Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[JulieNKC]

Christine, congrats on the excellent hatch!!!!!!!!!!

Julie, any update on your hatch? How's your shrinkwrapped baby doing?

Julie - how's your shrink-wrapped baby?

It didn't make it.

I don't usually lose ducklings once they've pipped so I wasn't expecting to lose it either.

But, on the bright side my first little japanese is almost hatched. Pics tonight.

 

[ChristineR]

Oh, so sorry!

 

[Iain Utah]

Julie

 

[Marty1876]

Waiting for hatching updates

 

[JulieNKC]

First little baby hatched.
I'm not sure why my hatch is not going well. The ducklings were older eggs, and not stored for hatching since I didn't really plan on putting them in the incubator. This is the second time I've incubated since adding my fan. I had shipped seramas the first time. I thought maybe they didn't hatch well then because they were shipped, and silkied serama which have poor fertility and hatch rate but now I'm thinking I just don't know how to incubate non still air. Maybe I should bump my humidity some with it? My temperatures have stayed much more steady, but I've kept them at 100 instead of 101 like I used to. I've got more eggs ready to go in tomorrow, I'm not giving up on getting me some babies.

Plus they aren't shipped so I can figure out if it's my incubating, or just the post office causing my bad hatches.

 

[Coyote Night]

Well my hatch went not so great. The good one was that the mystery egg was a MF cochin and I'm trying to hatch out more of them so I can work on some of my goals with them this year. The not so great is that of the 4 Marans 2 ended up hatching out as olive eggers (Before I got my Wheatens separated) The other two eggs I had not seen any movement from, so I had the brilliant idea to open them up. One was internally pipped and I'm still slowly working on that one because he pipped a blood vein and it's been a slow go. The other egg hadn't pipped internally and when I found the beak he faded fast. Wheatens seem to be taking a day or two more than the rest of the chicken eggs and I should have just left them be.

 

[ChristineR]

First little baby hatched.
I'm not sure why my hatch is not going well. The ducklings were older eggs, and not stored for hatching since I didn't really plan on putting them in the incubator. This is the second time I've incubated since adding my fan. I had shipped seramas the first time. I thought maybe they didn't hatch well then because they were shipped, and silkied serama which have poor fertility and hatch rate but now I'm thinking I just don't know how to incubate non still air. Maybe I should bump my humidity some with it? My temperatures have stayed much more steady, but I've kept them at 100 instead of 101 like I used to. I've got more eggs ready to go in tomorrow, I'm not giving up on getting me some babies.

Plus they aren't shipped so I can figure out if it's my incubating, or just the post office causing my bad hatches.

Now, which breed is this? I've lost track.

I wouldn't make any assumptions based on Serama hatch rate. I have never been able to hatch Seramas until this hatch and I've heard that others have had trouble, too. I tried hatching my own eggs from different pens and also tried shipped eggs with ZERO success. Then, ta-da!, this time I had 100% hatch rate with a different pair. I didn't change anything else. So who knows?

 

[Iain Utah]

Julie & Coyote, sorry your hatches are not going well. But congrats on the ones that have made it!

 

[JulieNKC]

Now, which breed is this? I've lost track.

I wouldn't make any assumptions based on Serama hatch rate. I have never been able to hatch Seramas until this hatch and I've heard that others have had trouble, too. I tried hatching my own eggs from different pens and also tried shipped eggs with ZERO success. Then, ta-da!, this time I had 100% hatch rate with a different pair. I didn't change anything else. So who knows?

Japanese. I was thinking that too with the seramas. We'll see in about 3 weeks how the next hatch goes.

Well my hatch went not so great. The good one was that the mystery egg was a MF cochin and I'm trying to hatch out more of them so I can work on some of my goals with them this year. The not so great is that of the 4 Marans 2 ended up hatching out as olive eggers (Before I got my Wheatens separated) The other two eggs I had not seen any movement from, so I had the brilliant idea to open them up. One was internally pipped and I'm still slowly working on that one because he pipped a blood vein and it's been a slow go. The other egg hadn't pipped internally and when I found the beak he faded fast. Wheatens seem to be taking a day or two more than the rest of the chicken eggs and I should have just left them be.

Maybe it's just the time of year.

Julie & Coyote, sorry your hatches are not going well. But congrats on the ones that have made it!

Thanks. One little baby is better than none, and I still have hope for 3 more eggs left.

 

[Coyote Night]

The little wheaten is mostly out now, letting him kick the shell. Seems to be doing okay so

he continues to do his thing. Now that he is finally free of the stuck on membrane he is a peeper. Looks like he has sucked up his yolk fine. So 4 out of 5 is not bad. Just wish that darn Ameraucana rooster hadn't been the daddy to 2 of the wheaten eggs.

Great news on Silkie ducks. I found a drake, well it was the drake I was looking into before but now he has come down on the price of the pair where I can afford them. Hopefully I can get him to come half way for some Paint Silkie chicks and Wheaten chicks on partial trade too. So If everything goes through I can have fertile eggs when my girls start laying. I'm not going to cancel my Holderread duckling order though that way I can add 5 more nice ducklings in the spring and probably end up with another drake or two as well to replace what I lost.