Setting Eggs Sept. 24th-Oct. 4th-Last Hatch of the Year. Anyone care to join me?

[Brookhavens]

One little peep in one little egg and I can here it chirping humidity still at 63 dont want to open with the one peeping

I need a vacation!!!!! Its all Roxannemc fault she made me do this HAHA

 

[Roxanneinla]

Okay i candle my eggs at 2 am this morning when i went to go turn them....so far looks like i will have 3 chicks. They where under my thermometer , i think it radiated heat after the incident so it saved them....i think the other ones are done for when my incubator got accidentally unplugs cause dumb me left the door open and cats played by the incubator cord. I'll post the other eggs, they are not as far along as these but i don't know if i should leave them in the incubator or toss them out...

 

[Texasmja]

I'll post the other eggs, they are not as far along as these but i don't know if i should leave them in the incubator or toss them out...

If they do not stink, leave them in. You never really know unless you try and just see what happens!

 

[Roxanneinla]

Here are the other ones...i don't know if i should just keep them in there or toss them out. They didn't light up as much as the dude ones i toss out but i am having a hard time seeing veins...need some advice please.

 

[Roxanneinla]

If they do not stink, leave them in. You never really know unless you try and just see what happens!

bad part since it's fall i have no sniffer...with my allergies..i had my hubby tell me when he got back from his trip that one of them was bad and threw away 3 duds.

 

[dwegg]

As long as the humidity stays up you are better to have all vents open. They need the fresh air exchange.

correct...leave the vents open if you can...it will help with the hatch and once you have chicks they can breathe and stay in there for up to 2 days while others hatch...fresh air is a must...and it will actually help regulate the humidity easier for those hatching and still in the eggs...

I hate to give drastic advice but if the pips were 24 hours ago and nothing at all since you might want to pick a little shell only not membrane off and see if thelittle guys are still alive.I had one after 24 hours no zipping at all whos membrane was totally dry and pulled away from the shell..Just pick some off by his head only see if they are alive..
If so then wait a tiny bit see what he does if he doesnt do more then pick a little bit of just shell offf in a band slowly like he would zip it. .if you see ANYblood wrap the egg in a wet rag and put it back in the bator.Go around the shell little at a time and see if he can do it himself after eah little piece is picked off.A small blunt end tweezers works well for me.wet the membrane wth a tiny bit of water ad you go.Also have the eggs wrapped in a wet rag but not on his beak area .Learning center has a description how to do this and there are some videos on youtube too. you might watch before you do it.One gsl uses a knife blade.I wouldnt use that.Good Luck!

I say no!...leave them and give them a little more time otherwise you risk all the other eggs at this point...they will hatch when they are ready...I know it is tempting but only intervene if you can SEE a problem like zipping wrong or started to zip and then get stuck...give them a few more hours...

Here are the other ones...i don't know if i should just keep them in there or toss them out. They didn't light up as much as the dude ones i toss out but i am having a hard time seeing veins...need some advice please.

I think these ones are duds unfortunately...but leave them in for a couple more days if you are unsure then reassess....

 

[Selah]

Just wanted to add some pics. These look so much like Leavingegypt's chicks, as we are working with the same general type cross...only opposite. We are using BO roo over red sex link hens. The hens as chicks were quite a bit darker than these, and they had darker striping and oval shapes on their backs. The BO roo chicks were a good bit lighter than these offspring, so will be interesting to see what they look like as they mature. At any rate, they should be good dual-purpose, friendly adults.








Still have 2 hatchlings in the 'bator, with 2 more trying to progress from a good pip, one more well-pipped but stalled (I am afraid these are shrink-wrapped)...if all goes well with those, that would be 11 of 14 at the start of lockdown. Today would be day 23.
I will NEVER try this again without a thermostat (what were we thinking?!?), but we are well and truly hooked!!! We drove down a country road this past summer, and had to stop for a VERY fancy and full-of-himself roo to cross. I mean, so fancy, we thought about him all day...and many times since. I am considering driving out there to knock on the door to see if they have any hatching eggs they would like to sell me

HUGE thanks to Brookhavens for leading this fearless march!

 

[Roxanneinla]

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I think these ones are duds unfortunately...but leave them in for a couple more days if you are unsure then reassess....

Okay i will leave them in there for a bit longer...just so they can have a chance

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

11 Chicks! 1 dud, 2 havent pipped yet so i left them in the hatcher.

 

[chicks4fun]

I hate to give drastic advice but if the pips were 24 hours ago and nothing at all since you might want to pick a little shell only not membrane off and see if thelittle guys are still alive.I had one after 24 hours no zipping at all whos membrane was totally dry and pulled away from the shell..Just pick some off by his head only see if they are alive..
If so then wait a tiny bit see what he does if he doesnt do more then pick a little bit of just shell offf in a band slowly like he would zip it. .if you see ANYblood wrap the egg in a wet rag and put it back in the bator.Go around the shell little at a time and see if he can do it himself after eah little piece is picked off.A small blunt end tweezers works well for me.wet the membrane wth a tiny bit of water ad you go.Also have the eggs wrapped in a wet rag but not on his beak area .Learning center has a description how to do this and there are some videos on youtube too. you might watch before you do it.One gsl uses a knife blade.I wouldnt use that.Good Luck!

they pipped last night so it's not bee a full 24 hours but it is so quite and still . . . . .

I feel like if I don't do something they will not make it but then I think I will shrink-wrap them if I do something

Someone remind me why I am doing this. . . . I make myself crazy