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

[bantambury]

CALEB! im so sorry! these birds are so unique it relly kills me to hear one dies! IM SO SORRY!!!!

 

[amyfitz100]

I am quite sad to note that today, my third emu chick was found dead in his little brooder for no real apparent reason. his neck had been curling funny the night before, but he was super totally healthy right after the hatch. Anyways, I little sad today about that. :/ You just put so much work into the egg for it to hatch, always checking the temp, you turn it 3 times a day by hand for 50 days...and then it dies.

I am so sorry for your loss. I actually thought about your chicks today when going through an old photo album from college. We lived in Australia and went by a golf course that had this sign -- just thought it was funny...

 

[luvmypets]

just another day around here... lol Flashbck to when we got our ducklings

 

[coopsbyty]

I am quite sad to note that today, my third emu chick was found dead in his little brooder for no real apparent reason. his neck had been curling funny the night before, but he was super totally healthy right after the hatch. Anyways, I little sad today about that. :/ You just put so much work into the egg for it to hatch, always checking the temp, you turn it 3 times a day by hand for 50 days...and then it dies.

That's so sad, sorry for your loss.

 

[ImpulsiveFarmer]

Brooder all set up and ready!

Well mostly. I need to find a good flat rock to stick the water dish on. That's not really too important as I don't stick a dish in there the first day anyways.

 

[JackieandChicks]

Holy Chicken - 212 posts!

I came home to two pips, and by the time I changed my clothes, one of the pips is 1/4 zipped.

Yeah! These are my olive eggs, I suspect from my all white EE hen, but the roo could be one of four

 

[Teacherchick18]

Around 3:30 this morning I went downstairs to check the bator and found one of my pipped eggs halfway zipped and watched it hatch out completely. (which never gets old) Then this morning 2 more of the eggs had pipped. When I got home from work today I had two fluffy little chicks!! YAY! I also had all of the eggs pipped and one that was in the middle of zipping.

I have a question about the one zipping. I know that after pipping it can take a long time for them to finish the hatch, but what about the zipping stage? Could that take a really long time too? I ask because I have noticed that on the edges of the inner membrane there looks to be dark red in some areas (blood?) also on other places, it looks that the membrane is glued to the chick. I haven't seen any progress since I got home about an hour and a half ago. The chick is breathing, peeping

and does push on the shell some, but I can see the beak because of the angle the egg is at and I was concerned if the chick can't turn. I haven't really seen this before so I thought I would ask. I'm attaching a picture but it isn't the best. Thanks in advance for any insight!

 

[solarBizzi]

May I join the hatch-along if I don't have eggs to hatch? My first flock of chickens are only 8 weeks old I bought from My Pet Chicken. I want to enter contest #12.

Contest #12

Celebrity Look alike Contest!
5th Annual 2014 Easter Hatch-a-long!
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Thank you!
Avis P.

 

[Pele]

Ya'll are a bad influece, having early hatchers! I can't take lockdown anymore, I'm going to candle!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Around 3:30 this morning I went downstairs to check the bator and found one of my pipped eggs halfway zipped and watched it hatch out completely. (which never gets old) Then this morning 2 more of the eggs had pipped. When I got home from work today I had two fluffy little chicks!! YAY! I also had all of the eggs pipped and one that was in the middle of zipping.

I have a question about the one zipping. I know that after pipping it can take a long time for them to finish the hatch, but what about the zipping stage? Could that take a really long time too? I ask because I have noticed that on the edges of the inner membrane there looks to be dark red in some areas (blood?) also on other places, it looks that the membrane is glued to the chick. I haven't seen any progress since I got home about an hour and a half ago. The chick is breathing, peeping

and does push on the shell some, but I can see the beak because of the angle the egg is at and I was concerned if the chick can't turn. I haven't really seen this before so I thought I would ask. I'm attaching a picture but it isn't the best. Thanks in advance for any insight!

If your sure its over hour and a half....
if its zipping that long of a zip line its stuck, typically 5 minutes to an hour for final zip, I have seen longer, but my guess is it may have its head on the wrong side of the wing.
Just check the membranes before you take the top off, but it looks like veins receded. if you have others in the bator not hatched take this one out and wipe side of bator with warm wet rag to get instant boost of humidity in the bator, work quickly and investigate.