The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Cynthia12]

Ducks pipping!

Chicks and turkeys aren't doing anything yet.

I opened the vent, because I think some of my ducks suffocated in my last hatch. They were doing fine going into lockdown but didn't hatch.

Worth sending out there again! What Oz said here:
Thank god you opened the vent.

All vents should be open by now! !!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cynthia12]

The chicks internally pip and learn how to breath.

Then the panic sets in as the carbon dioxide rises and oxygen is depleted.

This causes the external pip.

The exhausted chick then recovers, yolk sack is abdorbed and external vasculsture collspses as it takes in good air.

Lack of ventilation as this stage is lethal

Again....!

 

[Cynthia12]

A beautiful little blue Olive Egger just hatched. Momma is my Splash OE and Dad is my Barnevelder rooster. I love blue chickens! Hopefully, it's a pullet!

Oh man, I'm with you on blue chickens. This is what I am hoping for with the blue egg that is pipped right now. A blue..little girl.
Congrats!

 

[ozexpat]

Large scale hatcheries even supliment oxy to the hatchers and have done tons and tons of studies on just that, this is just one

At hatching day, chicks were significantly heavier and had higher blood glucose level in oxygen supplemented group than in control group. The results imply that oxygen supplementation from day 18 to 21 of incubation can be used as an effective mean of improvement of embryonic survival in broiler breeder. http://www.european-poultry-science.com/QUlEPTQyMTY5NTcmTUlEPTE2MTAxNA.html

I am keeping my eye out for a dead guys oxygen conentrator on craigslist.

I would like to see if it improves hatch rates in my crazy environment

 

[ImpulsiveFarmer]

Quote: I use a forced air hovabator genesis, which is relatively well ventilated. Good enough for chickens, anyways. My ducks and turkeys are another story. I've always had hatch rates around 90% (with chickens only) and I've been keeping the plug in for the past four years that I've been hatching. I'm not high altitude, and according to the manufacturer guide it says to keep the plug in unless the humidity gets too high. Do what works for you, I always say.

 

[yinepu]

Quote:
most of the people who have NOT had issues with carbon dioxide poisoning at hatch and have kept the plugs in are also hatching out small volumes of birds for that incubator.. sure if I have a handful of eggs in an incubator I can probably get away getting all of them to hatch with a little carbon dioxide buildup (most commercial incubators have small vent holes drilled into the bottom of the bator for that reason).. however how many eggs is "safe" for no open vents?..3?.. 7?.. 10?.. 2 dozen?.. if you stuff an incubator to capacity and close off the vents at hatch it's just a recipe for disaster... humidity at hatch should be the least of your worries! So this is why I stress to people that vents should be wide open at hatch.. regardless of who may have told them differently.. because seriously.. after waiting 21 days.. 28 days.. 65 days.. who wants to risk it?

 

[ozexpat]

I use a forced air hovabator genesis, which is relatively well ventilated. Good enough for chickens, anyways. My ducks and turkeys are another story. I've always had hatch rates around 90% (with chickens only) and I've been keeping the plug in for the past four years that I've been hatching. I'm not high altitude, and according to the manufacturer guide it says to keep the plug in unless the humidity gets too high. Do what works for you, I always say.

the 1588 has an open vent in the center of the fan/heater module that constantly exchanges air.

its markedly different in design to the 1602N or the FI and LG incubators most are using

 

[ImpulsiveFarmer]

Quote:
most of the people who have NOT had issues with carbon dioxide poisoning at hatch and have kept the plugs in are also hatching out small volumes of birds for that incubator.. sure if I have a handful of eggs in an incubator I can probably get away getting all of them to hatch with a little carbon dioxide buildup (most commercial incubators have small vent holes drilled into the bottom of the bator for that reason).. however how many eggs is "safe" for no open vents?..3?.. 7?.. 10?.. 2 dozen?.. if you stuff an incubator to capacity and close off the vents at hatch it's just a recipe for disaster... humidity at hatch should be the least of your worries! So this is why I stress to people that vents should be wide open at hatch.. regardless of who may have told them differently.. because seriously.. after waiting 21 days.. 28 days.. 65 days.. who wants to risk it?
My bator capacity is around 40 some odd eggs I think. I normally hatch between that and 30 at a time. If you are going to stuff your bator as full as you can get it, then yeah you need the extra ventilation.

 

[chickenlisa]

the 2 early birds...Speckled Sussex (eggs bought from Ebay seller and 11 out of 12 made it to Lockdown!) -hatched on day 19. The one who I thought needed help with a possible leg issue is fine without me intervening...

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I have suggested this to you before, you are too busy man, just too busy. dead guys oxy concentrator good God oz! your words make me crack up AND shake my head!

ooops edit to add those giggles