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

[CluckNDoodle]

I just checked on it again. I can definitely see the beak, and she chirped at me! A lot of the blood has been absorbed. I put her back in the bator and will check again in another hour or so. If more blood has been absorbed I may feel comfortable helping her pip.

If she chirped at you I would probably try to make a tiny slit between blood vessels by her beak once you're ready to do so.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

The air cells started to draw down on my goose eggs so I put them in the Nurture Right to lockdown with the chickens that are due to hatch Monday...I don't know if that's a bad idea, I've never actually hatched goslings with chicks, it feels like a bad idea, lol, but I have so many eggs that all of my incubators are maxed out and I couldn't turn the turner off in the IncuView...I tried to buy another incubator today but I haven't heard back from the person selling it.
I wonder if my husband will notice when another incubator shows up.

 

[beth1004]

So sorry! The fluid may actually mean that they quit earlier than you think. Too high of humidity during early incubation seems to create a sticky substance around the chick. Too high of humidity AFTER lockdown would have fluid built up inside the air cell from condensation creating droplets. A chick passing and starting breakdown (sorry can't think of a better way to describe it) seems to leave more fluid around it. Possibly quitting around day 17-19. That's my guess for the watery ones.

Thank you.

 

[LilyD]

My St Patrick Day chicks both hatched on their own. Super cute but tiny.

Have another 7 eggs in the hatcher now. These are my Chocolate Orp eggs. So far 3 have external pips and should be hatching by morning. Hoping for more before I head to bed.
Need to move another batch of the older kids outside so that these guys can have the larger brooder space. My oldest chicks are now 5 weeks old youngest are 2 days.

 

[gmjarvi]

Baby is still alive, chirping, and swallowing. The antibacterial ointment is doing a good job keeping the membrane moist. I sterilized some tweezers and carefully made a hole for her beak.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Baby is still alive, chirping, and swallowing. The antibacterial ointment is doing a good job keeping the membrane moist. I sterilized some tweezers and carefully made a hole for her beak.

I'm so glad to hear it's going so well!! You're doing a great job!

 

[gmjarvi]

I'm so glad to hear it's going so well!! You're doing a great job!

Thank you! She is back in the bator, I will check on her again in an hour or so. I am probably going to lose sleep tonight! I know she won't be ready before tomorrow, but I really want her to make it.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Thank you! She is back in the bator, I will check on her again in an hour or so. I am probably going to lose sleep tonight! I know she won't be ready before tomorrow, but I really want her to make it.

I do too!

 

[Mylied]

Here's 4 chicks from the broody eggs. I'm not sure the other 2 far along eggs will hatch. There's 2 others she snuck under her that look maybe 5 days along so they'll just be in the incubator a while. The black one is from my black sex link.

 

[smfarman]

It's probably egg waste if it has a greenish cast to it.

At that time I couldn't see well enough to determine if it had a greenish cast, and it does