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Congratulations! that's a great picture!And the winner of the broody hen contest is..................... MrsMoonCat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The Prize is 6+ Serama eggs from crazypetlady!
I am afraid all of mine are dead. Saturday we weren't home and it was a really hot day (got up to 93 degrees outside) When we got home the house was really hot and the temp on the incubator said 106... :/ They are due Thursday so I guess we will just wait and see. I tried to candle but I can't really see much.
I have a few questions. I have 11 eggs are due to hatch on Mothers Day and 12 eggs due three days later in the same incubator. Lockdown would be Wednesday pm. I have to catch an early flight on Wednesday AM, is it ok to take them out of the egg turner and put them in lockdown on Tuesday night? My mother will be here to hand turn the 12 OE eggs that are not due til three days later, but what do I do about humidity? How high should it be? Should the 12 remaining eggs just stay in lockdown til they hatch? I don't have a second incubator so they have to stay together.
I wish I didn't have to go out of town but I have no choice.
When you say backward, do mean it has it's head buried? I have had those, that don't even bring their heads up during the last, and when I break open the egg, they are fully developed, and no blood left to absorb, or yolk, for some reason, they don't rotate...so, when I see that, I help them. Man, you have to be fast..as you found out, you can lose them. I wet the membrane to make sure it is the head, then I pull hard to get that neck up..and out. Then I let them sit for hrs. with their head out..to catch on to the breathing part. I have saved many, but have lost some too. Especially if it was real wet. If you can tell that head is tucked..try pulling that neck out as fast as you can..me personally here..have had good results. When you pull the head up, you have to turn the head around as you pull, in the direction it should be. Then wipe the nasal area, and hurry and put that baby back in the bator. Good luck if you decide to help!Hey all, I have some BCM's hatching today (started yesterday) they were shipped eggs and had great fertility and only threw one clear out of 8 eggs. Well one hatched this morning, another had a nice big hole in it and was doing fine (airways were free) and it died for no apparent reason before hatching. Its getting late for them to be hatching so I candled the others today to see if there were beaks in the air cells. Two were quitters so I tossed them. One I couldn't see a beak in the air cell so I carefully broke open the air cell end making sure I didn't damage the inner membrane. The chick was turned backwards but was still alive. Figured its dead anyway backwards like that so I might as well try to find the beak and open the air for it. It died while I was trying to save it. So there are two left....one is gonna make it I'm sure as its beak is in the air cell is opened and its doing ok. The last one, looks to be turned backwards but is still moving/breathing. Is there ANY way I can safely make a way for it to get air without causing it to bleed to death/harm it???
Some studies show that no turning at the end of the incubation period has only a small effect on the hatch rate. It has some but not as bad an effect as not turning during the first week. If the air cells are good and large, lock down all the eggs together.I have a few questions. I have 11 eggs are due to hatch on Mothers Day and 12 eggs due three days later in the same incubator. Lockdown would be Wednesday pm. I have to catch an early flight on Wednesday AM, is it ok to take them out of the egg turner and put them in lockdown on Tuesday night? My mother will be here to hand turn the 12 OE eggs that are not due til three days later, but what do I do about humidity? How high should it be? Should the 12 remaining eggs just stay in lockdown til they hatch? I don't have a second incubator so they have to stay together.
I wish I didn't have to go out of town but I have no choice.
I would take the ' wait and see' approach definitely. It all depends on if the eggs were effected by the high air temp in the incubator. Like how long the temp was that high and if the eggs felt that temp long enough to have an effect. I've had high spikes and still had good hatches. SO you don't know until the big day. Hope all is well despite the high heat!I am afraid all of mine are dead. Saturday we weren't home and it was a really hot day (got up to 93 degrees outside) When we got home the house was really hot and the temp on the incubator said 106...They are due Thursday so I guess we will just wait and see. I tried to candle but I can't really see much.
When you say backward, do mean it has it's head buried? I have had those, that don't even bring their heads up during the last, and when I break open the egg, they are fully developed, and no blood left to absorb, or yolk, for some reason, they don't rotate...so, when I see that, I help them. Man, you have to be fast..as you found out, you can lose them. I wet the membrane to make sure it is the head, then I pull hard to get that neck up..and out. Then I let them sit for hrs. with their head out..to catch on to the breathing part. I have saved many, but have lost some too. Especially if it was real wet. If you can tell that head is tucked..try pulling that neck out as fast as you can..me personally here..have had good results. When you pull the head up, you have to turn the head around as you pull, in the direction it should be. Then wipe the nasal area, and hurry and put that baby back in the bator. Good luck if you decide to help!
And the winner of the broody hen contest is..................... MrsMoonCat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Prize is 6+ Serama eggs from crazypetlady!