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

[Cynthia12]

Good morning!! Today is Day 21 for me! I started with 27 eggs. Went into lockdown with 20. 6 chicks out and 7 pips so far. All shipped eggs! My Marans that hatched last night was out of a deep saddle shaped air cell and it was the best hatcher yet! I was shocked!

Oh, I am so glad you posted this. I have a couple of marans eggs that have the high air sacs...in the eggs that took a week to get here. Now I have hope, I can tell by the air sac, and I can see blood vessels in the bottom part of the airs sacs, that they are viable. Come on babies.

 

[JennaLynn122]

I have one stuck to it's shell by the cord. What do I do?

I had one like this and left her alone for a while and she got it off. She got it off the wrong side but then it shriveled up fell of the belly side.

 

[Cynthia12]

Whats the earliest someone has had a chick hatch or at least external pip? I have 2 eggs that I candled on Day 14 that almost looked like day 17-18 eggs to me with no more room left except for the airsac. I don't want to candle again till day 18 (Day 16 today) but am afraid they might pip sooner.

So given the situation, is it ok to increase humidity on Day 17 or will it drown them or the others that are not gone that far.

I have small spare incubator I can move those 2 into, but wondering if change of conditions will affect them.

I know everyone is busy counting their chicks right now

but would appreciate some help.

Thanks!

I have had chicks hatch on day 18..but who knows why for sure. I wouldn't up the humidity until day 18!

 

[ChickiMomma15]

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I have one stuck to it's shell by the cord. What do I do?

I had one like this last year leave it in the bator it will eventually fall off it needs to absorb the rest of the yolk

 

[polishsilkie81]

NEED help I have eggs that were suppose to hatch the 14 the and nothing has happened so I took own out last night and opened it and it was alive and was developed to about 19-20 days how long do you leave these little guys in the incubator ? Please desperate for help

 

[TJChickens]

I was under this assumption as well, but changed my thought process after researching. I actually studied this a bit, and it is shown on many studies/abstracts that starvation decreases the utilization of the yolk tremendously, and feed is more important than water, whoda thunk! See the link below in the paste (under grow gel) and read page six, this is only one of many research papers on the subject. I have seen the difference using grow gel in the bators at hatch, and using provites the first few months of life, not only do the chicks grow stronger, bigger but they feather faster and I rarely have a chick die the first week.



I always use growgel in the incubator right from the start of hatch, then when chicks are fluffy they go in brooder and begin with the PRO VITS seen below from jefferslivestock.com and they continue with this in water until the chicks are out of the brooder stage, I also start adding small amounts of fermented med chick starter, after that about 2 months old I will do another vits in waterers, I will add that type in a comment area below. I continue with the fermented med chick feed until close to laying HERE are the provits, this stuff goes a long way, its a little scoop per gal of water, very good product its both probotics and vits!

"Provides a source of vitamins, direct-fed microbials (probiotics) and prebiotics (inulin) that selectively help the good (beneficial) bacteria only."

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Vets Plus Poultry ProVita
www.jefferspet.com

http://www.jefferspet.com/vets-plus-poultry-provita/camid/liv/cp/0040957/

GROW GEL & FEED Newly hatched chick! ​

WHY I always add little soda caps full of grow gel when my first chick is fluffed in the incubator.
Does it do anything? I thought they had the yolk!
Read PAGE 6 http://www.thepoultrysite.com/focus/contents/ceva/OnlineBulletins/ob_2007/Article-No12-May07.pdf

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GROW GEL Gro-Gel Plus is the perfect solution to getting your poultry off to that all important great start. For baby poultry to grow and live efficiently they must readily start to eat and drink. Gro-Gel Plus provides immediate nutrition and hydration for all baby poultry in a very concentrated and digestible form. Research has shown that it has improved livability and mature body weights substantially thus saving you bird loss and money in the long run.

ADULT FLOCK VITAMINS:
And as OZ suggested I use that for my adults get in waterers, 1 gram enough for gal waterer, or at the link is the manufacturers label which tells you how to make a liquid concentrate in a gallon jug and then I think its an oz per gal. I do it this way and keep the jug in the fridge aside my lower level sink, it works easier and quicker for me, plus my hubs would think I was a druggy had I keep small backs of white powder all over the place! adding what he adds.... ozexpat "It lacks 2 things that I want to give my birds - Biotin and Selenium I add some ground up human tablets I buy in bulk - just 5 tabs per 100lb of feed for adult birds."
http://www.jefferspet.com/vitamins.../camid/LIV/cp/A2-V5/

Great info.
I'm thinking that if a chick is not ready to eat then it won't have an appetite yet. I usually want baby everythings to eat as soon as possible! I want to know that they are getting nourished.
Thanks for putting this on here.

 

[Scrambles55]

No progress on the pips. I am sitting on my hands trying not to mess with it. For distraction, I made a dog collar out of parachute cord but I am going nuts, here. Come on, chickies!

I am afraid to jinx it by turning on the brooder heater.

Congratulations on all the successful hatches so far! I love seeing all the pictures of chicks. You all have some gorgeous babies.

Hey Whoops... I hear ya! I can still hear the one chirping from the nest box. I have 4 eggs left and I have no idea what is going on in the nest. If they are to hatch... today is the day.

 

[polishsilkie81]

[COLOR=800080]Hey Whoops... I hear ya! I can still hear the one chirping from the nest box. I have 4 eggs left and I have no idea what is going on in the nest. If they are to hatch... today is the day.[/COLOR]

Going crazy as well found the

 

[TJChickens]

I have always thought that hatcheries shipping chicks should put Grow-Gel in the boxes with them. What would be the harm of that? Especially if the chicks are late by a day because of postal service. I think I saw a hatchery that was offering it for an extra charge. I like the idea.....

 

[polishsilkie81]

Going crazy as well found the

Sorry hit send before I was done ok let me try again I woke to find the only egg I heard chirping yesterday dead this morning in the incubator it had zipped all the way around but never came out

so to inspect what was up I finished opening it only to find a partially developed embryo on the other end hoping the rest of these eggs do something cuz I'm going mad with worry and wonder