Chicken/egg question

[Robinjopo1]

There is a chance that the incubator eggs could start hatching tomorrow and I'm clueless.

Do I leave the dome on until they all hatch or do I take them out one by one as soon as they hatch. The temp inside the dome is 99.5 so it would be warm.

My plan is to put them inside the house in a tub with shavings and a heat lamp while they are still newborn. If it is warm enough in a couple of days gonna treat them like the ones I buy and put in the cage with the warming tray.

Please give me comments if I'm gonna kill them

 

[bill harrell]

Pretty much what I do. But if there is more than a couple of days between hatching I try to keep them separated from those that hatched a day or two earlier so they don't kill them before they can move well enough. Take them out of the incubator right away though, mine sometimes get caught up in the mechanics of it and die.

 

[Robinjopo1]

Pretty much what I do. But if there is more than a couple of days between hatching I try to keep them separated from those that hatched a day or two earlier so they don't kill them before they can move well enough. Take them out of the incubator right away though, mine sometimes get caught up in the mechanics of it and die.

Thanks for you help.

 

[Robinjopo1]

Is it possible to hear chicks chirping before they hatch or am I hallucinating?

 

[Robinjopo1]

I have 3 eggs pipping and definitely hear the chick's. This is exciting. The Chicken Chick says to never help the chicks break the shell. My bee mentor said he helps them all the time. Everyone has an opinion.

 

[Robinjopo1]

We have one. So exhausted

 

[Psalm7]

I leave them in the incubator until most hatch and they are dry , fluffy looking and running around . Yes chick's can be heard before hatching . Watch a good setting hen communicating with her chick's couple days before hatching .

 

[Robinjopo1]

I have 6 and a 7th is struggling to get out. The egg is cracked large enough to emerge, but she is just too weak.

 

[GaRp58]

Please give me comments if I'm gonna kill them

Just a soon a the first egg starts to crack open and hatch, we pull all the automatic rollers out of the incubator and stop moving them at all. Let them hatch as they come and keep them from getting jussled around.

 

[Robinjopo1]

Mine automatically stops turning the eggs 3 days prior. Plus it says to take the dividers out because they trap the chick's. Also, it says to open up humidityn3 days out too.

 

[Robinjopo1]

I have 6 and a 7th is struggling to get out. The egg is cracked large enough to emerge, but she is just too weak.

I performed an egg she'll c-section and the chick is alive but weak. Probably won't make it.

 

[Robinjopo1]

The chirping is driving the cats wild. Monkey face is staring at them and licking her lips.

 

[Amish Heart]

I take them out when they are dry, but not if it's just one. They need a buddy. I stop rotating 3 days before hatching. I know it's not recommended to help them out of their shell, but it's frustrating if it's been hours and hours and they're not getting anywhere. If they pecked out a bit, enough to let air in the shell, then they need to keep working on it, Otherwise the inside membrane dries out and it sticks to them like shrink wrap. Then they're stuck. So I have about 50/50 success with helping them out, but it's better than 100 percent dead.

 

[Robinjopo1]

I noticed that the shells have thickened and hardened more than when I crack them for food. Guess it's nature's way to protect the chicks.

 

[Robinjopo1]

All 9 that hatched are alive. Some are eating and I have put their beaks in the water.

I can't bare the thought of anything being thirsty.

 

[Amish Heart]

Congratulations!

 

[Robinjopo1]

10 out of 12

 

[Robinjopo1]

Ten little Fluffy butts

 

[Robinjopo1]

I was expecting some deaths. When my hens set eggs, they barely hatch. Had 15 eggs and 2 hatched. One died and i believe the cat got one.

 

[Amish Heart]

That's a good hatch rate. I have some due around the 12th. We'll see what I get. I never candle, so I am happy enough with a half rate. I let our geese sit, but other than those, I incubate the chicken and turkey eggs.