Setting eggs tomorrow, anyone want to join?

[jenifern]

Well my pipper has made progress, but there seems to be some yolky type substance near the opening..? never seen that before in hatching. I can still hear some slight peeping so I hope the little guy is ok. No more pips in any other eggs, but hatch day technically isn't until Monday so I am not worried.

 

[blzzrdqueen]

I've got nothing! No rocking, rolling, or pipping...the wait continues.

 

[jenifern]

Well my early one is dead

I think it drowned in the yolk stuff. No more pips.

 

[jnjmanning]

Well my early one is dead

I think it drowned in the yolk stuff. No more pips.

So sorry. I am still fretting over what to do with mine.

 

[jenifern]

So sorry. I am still fretting over what to do with mine.

I have heard people doing dry hatches too. I had my humidity at about 40% for incubation, and it's at about 65% now. I know for some breeds they say their egg shells are quite thick and need a dryer incubation as their eggs don't dry out as fast. Copper Marans are an example.

I feel so sick about it when a chick dies

 

[12321]

Well my early one is dead

I think it drowned in the yolk stuff. No more pips.

Is it possible it's just taking a long break? One of our first pips didn't move or make a sound for at least 5 hours.

We have 3 running around now and 3 more pips. They sure do travel. They don't really roll the other eggs around, they just go over them...so far. For anyone using jar lids to boost the humidity, I hope you have a sponge or something in them to prevent the chicks from taking a bath. They also flipped over the calibrated hygrometer so humidity is just a rough guess with the other 2, but I think we're still about 75%. My wife has talked me out of opening the lid a few times to flip it back over. Still waiting for Ameraucanas and Welsummers...and 2 mutts.

 

[Mmmatt13]

Pip to zip can take anywhere from 5 minutes to 24 hours. Good point about the jar lids, 12321.

 

[jenifern]

Is it possible it's just taking a long break? One of our first pips didn't move or make a sound for at least 5 hours.

no, it was totally still and lifeless. Typically I can see the beak sort of opening and closing at least or it will cheep a bit. I took it out of the incubator and lightly tapped the egg, nothing. I moved the beak a bit too with my finger to see if I could get a reaction and there was nothing

 

[jenifern]

Is it possible it's just taking a long break? One of our first pips didn't move or make a sound for at least 5 hours.

We have 3 running around now and 3 more pips. They sure do travel. They don't really roll the other eggs around, they just go over them...so far. For anyone using jar lids to boost the humidity, I hope you have a sponge or something in them to prevent the chicks from taking a bath. They also flipped over the calibrated hygrometer so humidity is just a rough guess with the other 2, but I think we're still about 75%. My wife has talked me out of opening the lid a few times to flip it back over. Still waiting for Ameraucanas and Welsummers...and 2 mutts.

ooo, Welsummers! nice!

 

[rc50]

Set 27 eggs today....


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