~*Third Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatch-Athon*~ all poultry welcome!

[Alaskan]

My hatch has gone crazy too... It started with the duck deciding to go broody half way through gooses hatch. She kept taking eggs from goose, but she would spend more time off the nest. They had 4 ducks hatch on the 5th. On the 7th 2 duck & 2 turkey. They left the nest so I took the rest of the 45 chicken eggs out of the incubator out. (Zero hatch). I put the remaining duck egg and 3 turkey eggs in. Thought I would give them a couple more days. I candled that night. The duck egg was clearly stopped and dead. I pulled it. Last night I went to turn the chicken eggs I had put in there and there was a nice fluffy turkey. This morning I was moving some quail from one brooder to another and heard the tell tell sound of a egg exploding in the incubator. I smelled it before I looked. Thank goodness it didn't go on any of the eggs. I pulled them out and thought before I trash this last turkey egg I'm going to check it. I cracked open the air sack and it started chirping. I was about to sling it out in the woods. I wet a paper towel with hot water and moisten the membrane. No viens visible so I get membrane open at beak, wrap it in paper towel, and set it on top of brooder lid with incubator top over it. I rush and scrub bottom clean and get it and eggs back in there as quick as I can. I add the jars of water to up humidity and couple of hours later it looks the same still alive. All I can say is thank goodness I have a LF broody now to go with the 4 bantam. The hens do it much better than me. I may take the eggs from incubator and give them to her and quit for the year. Its been to crazy.

I put some of my eggs under a broody. She sure did sit tightly...... But she still didn't hatch out chicks for me. And, I only gave her eggs that were clearly developing well. One pipped and zipped but then stopped for so long it dried solid. I helped it out but it died. So, she got zero from the five developing eggs I gave her.

Bad hatching spring.

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Okay I have updates and problems.
Updates I have about 20 out but they are getting hard to keep track of. Still have some pipping and a few in the bator fluffing.


Problems:
I have one that hatched and tore its umbilical cord too early. I did the first thing I could think of and put flour on it to stop the bleeding. But now its 12 hours later and its still attached and acting like its still in the egg. It moves around a little bit almost like it is still trying to hatch. I had someone tell me I should detatch the cord but I don't know how to do that and I don't want it to start bleeding out again.

My other problem is. My humidity won't stay down. I've lost 3-4 to drowning and I don't know what to do to keep the humidity down. There is no water in my bator or sponges. Rice in the bottom under the wire floor. Any suggestions?

Unpopped popcorn.

My update is 11 hatched and drying. 6 pipped. 6 still not internally pipped but alive!

 

[GerbilsOnToast]

Wow... I am amazed at the resiliency of these little guys! I have extricated both of the chicks - alive, yolk absorbed, complaining and squirming. Actually, they each quieted down after I put them back in the nice warm bator. I did have to (?) clamp & cut the umbilical cord on one of them to make sure he didn't drag it around & get stuck to something. Right now they're resting & warming in fresh bowls. They both appeared very alert and anxious to leave their shells; the first one kept stretching itsvvery wobbly neck up to look at me... I'm raising my bet to 50% odds for survival (was ten this morning, less last night). The final egg is definitely dead, I can see a light amount of fluid movement now, BUT!!! If these guys make it, it goes to 81% of locked down eggs - I refuse to recalculate with the five I broke or the clears.

 

[Alaskan]

Guesses......

Since my humidity was way higher than it should have been, for almost four days.....


I have two internal pips right now, and the humidity is at 29%

With a bunch more supposed to hatch tomorrow.

Should I up the humidity?

Just to 33%? Maybe 50%?


Opinions please!!!

And just for a bit of hair pulling, the eggs in there are due today, tomorrow, Sunday, AND I have quail eggs in this same incubator that are due Monday.

 

[JennaLynn122]

Guesses......

Since my humidity was way higher than it should have been, for almost four days.....


I have two internal pips right now, and the humidity is at 29%

With a bunch more supposed to hatch tomorrow.

Should I up the humidity?

Just to 33%? Maybe 50%?


Opinions please!!!

And just for a bit of hair pulling, the eggs in there are due today, tomorrow, Sunday, AND I have quail eggs in this same incubator that are due Monday.

I try to keep mine 60-65% that way I have room to go up or down with out issues. It seems to work really well when it will actually stay there

 

[HEChicken]

I try to keep mine 60-65% that way I have room to go up or down with out issues. It seems to work really well when it will actually stay there

I also hatch at 65%. The humidity there at the end is to keep the membrane moist & make it easier for them to zip and hatch. Humidity in incubation is to grow the air cell the right size.

 

[JennaLynn122]

I also hatch at 65%.  The humidity there at the end is to keep the membrane moist & make it easier for them to zip and hatch.  Humidity in incubation is to grow the air cell the right size.

yep. This hatch my humitity is horribly high and I'm losing chicks to it. I can't get it down to save my life. Or Thiers for that matter

 

[JennaLynn122]

First for me. Chicken in my bra... hope it makes it. Very very lethargic, won't fluff up and hasn't been able to walk yet but no visible leg issues.

 

[Alaskan]

First for me. Chicken in my bra... hope it makes it. Very very lethargic, won't fluff up and hasn't been able to walk yet but no visible leg issues.

I hate those -sigh-

 

[JennaLynn122]

I hate those -sigh-

I really don't know what to do for it at this point. It still has a very round belly so I'm hoping its just absorbing slowly. But nothing outside the body luckily.