Setting eggs today...20th May...anyone else?

[Amykins]

Eeek...putting a hole in the egg isn't gonna help. Just wrap the egg in a moist paper towel, maintain the proper temp and hope for the best. Keep us updated.

 

[loopy12]

That's fine...leave it two hours then remoisten the membrane and look for veins. Good chance they'll be gone by then. If not put back for another two hours until they are.

Once the veins are gone, rub the membrane and push it gently back in all directions until the chick has a good chance of popping itself out Wrap in warm, damp cloth and replace in incubator. As much as possible you want it to still hatch itself when its ready...

 

[loopy12]

Does it have a pip in the membranes to breathe through? Or had it not pipped internally or externally?

Once its shrink wrapped, in my experience you will need to help quite a bit to get the egg to the point it can release itself, but do let it do the final hatching stage at its own pace.

 

[Gofygure]

Awwww...I can't see their feet in the picture.


The cochins and brahmas seem similar to me. Wonder what my brahma baby will look like when he grows up. He's a brahma perniciato maglie nere which translates as a black jersey partridge! I think that might be similar to your cochin but with partridge double lace, if you see what I mean. He has the adorable fluffy feet. Time will tell...
How big are your cochin eggs? The three cochin eggs the breeder gave me (that were infertile) were tiny. Is that normal for the breed?

Were they standard-sized or bantams? My ladies lay eggs on the smaller side, especially when compared to the jumbo sex-links. On the other hand, I can't tell them apart from Sussex eggs, so I guess they're about average for the non-laying breeds.

Hope they pull through, Ashem.

 

[Alaskan]

Everything that loopy said, but I wanted to add that it is important that they work quite a bit, since that is how the blood dries all up and the yolk gets pulled into the belly. All the struggling helps pull the belly muscles together. With that said, since your eggs are shipped, it is important to make sure the beak is positioned so that they can breath.

And, the little guy that isn't standing yet, I would definitely wait a day, he might just be super tuckered out.

 

[ashem0]

Got back from the school run - found the one I had pipped had died. It was in light wet muslin in the bator (still in its egg!). Which was sad because it actually looked healthy otherwise. I don't know if there was an internal pip Loopy, but I suspect it was trying - the beak was pointed outward to the shell, but was at the wrong end...again. The last one, was dead - abnormal growth evident.

So, I have one healthy chickie - "Blossom". The other is still not using its legs, and I'm beginning to think it won't... it's active, trying to stand and chirping so much, but the legs seem useless.

I have only had one chick hatch properly on its own. So nice and easy and healthy when it happens normally. I really did not enjoy the ones I had to assist. I have learned that if it doesn't hatch itself, I really don't want to get involved... very unpleasant overall. And as for ones that don't hatch, I don't really want to know why!

 

[ashem0]

Everything that loopy said, but I wanted to add that it is important that they work quite a bit, since that is how the blood dries all up and the yolk gets pulled into the belly. All the struggling helps pull the belly muscles together. With that said, since your eggs are shipped, it is important to make sure the beak is positioned so that they can breath.

And, the little guy that isn't standing yet, I would definitely wait a day, he might just be super tuckered out.

Thanks Alaskan - I do know that (blood/yolk belly stuff), that's why I left it in the egg and did not touch the membrane. Unfortunately I couldn't tell where the beak was... and I didn't want to go poking holes in the shell, so went for the obvious end.

*sigh*

At least I have Disco and now, Blossom. Disco just looks so healthy and vibrant now.

 

[mrsguardian88]

my three chicks first photo shoot at one day old one pullet red sex-link and two buff orps..
Heres another of my RS named Drea

 

[ashem0]

Here is Blossom saying G'day to Disco.

Let's hope it's a happy friendship!

This is the little one that has the bad legs.

 

[Alaskan]

Blossom looks so cute! Yeah that Disco is doing so well too!

And ugh on the last one. Maybe read though some of the "help my chick" type threads here on BYC to see if it is an easy fix. I don't know though. Tough choice.