Recent content by InsaneChicken

today is the 22nd day. I'm going to wait but I doubt anything will happen. I'm left with 2 silkie mixes. One is black (her name is Thing 1) and one is yellow with brown stripes on her back (Thing 2) I love those lil chicks.

Yes I did. My very first time I hatched eggs I forgot and left the plugs in and all of them hatched. This time 2 did and I just have no hope left for the four still in there..

No they weren't resting... I checked on them. Took them out. Because they were not moving at all. I peeled back a little of the shell and they were dead. This hatch was a disaster. 2 out of 8 hatched.

and another question about the second one that hatched... It's still attached to the egg with a thick umbilical cord.. Will that fall off? I don't want anything bad to happen... Hatching eggs yourself is fun but it sure does have it's heartbreaks...

I guess this is a somewhat old thread but I had to say this.. OH MY GOD THAT CHICKEN IS SO FREAKING CUTE! I'm glad you decided not to cull her and instead decided to keep her. I read through the pages and this was definitely a story I'll remember!

Anyone?

2 eggs hatched today and two pipped. It's day 20. The two that pipped were fine at first, squirming and chirping and then I checked on them a few hours later and both of them are dead? What happened? I guess I'll hold out hope for my last 4 eggs... I have the right humidity and the temp is 99.5...

I FOUND MY CAMERA. Here is a decent picture of all 5 of them. :)

Oh yes you can definitely take her out! :) The same thing just happened to me! I only leave them in there (Unless other eggs are hatching out) until they're dry and fluffy.

All 5 hatched! :) I think I'll post a picture of all of them later when the other two are all dry and fluffy. I got another chick that looks exactly like that one. So I got 3 yellows and 2 browns

I started with 6 eggs, 5 made it to lockdown (the 6th one quit early on) and last night I went to bed at around midnight and I knew one had pipped. I got up this morning and I had 2 little chickies in the incubator and the other two eggs have pipped. So if those two hatch out like they should...

Eeek another one pipped! Just gotta find that dang camera now