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

[Happy Chooks]

For those that had many pips at wrong end of egg: Did you manually turn or was this happening with auto turners too? My hatch was bad this year and I had many malpositioned chicks. I've manually turned for years now but after this am seriously considering getting a turner and was looking for info from those that had same thing happening. Reading through during hatch it seemed there was many at wrong end. Who knows, maybe something to do with the blood moon for all I know.

I've had it happen in auto turners and under broodies.

So far nothing. Out of 32 eggs set, none have hatched, including both shipped and ones from my own backyard. Thanks Brinsea for your crappy incubators. I have never ever had a zero hatch before. My Brinsea incubators are going to become full of shotgun shells later this afternoon. It is time to open my wallet and buy a real incubator like the Sportsman.

I'm sorry. Strange, I have great luck in my octogon 20.

Alright, reporting in on my final hatch results.......................drum roll please................................

e [COLOR=0000FF]Six baby Ancona Ducklings and one Rouen![/COLOR]e [COLOR=0000FF]100% Success!!![/COLOR]​

Seven outta seven! And here I was hoping for 50%. lol.​

Picture are definitely coming soon but I thought I would post my results first.​

Awesome!

My 2nd chick came out at 5am this morning. It has a little bit of sac still attached that I will probably detach. However, there is also a little red bump near where I think her vent is. I can't tell if this is a prolapse. Should I do something about this, or will it go away on its own?

Looks like it tore at the umbilical. Put some neosporin or vetericyn on it.

OMGOSH GUYS!!! MY GOOSE EGGS ARE HATCHING!!!! One came out this morning!! We have 9 Sebastopol geese! So happy!!! were naming the first born Easter.

Yay!

Ok, I need advice. The last of the silkie/polish eggs pipped yesterday morning. It tried to zip this morning, but seemed to have gotten stuck, as well as some light bleeding. I peeled some of the shell to take a look...to see if it needed assistance...and the membrane is rubbery?? I also see some skinny veins...not the thick ones, but like a hair. I've wrapped her in a wet paper towel with a hole cut out for her beak and put her back in the bator. She has been peeping non stop for the past hour and a half. Should I leave her just like that? What's up with the rubbery membrane? I've never encountered that before.

If the membrane is not white, the chick is stuck.

 

[Sueg4332]

It will be here soon!!

 

[roostersandhens]

Final count 6 out of 6 hatched - I love broodies!!

Awesome! So cute! Broodies always do the job right!

 

[luvmypets]

Sorry the eggs have not pipped-- might be early yet.  A slightly low temp will increase the time to hatch. 

I have an LG-- everyone said it was crappy-- it was really about how to work with it and find what works. I hope you will take this as a challenge and set some more eggs, perhaps just from your own flock ( not shipped) and perfect your budding skills.  

Before you  fill it full of shot-- sent it my way!! DH will have a fit-- but I promised not more setting  eggs after May 1st-- he forgot tosay no more incubators before May 1st  though! lol

I was gonna say that lol. Brinsea are really good i have a lg and really want a brinsea.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Phew! I'm caught up!

Congrats to everyone with babies!

For those of you that aren't finished hatching yet, we will still be here. Also, there are still contests that are open!

 

[tommysgirl]

Thanks. Is a small space important? She is in her own pen with her other baby, but it's not small - 7x5.

just saw this... the small space keeps the newly grafted baby close. It doesn't know her voice and her "get back over here" command so in a small space...like a medium dog crate... It can't get so far away from her that it gets cold and dies because of that. She will probably remain sitting on chick she hatched and let the new one wander b/c she has priorities. So there is a danger to the grafted chick if it has enough space to where she cant reach it. The new chick has to learn how to have a mom and it seems to be done best in a confined area. Hope that helps.

 

[MontanaDolphin]

If the membrane is not white, the chick is stuck.

So what should I do? I see veins, so I'm afraid to help her.

 

[hockeydad6791]

Happy Easter everyone!!!!! Hope everyone has a great day.

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Here is a link to the album with hopefully a video of me turning that egg. You can see the baby moving in it.

http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/foxvalleyfarm11/library/Eggs

 

[tommysgirl]

Hi just wanted to post my total: Set 16 and 15 hatched. All are under broodies, are healthy and eating and drinking and generally being darling.

I opened the egg that didn't hatch. It had pipped and begun to zip and last night was peeping up a storm. I don't know what happened it looked to be a fully formed chick. It's pip was a little low...about midline but I have had others pip there and do fine. I did pull it out quickly to check its progress 3 or 4 times yesterday. All the other chicks just burst out within about 6 hours of each other and this one was not getting very far very fast. I didn't do anything but look and replace. hope I didn't do it in

Happy Easter Everyone! I enjoyed playing along with you all