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Looks good! My DH shaves his head like that too. Though he doesn't do it because of chicken stress, its likely due to living with a house full of girls lol.
The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!
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Looks good! My DH shaves his head like that too. Though he doesn't do it because of chicken stress, its likely due to living with a house full of girls lol.
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Thanks!
Okay so since this is my first time hatching eggs, and my first time joining this hatch-a-long, I would like some advice. I KNOW NOTHING!!! AHHHH IM SO WORRIED!!!!!
Like when they start to hatch, where do i put them? Do they stay in the Incubator?!
What do I do!?
Do I leave the eggs in there with them?
What temperature do they hatch at? I am so worried.
My mixed hatchlings are coming soon, LIKE VERY SOON!!!Almost a week soon! In 13 days.
I have TWINS!? HOW DO THEY HATCH? DO I HELP THEM? DO TWINS HATCH EASY?
HELP ME!?!?!?!?!?!?! PLEASE!?!?!?!?!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101
Chicken math..... Im really good at it....
You were NOT KIDDING were you!! ha ha ha how pretty!!
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Quote: ha ha ha and fit!
My easter batch lockdown. .
I love this image!!
Almost 1500 posts. uuuummmmmmm I'm not even going to try.
I had to lock down late. Hope I didn't screw up, but there was a good reason. To tired to type out what made it or looked like it made it, or was to hard to see if it made it.
We had a hatch on Sunday. His name is Dominick. I have more grandkids than the average person, but I sure get excited when I get a new one.
My good reason...LOL
OMgoodness what a little blessing!! Congrats on another littleone! awwwwwww ach du gut I am in love!!!!!
oh no! I am so sorry! is there anything we can do to help you figure it all out? @luvmypets
Lovely!!
I figured I would post a photo of these eggs ,that are from my brothers friend. The chickens that layed these are some that I hatch last year. They absolutely love all the different colors. It's always great to see someone happy about their chickens and eggs. The husband wanted some chickens so I gave him some chicks, now the wife says they are hers. Lol
HA HA HAH AH AHAH HAHAHHAHAHHA neener neener neener
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LIKE A BOSS HockeyDAD!!
YAY!!!Last Day to Enter:
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5th Annual 2014 Easter Hatch-a-long!
Time to let your creativity shine! Put together a basket or scene using Easter candy!
I am behind 1941 post................
Good Morning all !
Good Morning all !
First Easter HAL egg has hatched and it's a poult! And another is pipped! Let the hatching begin!
I want to explain to everyone WHY I wrote the assist article in an attempt to save a few chicks......
Not only had I gotten inundated with people messaging me and calling me to threads to help with hatching, but over and over I would run into people assisting chicks WAY WAY too soon, picking and pips and the stress to them was overwhelming and they panic! And then trying to walk them through saving chicks that had little to no hope. To be honest, I was overwhelmed with the amount of people that didn't understand the process or even understand the basics, example, some don't understand that in the egg are TWO MEMBRANES, or they don't know that when the chick has external pip and chirps IS NOT THE FINAL HATCHING STAGE (COUNTER CLOCKWISE zipping is the last stage to get out, typically resting after external can take many hours and sometimes more than a day from that point on and malpositions (pipped wrong end/little end) even longer because the external pip is the same as internal so absorption time is prolonged in most cases). PLEASE REFER to the TIMELINE of a silky hatching in both of the articles to understand how long some of these processes may take. MOST OF US RARELY ASSIST CHICKS UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY or the chick is of GREAT GREAT VALUE and typically after most of the hatch is complete. Those of us who BREED and sell on most occasions NEVER ASSIST. I have added videos of malpositions(little end/wrong end pips) hatching perfectly unassisted, these are typically the first pips you will witness BECAUSE this is not only internal pip its external as well.
Its best to understand what that chick is doing WELL BEFORE you open that bator!
I WILL ASK AT THIS TIME PLEASE PLEASE do not message me privately,
I am inundated, you can get a tremendous amount of help right here on the thread! Someone is always online to help you! But its always best to research and read for yourself too, I wrote those articles and researched so much and I did it not only for myself but for everyone the articles can reach! I AM HERE TO HELP, but on this thread please NOT VIA EMAILS!
Thank you for understanding!
To SAVE A CHICK and better your Hatch rates please study incubation!
Anxiety at this HATCHING stage is tremendous for the first timer and they can quickly misinterpret the well being of their chicks and prematurely intervene with disastrous consequences. PLEASE REFER to either the 101 article or the assist article for tons of information, ALSO I CANNOT STRESS how important it is to understand some of the timelines to hatching, I have thrown in both articles some timing info on a silky hatching and how long each process can in fact take.
Understanding The Hatching Process
Between the 15th and 16th days, the chick orients itself so that its head is near the air cell at the large end of the egg. Not long before the chick is ready to attempt to make its way out of the shell its neck acquires a double bend so that its beak is under its right wing and pointed toward the air cell. The chicks PIP first then REST then Zipping begins up to 24 +/- after initial pip depending on breed!
21 DAYS is just a baseline for hatching eggs.
Many chicks can take 23 - 25 days but if you are running into 22+ days PLEASE RE-CALIBRATE THERMOMETERS before setting another batch, your running too LOW!
Some pip internally and fully hatch in hours while others will be 24 hours or more.
Egg movement! Eggs can “Rock n Roll” days before they are due to hatch!
Development of motor patterns in avian embryos:
Control of hatching behavior http://www.int-ornith-union.org/files/proceedings/durban/Symposium/S46/S46.1.htm
In regards to opening and closing the bator to remove already hatch chicks; It is important to remember that chicks can go 3 days without food/water. It is better to wait for the remaining chicks to hatch to insure reducing the impact to unhatched pipping eggs. THE CHICKS WILL STIMULATE THE OTHERS TO HATCH! ITS OK FOR THEM TO PLAY SOCCER IN THERE!
If you want to get fluffy dry chicks out, which happens with setting different breeds as some timing differences, just wipe the side of the bator with a wet rag for instant boost of humidity or spray with mister, DONT GET EGGS wet!
But my new chick is running around in the bator knocking eggs around!
LET THEM GO! DO NOT OPEN THE INCUBATOR! They are fine!
Assisting a chick should be your LAST RESORT
A chick’s failure to progress normally at hatching stage can be caused by genetic problems resulting in malpositioning, deformities or weakness, in which case assistance may promote the survival of birds with deleterious genes. However, hatching difficulties may also result from imperfect incubation procedures with a chick which is genetically viable, or an abnormally thick shell. A lot of the deaths due to the above situations occur immediately before hatching during the transition between embryos to breathing chick. The chick can have difficulty positioning for pipping, absorbing the yolk sac, or changing to breathing air. A chick’s chorioallantoic circulation remains functional until shortly before hatching and remains even when yolk absorption is complete and the embryo/chicks are vocalizing. Therefore the correct time to assist an egg is hard to judge. It is essential that the chick is given as much time as possible to fully absorb the yolk, for the vascular system to shut down, and for the chick to complete the normal physiological processes of hatching.
MORE INFO ON HATCHING PROCESSES CAN BE FOUND HERE
Not only had I gotten inundated with people messaging me and calling me to threads to help with hatching, but over and over I would run into people assisting chicks WAY WAY too soon, picking and pips and the stress to them was overwhelming and they panic! And then trying to walk them through saving chicks that had little to no hope. To be honest, I was overwhelmed with the amount of people that didn't understand the process or even understand the basics, example, some don't understand that in the egg are TWO MEMBRANES, or they don't know that when the chick has external pip and chirps IS NOT THE FINAL HATCHING STAGE (COUNTER CLOCKWISE zipping is the last stage to get out, typically resting after external can take many hours and sometimes more than a day from that point on and malpositions (pipped wrong end/little end) even longer because the external pip is the same as internal so absorption time is prolonged in most cases). PLEASE REFER to the TIMELINE of a silky hatching in both of the articles to understand how long some of these processes may take. MOST OF US RARELY ASSIST CHICKS UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY or the chick is of GREAT GREAT VALUE and typically after most of the hatch is complete. Those of us who BREED and sell on most occasions NEVER ASSIST. I have added videos of malpositions(little end/wrong end pips) hatching perfectly unassisted, these are typically the first pips you will witness BECAUSE this is not only internal pip its external as well.
Its best to understand what that chick is doing WELL BEFORE you open that bator!
I WILL ASK AT THIS TIME PLEASE PLEASE do not message me privately,
I am inundated, you can get a tremendous amount of help right here on the thread! Someone is always online to help you! But its always best to research and read for yourself too, I wrote those articles and researched so much and I did it not only for myself but for everyone the articles can reach! I AM HERE TO HELP, but on this thread please NOT VIA EMAILS!
Thank you for understanding!
To SAVE A CHICK and better your Hatch rates please study incubation!
Incubation Notes, Images, Videos & Links Including SHIPPED EGGS INCUBATION Techniques.
CLICK: HATCHING 101
Anxiety at this HATCHING stage is tremendous for the first timer and they can quickly misinterpret the well being of their chicks and prematurely intervene with disastrous consequences. PLEASE REFER to either the 101 article or the assist article for tons of information, ALSO I CANNOT STRESS how important it is to understand some of the timelines to hatching, I have thrown in both articles some timing info on a silky hatching and how long each process can in fact take.
Understanding The Hatching Process
Between the 15th and 16th days, the chick orients itself so that its head is near the air cell at the large end of the egg. Not long before the chick is ready to attempt to make its way out of the shell its neck acquires a double bend so that its beak is under its right wing and pointed toward the air cell. The chicks PIP first then REST then Zipping begins up to 24 +/- after initial pip depending on breed!
21 DAYS is just a baseline for hatching eggs.
Many chicks can take 23 - 25 days but if you are running into 22+ days PLEASE RE-CALIBRATE THERMOMETERS before setting another batch, your running too LOW!
Some pip internally and fully hatch in hours while others will be 24 hours or more.
Egg movement! Eggs can “Rock n Roll” days before they are due to hatch!
Control of hatching behavior http://www.int-ornith-union.org/files/proceedings/durban/Symposium/S46/S46.1.htm
In regards to opening and closing the bator to remove already hatch chicks; It is important to remember that chicks can go 3 days without food/water. It is better to wait for the remaining chicks to hatch to insure reducing the impact to unhatched pipping eggs. THE CHICKS WILL STIMULATE THE OTHERS TO HATCH! ITS OK FOR THEM TO PLAY SOCCER IN THERE!
If you want to get fluffy dry chicks out, which happens with setting different breeds as some timing differences, just wipe the side of the bator with a wet rag for instant boost of humidity or spray with mister, DONT GET EGGS wet!
But my new chick is running around in the bator knocking eggs around!
LET THEM GO! DO NOT OPEN THE INCUBATOR! They are fine!
Assisting a chick should be your LAST RESORT
A chick’s failure to progress normally at hatching stage can be caused by genetic problems resulting in malpositioning, deformities or weakness, in which case assistance may promote the survival of birds with deleterious genes. However, hatching difficulties may also result from imperfect incubation procedures with a chick which is genetically viable, or an abnormally thick shell. A lot of the deaths due to the above situations occur immediately before hatching during the transition between embryos to breathing chick. The chick can have difficulty positioning for pipping, absorbing the yolk sac, or changing to breathing air. A chick’s chorioallantoic circulation remains functional until shortly before hatching and remains even when yolk absorption is complete and the embryo/chicks are vocalizing. Therefore the correct time to assist an egg is hard to judge. It is essential that the chick is given as much time as possible to fully absorb the yolk, for the vascular system to shut down, and for the chick to complete the normal physiological processes of hatching.
Do not rush the hatch!
DO NOT RUSH THE HATCH!
DO NOT RUSH THE HATCH!
MORE INFO ON HATCHING PROCESSES CAN BE FOUND HERE
Hatching 101
~
Guide to ASSISTED Hatching
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OOOOHH, all these early hatchers are making me check my eggs every 5 minutes!!!
No pips here yet, and I know I shouldn't expect anything until tomorrow at least - Day 19 starts at noon here. But I DID see at least 3 definite wigglers last night!!!
Good to know that some of the chicks are getting into position for hatch!
Woo Hoo, one of my 4 eggs has pippedNow am worried because it is so early.
LOVE THE AVY!!!!!!
I'm sure this is how I look. My Call Eggs are silent, and due tomorrow.....so, extremely nervous that I don't have at least one internal yet!
This Bears Repeating....Read The Article!!!!!
lots of dramas overnight!
its great to hear chicks are hatching.
remember to read Sally's hatching 101 article one more time, especially for those wierd things that happen.
if you still have questions ask here.
its better than pm-ing as others may have the same issue and the answer could be shared
there are also more people here to help than pm-ing just one person
fingers crossed for all of you
I want to explain to everyone WHY I wrote the assist article in an attempt to save a few chicks......
Not only had I gotten inundated with people messaging me and calling me to threads to help with hatching, but over and over I would run into people assisting chicks WAY WAY too soon, picking and pips and the stress to them was overwhelming and they panic! And then trying to walk them through saving chicks that had little to no hope. To be honest, I was overwhelmed with the amount of people that didn't understand the process or even understand the basics, example, some don't understand that in the egg are TWO MEMBRANES, or they don't know that when the chick has external pip and chirps IS NOT THE FINAL HATCHING STAGE (COUNTER CLOCKWISE zipping is the last stage to get out, typically resting after external can take many hours and sometimes more than a day from that point on and malpositions (pipped wrong end/little end) even longer because the external pip is the same as internal so absorption time is prolonged in most cases). PLEASE REFER to the TIMELINE of a silky hatching in both of the articles to understand how long some of these processes may take. MOST OF US RARELY ASSIST CHICKS UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY or the chick is of GREAT GREAT VALUE and typically after most of the hatch is complete. Those of us who BREED and sell on most occasions NEVER ASSIST. I have added videos of malpositions(little end/wrong end pips) hatching perfectly unassisted, these are typically the first pips you will witness BECAUSE this is not only internal pip its external as well.
Its best to understand what that chick is doing WELL BEFORE you open that bator!
I WILL ASK AT THIS TIME PLEASE PLEASE do not message me privately,
I am inundated, you can get a tremendous amount of help right here on the thread! Someone is always online to help you! But its always best to research and read for yourself too, I wrote those articles and researched so much and I did it not only for myself but for everyone the articles can reach! I AM HERE TO HELP, but on this thread please NOT VIA EMAILS!
Thank you for understanding!
To SAVE A CHICK and better your Hatch rates please study incubation!
Incubation Notes, Images, Videos & Links Including SHIPPED EGGS INCUBATION Techniques.
CLICK: HATCHING 101
Development of motor patterns in avian embryos:
Anxiety at this HATCHING stage is tremendous for the first timer and they can quickly misinterpret the well being of their chicks and prematurely intervene with disastrous consequences. PLEASE REFER to either the 101 article or the assist article for tons of information, ALSO I CANNOT STRESS how important it is to understand some of the timelines to hatching, I have thrown in both articles some timing info on a silky hatching and how long each process can in fact take.
Understanding The Hatching Process
Between the 15th and 16th days, the chick orients itself so that its head is near the air cell at the large end of the egg. Not long before the chick is ready to attempt to make its way out of the shell its neck acquires a double bend so that its beak is under its right wing and pointed toward the air cell. The chicks PIP first then REST then Zipping begins up to 24 +/- after initial pip depending on breed!
21 DAYS is just a baseline for hatching eggs.
Many chicks can take 23 - 25 days!
Some pip internally and fully hatch in hours while others will be 24 hours or more.
Egg movement! Eggs can “Rock n Roll” days before they are due to hatch!
Control of hatching behavior http://www.int-ornith-union.org/files/proceedings/durban/Symposium/S46/S46.1.htm
In regards to opening and closing the bator to remove already hatch chicks; It is important to remember that chicks can go 3 days without food/water. It is better to wait for the remaining chicks to hatch to insure reducing the impact to unhatched pipping eggs.
But my new chick is running around in the bator knocking eggs around!
LET THEM GO! DO NOT OPEN THE INCUBATOR! They are fine!
Assisting a chick should be your LAST RESORT
A chick’s failure to progress normally at hatching stage can be caused by genetic problems resulting in malpositioning, deformities or weakness, in which case assistance may promote the survival of birds with deleterious genes. However, hatching difficulties may also result from imperfect incubation procedures with a chick which is genetically viable, or an abnormally thick shell. A lot of the deaths due to the above situations occur immediately before hatching during the transition between embryos to breathing chick. The chick can have difficulty positioning for pipping, absorbing the yolk sac, or changing to breathing air. A chick’s chorioallantoic circulation remains functional until shortly before hatching and remains even when yolk absorption is complete and the embryo/chicks are vocalizing? Therefore the correct time to assist an egg is hard to judge. It is essential that the chick is given as much time as possible to fully absorb the yolk, for the vascular system to shut down, and for the chick to complete the normal physiological processes of hatching.Do not rush the hatch!
DO NOT RUSH THE HATCH!
DO NOT RUSH THE HATCH!
MORE INFO ON HATCHING PROCESSES CAN BE FOUND HERE
Hatching 101~ Guide to ASSISTED Hatching~
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I am going to build a cabinet bator after this. Not sure how long the thermometer in my HAL incubator has been busted, but the logger is reading it as maintaining 94 degrees.
Going to just make one incubator where I can live read the logger and feed it to email alerts on my phone. Tired of losing good eggs.
Going to just make one incubator where I can live read the logger and feed it to email alerts on my phone. Tired of losing good eggs.
WOW!!!! Gone from the site for just a few days and missed so much!!! Cleared out all the quitters and locked down yesterday, going through with 7 eggs of the 14 set, which is what I figured on shipped eggs.
for everyone here as we all wait for little peeps from the bators!
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