Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[AusHen]

Enough to be able to push out of the egg.

oh, well in that case they will have plenty of room spare

 

[julskinka]

Hopefully it was just a weird incident and not something genetic!

I would actually prefer genetic, because it's the only one of this breed I have in there! If its something environmental, like I didn't turn enough or it was too hot or something, the others could all be affected.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I would actually prefer genetic, because it's the only one of this breed I have in there! If its something environmental, like I didn't turn enough or it was too hot or something, the others could all be affected.

Well, a fluke genetic issue then and not something you're going to see in the other chicks that are hatching. I would think they all would have been unable to hatch and you wouldn't see pips if they were in the same condition though...hopefully.

 

[baby-blue]

Popping in again! The five surviving Serama eggs just went into the hatcher, today is D16. One was completely in lockdown, the others were darn close to it. Hand made a hatcher out of a styrofoam cooler the other day - it’s been regulating the past two days with great success. Got the cooler and glass (from a picture frame) for $4 from Goodwill. The heat lamp, fan, and hygrometer were already things I had. Fingers crossed for my little nuggets!

The temp and humidity were a little low from me opening and closing the hatcher when I was putting eggs in.

 

[livhatcher]

Hatch update: I've got 8 CCL and 1 marans out. 2 marans and 5 CCL to go! So excited!

 

[baby-blue]

Mini update: I just snuck three of the surviving silkie eggs into the hatcher too. They all looked to be in lockdown, which I thought was odd for D16, but I put them in there anyways. I’ve never hatched Silkies before - is it normal for them to go into lockdown so early?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Mini update: I just snuck three of the surviving silkie eggs into the hatcher too. They all looked to be in lockdown, which I thought was odd for D16, but I put them in there anyways. I’ve never hatched Silkies before - is it normal for them to go into lockdown so early?

If your temps were a bit high it can cause early hatching. My Silkies seem to hatch with similar timeframes to many standard breeds.

 

[baby-blue]

If your temps were a bit high it can cause early hatching. My Silkies seem to hatch with similar timeframes to many standard breeds.

That would make sense then! The temps would get a little high on the hotter days and I couldn’t get them to lower for the life of me. Thank you!

 

[Mylied]

I actually do have eggs incubating under my showgirl Adore. I think they have less than a week left. Except she's been sneaking other eggs under her... I believe she started with 10 and now she has 12.

 

[Phillyndilly]

This is the crew at the moment. I had one chick that was cracked didn’t look pipped and it’s been a long time. I investigated the outer membrane was not broken just the shell cracked. I carefully pulled back some I can now see the chick it is peeping and struggling. The humidity dropped so I’m going to keep checking I chipped away quitea bit of shell with no sign of blood but then saw a bit of blood on the inner membrane. So I left it. I will keep checking but it’s peeping a lot. I’m attaching a picture. There was not any blood on the qtip I was using which makes me wonder if this is just the risidual blood like the blood stained on the other eggs that have hatched. Anyway he’s a picture. If someone could tell me what they think I would appreciate it.