avian/pfs33.htm There are also differences of opinion on washing versus not-washing eggs before incubating. Here's another article from the same university that covers washing your hatching eggs. http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8120.pdf There could be all kinds of reasons. *sigh* I hope you find a successful procedure soon!

I did eggtopsies on the 5 remaining eggs from my Mar 4 batch, and 3 were fully formed with unabsorbed yolks while the other two had probably quit a couple days before. (Thank goodness for sandwich size zipper seal bags!) So I'm thru with this hatch; it was one of the first for the year for me, which always seem to be less successful than the remainder of the year. Congratulations on all the beautiful fuzzy butts!

 

[azhenhouse]

Well this is so discouraging, and I am wondering why I even invested in the darn incubator and eggs in the first place. All I have are the four eggs I want to hatch, and I can't even manage to do that. Broody, my hen hatched out just the three eggs I put under her last year. Unfortunately, they were all roosters but they did hatch on days 22 and 23, so maybe I still have a chance.

 

[Donna Sue]

Well this is so discouraging, and I am wondering why I even invested in the darn incubator and eggs in the first place. All I have are the four eggs I want to hatch, and I can't even manage to do that. Broody, my hen hatched out just the three eggs I put under her last year. Unfortunately, they were all roosters but they did hatch on days 22 and 23, so maybe I still have a chance.

Hang in there. Is your one egg still rockin and rollin?

 

[Contrastphoto]

So why do you think you 3 fully formed didn't adsorb the yolk? I had this happen to 4 or 5 chicks at New Years and couldn't find a reason online.

Hmm, are most of your eggs non-starters, or blood rings, or Day 14-18 quitters, or pippers-then-die-ers? I think this website has sort of a troubleshooting guide. http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/Avian/pfs33.htm There are also differences of opinion on washing versus not-washing eggs before incubating. Here's another article from the same university that covers washing your hatching eggs. http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8120.pdf There could be all kinds of reasons. *sigh* I hope you find a successful procedure soon!

I did eggtopsies on the 5 remaining eggs from my Mar 4 batch, and 3 were fully formed with unabsorbed yolks while the other two had probably quit a couple days before. (Thank goodness for sandwich size zipper seal bags!) So I'm thru with this hatch; it was one of the first for the year for me, which always seem to be less successful than the remainder of the year. Congratulations on all the beautiful fuzzy butts!

 

[azhenhouse]

Hang in there. Is your one egg still rockin and rollin?

Yes she is. I turned the T.V. on in the room where the incubator is for stimulation for the hatchlings. I don't know if it will work but it makes me feel better.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Trying again with different browser.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/image/id/6754532/width/400/flags/LL

Did you use the URL posting? Click insert image then "Image URL"

 

[destin0709]

I copied the URL that says embed in website and clicked box that said image only and it doesn't show pic on page.

Finally figured it out.

 

[Contrastphoto]

Well all finished. I have 5 Eng. Orps and 4 Isbars. I had 2 Orp eggs that didn't hatch one was a early about day 10 quitter and the other was fully formed day18 with yolk not completely adsorbed. My other Isbar egg was about a day seven quitter. I did the freezer bag autopsy too.

Here are the four Isbar chicks:



Five perfect English Orp. This was my 3 and final attempt at hatching a splash Orp.

 

[Donna Sue]

Gratz on the new babies! They're beautiful and already so fluffy.

We just had our first one hatch and my sweet little 4 year old son got to watch the whole thing. Ya just can't put a price tag on that. This was his first time seeing a chick hatch other than what I've shown him on youtube. It's just such a miracle every time.

I have no idea what breed this one is because I can't open the bator to look at what I wrote on the shell. Looks like maybe a BR though. Several more pips in there.
Contrastphoto, you just finished and I'm just getting started! haha!

 

[Donna Sue]

And, my son just announced that "his baby chicken" is going to be named James. (After one of his Thomas the Tank Engine trains). Lets hope that James is a roo. haha!