Posts by 4H kids and mom

UPDATE (with pics to follow shortly):I have 6 dry and fluffy perfectly healthy chickies, one just about hatched, and two more pipping! Sadly, we lost the one (Egg #1) in the photos with the large unabsorbed yolk sac, but everyone else is...

Here's whats happened overnight to bring yall current: (LOTS of pics!)PS...the hatched chicks dont seem to be drying? How can I speed up the drying process?

Your 8:00 AM update:Things are bustling here! First 2 hatched completly. "Egg 2" baby is doing great, standing, walkin around, peepin LOUDLY at me! "Egg 1" baby still has to finish absorbing the yolk sac so he/she can...

UPDATE: Checked the others in the bator (with turner) to find that ANOTHER had pipped! And its an actual HOLE! So, moved it to the hatcher too! Only thing with this one is that no beak is seen in the hole? However, it is peeping (though...

They're takin a break. lol But they still peep at me when I talk to them. Hey, if we (my daughter and I- Egg #1 is hers, Egg #2 is mine lol) hold them as soon as they are dry and fluffy, will they imprint on us? Augh...this waiting is...

Here is your next update! They are really movin now!After all that work, they are sleepy now. Aren't they cute?!PS...And I promise not to open the bator again! Oh, but then how do I mist to keep the humidity up?

DD is cautiously optimistic, as am I. She tries cheeping to the chicks, but she gets way excited when they cheep back and she has to leave the room. I asked her why, and she said because she can't start to love them yet because they...

Ok, trying the spray bottle thing. In the mean time, here are more pics to bring you up to the minute coverage!

Its so cool to watch his/her little beak open and close and it peeps back at me when I peep at it! I keep saying incouraging things like "Come on little one!" and everytime I do it wiggles and pushes! Aw! I LOVE this! My...

Here's pics of progress!