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

[Sally Sunshine]

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[Sally Sunshine]

Can't wait to set eggs this weekend! Getting my incubator cleaned out and ready to go. Only had 1 chick hatch from my first group of eggs. Hopefully this one will be much better.

My first little EE baby!

aweeee

 

[ronott1]

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Curious as your reasoning for ALL shipped eggs upright? If I have an bad air cell that makes it to day 18 for lockdown the only issue I have ever seen is perhaps a saddle shaped air cell where you cannot see the lowest dip and judge it correctly and sometimes I seen other peoples candles and they ran too high humidity and actually have water in the air cell or too much in the egg and it can actually be seen. But its the latter of the two that would scare me in a horizontal lay. If you feel the need to rephrase for certain conditions please help me with this section of the article.....


There are a few major reasons from research/facts that I added the horizontal part to the Hatching 101 article......
but again perhaps an additional statement in the section for shipped eggs is necessary? please let me know your thoughts....

1. The hatching position, with each egg lying on its side, is commonly accepted as the most conductive to efficient hatching, and the freedom of the egg to shift or roll at least to some slight degree appears to contribute to the ease and facilitate the chicks hatch process.

2. Ventilation to permit fresh air to flow directly over the eggs during incubation as its proven to not only stimulate but also to provide the oxygen necessary at time of hatch.


3. Its well documented that hatching can be advanced in fowl if the egg is given the appropriate stimulation, and "has its brothers and sisters" nearby sharing those hatch clickings and sounds as embryos communicate with each other and its important to ensure eggs have contact with each other to facilitate the synchronization of hatching and it reduces the time between first and last hatch.

FROM THE HATCHING 101 article.......

The chick may easily be resting! See how that air cell is beginning to dip more to one side and if you lay the egg down it will roll into the hatching position. I set my eggs with lowest dip in the aircell up. This position for hatching is good so the chick is able to turn into position and I can easily see my pips too! Day 18 laying horizontal for actual hatching helps a chick hatch 1-2 hours earlier. I lay my eggs down LOWEST DIP of the AIRCELL UP! This is the normal and most likely hatching position and the chick will break through or Internally pip and externally pip in that probable area. See the image below with the x, x being lowest dip in air cell and probably pip area/s.


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Sally!

Check the research--All eggs have a higher hatch rate when hatched upright. The Pros do it this way for a reason, more chicks hatch.

McMurray Hatchery, Myeres and etc will incubate on the side and them move them to hatch with the big end up.

We often work with stuff we find on the Internet instead of reading the results of Poultry Studies. There is a lot of mis information on the internet.

 

[melina90]

For the first time since getting chickens two years ago, one of my BO's bit my hand! She's not aggressive, she only wanted to see if it was edible I think. Question is: Do I need to get a cramp shot now since I'm not previously vaccinated against that?

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Always look on the bright side of life.

This harsh, never ending winter has delayed fruit flowering to the point that it will all be safe if we don't get another hard freeze.

CC: You're not the only one pleased with this weather. I like her snow 'stache'

Im bummed my eggs didn't arrive today

Hopefully tomorrow.

Don't worry! Tomorrow's your day, I can feel it!!

 

[Blarneyeggs]

For the first time since getting chickens two years ago, one of my BO's bit my hand! She's not aggressive, she only wanted to see if it was edible I think. Question is: Do I need to get a cramp shot now since I'm not previously vaccinated against that?

A cramp shot? What is that? and I WANT one!!

 

[melina90]

[COLOR=0000FF]A cramp shot?  What is that?  and I WANT one!![/COLOR]

A vaccine against tetanus

 

[melina90]

Im bummed my eggs didn't arrive today  Hopefully tomorrow.

Fingers crossed for tomorrow!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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FROM THE HATCHING 101 article.......

The chick may easily be resting! See how that air cell is beginning to dip more to one side and if you lay the egg down it will roll into the hatching position. I set my eggs with lowest dip in the aircell up. This position for hatching is good so the chick is able to turn into position and I can easily see my pips too! Day 18 laying horizontal for actual hatching helps a chick hatch 1-2 hours earlier. I lay my eggs down LOWEST DIP of the AIRCELL UP! This is the normal and most likely hatching position and the chick will break through or Internally pip and externally pip in that probable area. See the image below with the x, x being lowest dip in air cell and probably pip area/s.


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Sally!

Check the research--All eggs have a higher hatch rate when hatched upright. The Pros do it this way for a reason, more chicks hatch.

McMurray Hatchery, Myeres and etc will incubate on the side and them move them to hatch with the big end up.

We often work with stuff we find on the Internet instead of reading the results of Poultry Studies. There is a lot of mis information on the internet.

LOL if anyone has read and done her homework it would be me Ron! ha ha ha you have no idea how much time I have on google scholar my friend I wont take info from anything but researched articles.

What your saying is opposite of everything I am reading, I read that most commercial hatcheries lay them down? and they strive for the best trays to allow incuabtion upright and laying down for hatch. not sure I got you on this one, so hook me up with some good reads please!

I dont think I have seen one upright yet when reading abstracts trials and studies. I dont read heresay, I only read abstracts trials and such. Thats why I put info into the article because of so much heresay. so help me out here please.

 

[CGinJCMO]

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I think if you just wash it and put neosporin (if you have any) on it you'll be fine. If it needs it, apply ice. Last summer, I got a worse chunk out of me taken by a full grown rooster. He hit the main vein/artery in my wrist. I doctored it myself and I'm still alive with a fully functioning hand.

CG