Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Iain Utah]

Celtic, please keep us posted on your hubby. We are sending good wishes your way.

 

[Srbenda]

Srbenda... yes, you can. Hopefully your bator is in your bathroom? If so, you can run your shower to steam up bathroom and do a quick candle. Humidity only really becomes a major issue when they externally pip and expose themselves to the outside air. Another trick is to use a steth if you have a basic styro bator set up. You can place the steth on the viewing window. Once internally pipped, the ducks will establish breathing and sounds like a faint "click click" noise. It is too soft to be heard at first by normal hearing, but a steth picks it up easily. If you have a bunch of ducks internally pipped, it sounds similar to popcorn in the microwave.

Good luck!!

My bator is in the basement furnace room, which has the best temperature control, but it's also dry. However, I have a dryer that I can vent into the room to make it humid if I need to. Of course, I am concerned about him running out of oxygen, it's been at least 12 hours since he pipped internally.

 

[un-named543]

Celtic, please keep us posted on your hubby. We are sending good wishes your way.

X2!

 

[Iain Utah]

srbenda... It usually takes 24-48 hours to externally pip. Hatching is a very long process!!

 

[seclusionfarms]

hope all hatches are going well

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

Hello to all the new peeps on here!

DG: Any update on Bobby?
SM: I would think you should get it tmw or Tuesday.

 

[Iain Utah]

Good morning QJ, how are all of your new babies doing?

 

[Marty1876]

extra hugs

Sue, great progress! Good luck keeping hubby outta the bator.

Still, they are running tests to rule out a possible stroke. Thanks for the well wishes.

 

[Marty1876]

no more turkeys

no quail out of the last batch of eggs either.

Guess I'm jinxed this week. I'll be sure to sterilize that bator extra, when I was just checking, one of the quail eggs exploded

and probobly the turkey and quail in their are SOL

 

[Iain Utah]

Good morning, Marty. Any new turkey babies?