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Quote: Yes still chirping. It's coming to the end of the day here so took the (newbie) decision to carefully remove sections of the shell. Took the egg out and using blunt tweezers under a brood lamp gently removed half off the shell and put the egg back in. There was much wriggling for a...

Quote: Wow day 27! Its so tempting to peel the egg shells back on the two that have pipped and leave the rest for a few days more.

Only two chicks hatched so far. It's coming to the end of day 21. What are the probabilities of further chicks hatching? There's still 18 eggs to go. Two further eggs pipped over six hours ago, nothing else since then. I'm fearing the others aren't going to hatch

Quote: Perfect! Thanks so much. I've noted the brooder temps and will leave them in incubator for the next two days. Really kicking meself for not getting a Hygrometer in time. Right, I need to get out the house and sample the autumnal London air - the excitements been a bit too much More...

Quote: It's a Brinsea Octagon 40DX, it can hold upto 48 eggs, more if bantams. Costs just under £300 ($450) They have a 20 egg version too. It's expensive but came very highly recommended by breeders here in the UK. The auto turn cradle is on the outside, twin fan air circulation and generous...

Wooo hooo The second chicks popped out, a Serama I think: I think I need to leave the house. The excitements proving to be too much I must repeat: Leave incubator alone, leave incubator alone, leave incubator alone .....

Pictures of the first Pekin Bantam chick: Pictures of the other half glued to the incubator Remaining eggs to hatch

There's 19 more eggs to hatch. From about 15 there's no sound, or movement. The egg shells are intact. There's five eggs currently pipped and look like they may hatch.

Thank you thank you thank you You should see my girlfriend glued to the incubator shouting them along. Watching her is just as exciting Ok, so I've had to open the incubator a couple of times already. Mainly because I have no hygrometer and the air in the incubator looked very dry. When we...

My first chicks just hatched ! It's lying exhausted in the incubator. Do I take it out now & put it under a brooder lamp or leave it in the incubator for a while longer? Should I be turning incubator temp down? They're Serama chicks, how high should the 100watt brooder lamp be from them? Thanks!