Posts by Domestic_goddess

Quote: Originally Posted by bobbi-j  The thread has been pretty quiet today - is everyone out enjoying their new babies? My hatch so far is 23/36 with one more pipped. The rest have no pips or anything. I was going...

        I set 34 eggs out of backyard flock on March 9th. 20 of which were fertile.  They hatched on 30th and 31st, finally had 9 that hatched. 1 black, 2 grey, 1 red and 5 yellow. The 2...

My hatching is over! The final total that hatched is 9, two of which are struggling and I fear won't make it...they look premature or something. But the good news is that I have 7 healthy beautiful chicks. I started with 34 and ended...

My newest update: 5 total hatched. 3 more with pips and I still see other eggs wiggle. One of my pips is a green egg, which should be an EE

Quote: Originally Posted by adrian  When you say it's drying up, do you mean it's absorbing or do you mean it's just getting dry? They sure are sweet, though... I should probably move mine to a brooder. Except it's...

I have a total of 5 hatched, and one more egg with a pip. Still have 14 eggs that haven't done anything I'm hoping everything is okay. How long should I wait until I start to worry? Should I candle?

This was my first hatcher   The 3 chicks now. That's my little grey baby, he has an unabsorbed yolk, that is drying up thankgoodness. He's walking around and drinking water.  

Well I have the 3 that hatched out....they were causing havoc in the incubator...all the eggs are pushed up against the sides of the incubator. One little chick is isolated from the others, he has an unabsorbed yolk and I don't want...

Quote: Originally Posted by CALI CHICK  The 5 chicks are finally moved to their brooder.  I don't know what colors they are or will be.  Four are dark (one has white on his chest like a tuxedo)...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jenjeran  I had 2 olive eggs hatch and the early birds were picking them.  I didn't have anymore pips so I snatched out the early birds. I hatched in the cartons it seems to work...