| The Raising Page |
| Incubation continued Day 16 - check temp. regulate with a large towel around the base if bellow 98'F or open the side door and vent heat if reaches 101'F. - place egg with large end up in the incubator. (if using method one) - place food in the empty pop cap and water in the pop cap with the gravel. (marbles also work) |
| Day 17 - check temp. regulate with a large towel around the base if bellow 98'F or open the side door and vent heat if reaches 101'F. - place egg with large end up in the incubator. (if using method one) - first egg(s) start pipping the shell if the chick has not hatched during the night. |
| Note : process continues with step 18 untill all chicks are hatched. misting the eggs with water every third day also continues. |
| Day 18 - check temp. regulate with a large towel around the base if bellow 98'F or open the side door and vent heat if reaches 101'F. - place egg with large end up in the incubator. (if using method one) - first egg(s) start pipping the shell if the chick has not hatched during the night. - remove first hatchling(s) to the brooder - mist unhatched non pipping eggs |
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| The Pipping Egg |
| Pipping is never quite the same for any egg. Some birds are stronger then others when hatching and break through the eggs shell faster. |
| The average hatching time I have noticed is between 2 and 12 hours with the chick still surviving. If it takes longer for it to pip then 12 hours its chances of servival seem to drop dramaticly. I have only had 3 chicks hatch in a greater time span and two of which were Buff Quail chicks that hatched by the 16th hour. |
| The New Chick |
| The new chick(s) I usually stay in the incubator for the first 24 hours until the chick(s) is/are a bit stronger. This is why the food and water are in the pop caps. Food and water should be monitored acordingly to how many chicks are in the incubator. When the chicks first come out of the egg they are wet and weak. After a couple of hours they are about 3/4 dry and strong enought to walk and stumble around. A few hours later again they can hop and are completely covered in a silky down. At this point they are usually very thursty. This is why the food and water in the pop caps is so important. Food and water should be monitored accordingly to how many chicks are in the incubator. On the second day out of the egg the chick gets moved to the brooder which I has set up in advance. |
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