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

[Mylied]

How long after hatch day should you wait before you pull the remaining eggs

I candle them if everyone else is hatched and removed. If they are obviously dead, I toss. If alive, I'll leave them and see if they do anything. If I can't tell, I open the aircell carefully and look.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

How long after hatch day should you wait before you pull the remaining eggs

If you candle and don't see any movement and tap lightly on the egg to listen for peeps and you're still unsure you could wait until day 25 before discarding if they don't stink and you don't want to open the air cell to do an eggtopsy (these sometimes turn into assisted hatches).

 

[smfarman]

I candle them if everyone else is hatched and removed. If they are obviously dead, I toss. If alive, I'll leave them and see if they do anything. If I can't tell, I open the aircell carefully and look.

Thank you, I've candled them and you can't see inside the eggs. Hatch day was 3/28, these where from a staggered hatch in the same incubator and only 2 of 8 hatched so far. Staggered hatching in the same incubator is not to good for me. The main hatch 16 of 22 hatched and 2 of 8 staggered, so I am very happy with the out come. Thank you for your advice and I'll try opening the air cells to see what happened.

 

[smfarman]

If you candle and don't see any movement and tap lightly on the egg to listen for peeps and you're still unsure you could wait until day 25 before discarding if they don't stink and you don't want to open the air cell to do an eggtopsy (these sometimes turn into assisted hatches).

The 2 that hatched I assisted with both of them, thank you

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

I thought I'd post an update on the Isbar chicks I'd asked for help sexing. They're now 7 1/2 weeks old. I'm happy to report the two birds in question are looking quite feminine these days. The comb on one is still surprisingly red but it hasn't gotten larger. Taking the rest of the bird into account and hen like behaviors I think I have a trio!

The splash bird in the first pic is the Isbar rooster. The circled birds are the 2 blue Isbar possible pullets.

 

[Jules929]

I thought I'd post an update on the Isbar chicks I'd asked for help sexing. They're now 7 1/2 weeks old. I'm happy to report the two birds in question are looking quite feminine these days. The comb on one is still surprisingly red but it hasn't gotten larger. Taking the rest of the bird into account and hen like behaviors I think I have a trio!

The splash bird in the first pic is the Isbar rooster. The circled birds are the 2 blue Isbar possible pullets.

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Yay! I'm glad you posted. I was watching one of my Isbar eggs moving and wondered about your Isbars and whether they had offered you any more clues.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Yay! I'm glad you posted. I was watching one of my Isbar eggs moving and wondered about your Isbars and whether they had offered you any more clues.

That's so exciting! They must be getting close.

 

[Erba]

My March Chick, just scraped in on the 31st the second one is an April fool baby

 

[drumstick diva]

No breaks in the flow of posts till now. I wanted to mention if a chick is having trouble standing/ keeping legs underneath itself - you can put them in a coffee cup. That will help keep legs under the body instead of spayed to the sides.

 

[FortCluck]

2 ourlt of 3 sexed ducklings are quacking let's see if I can be 100% right with my vent sexing.