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Well, good news, 2 of the 3 eggs I found about day 17 that were smashed by the warring bigfoot hen conflict survived and hatched. One was stinky within a day or 2 and I caught it right away and removed. I had put scotch tape over the main 'windshield' shattering spots and carefully removed it...

I totally understand about the multiple and unknown hatch dates! So embarrassing for me when everyone else on here has much closer to clockwork precision figured out! Haha! If they have pipped into the air cell, that's when they start peeping. I'm gonna guess within 24 hours they will pip...

Slipped 5 babies that hatched yesterday and overnight under the hen tonight and gave her eggs to the other setting hen. Those are due this Friday-ish. This is the first batch that are incubator-only for the full 3 weeks and have 2 more pipping. One of the hatchlings had started zipping last...

Oh boy. I found another +-dozen in the tractor tire. Naturally when I don't check it for 3 days, there are eggs. Even if there weren't for 2 months in a row! Okay, maybe more than 3 days, so they will go in the incubator after my current hatch finishes. I have 3 out and one zipping and a...

Yea! My incubator load is starting to hatch! I hope to farm them out gradually to the setting white leghorn phenomenon! These were brown shells, one with yellow on face and wingtips possibly from BA hen? (have Prod'n Reds, Barred Rock and BSLs too) The Roo is BSL

Oh, NO! Such a disappointment, even when you 'don't count your chickens', I still am so hopeful for them all. I don't know if I would have tossed the intact eggs however dirty, if they were not cracked or rotten I might have tried to clean them. The bloom comes off while she sets them anyway...

I'm getting confused with my musical nests. The hens keep trading places, I guess I need to make a screen door for each one to keep the laying hens out of the setter nests. I do have my eggs marked, so I can sort them from the new, figure out when they are due, but I need a better setup if I'm...

Now that is a new one on me!

Out of 5 clutches, #1 is pretty much hatched, 6 chicks under mama, moved a couple of apparently younger stage eggs under the next hen in line, and I think I had one clear EE egg from the original 9 set. Sometimes I go out and find a marked egg or 2 out of a nest on the deep litter, so might...

Oh, thank you! What a good idea! My DIY foam chest has room for a carton of 18 since they are on a wire shelf a couple inches off the bottom, so I may modify this for mine! So far, I have just been stirring them and moving them(rolling) clockwise away from the light source and meter.

Another time, if you have late hatchers at day 24 that you think are goners, (or if there is any chance of a mix-up on the dates, try the warm water test first to see if they are still viable, watch until they steady from putting them in, then watch for wiggles. Might save you and them from...

I really enjoy seeing everyone's progress with their clutches! Those 13 chicks are so cute! I had 2 hatch during the night, but after midnight, so technically Aug 1st, if that matters! Nice strong happy chicks, from BSL roo, one WL egg and one BA egg, that one is black with large black eyes...

If you are having cold weather or they got really cold in an AC room, it might affect them. If they are that close to hatch and no date mixups, then I can't imagine that a brief temp flux inside an insulated box would compromise them. What did the temp drop to? For how long? And more...

Danged varmints!!! Oooooh I'm so mad! I went out today to check on my pipper from last night only to find the empty shell, no sign of chick, and 2 more eggs missing. I'm cussing snakes today. I've killed so many already this year in my coop. Hadn't thought I was losing any eggs lately till...

You know you are obsessed beyond help or intervention when you look at a bottle of hand lotion and see air cell progress and wonder why they didn't write dates on them??? Sigh. Hopeless. Anyone else?

I see these incredible tutorial videos on youtube about making DIY foam chest incubators. And then there's mine. Meh. But it's working. Grateful for all those folks and their prior models up to the one they tweaked to their liking. Viewer window, tape hinge and pull tab, piece of clear...

What a scatterbrained collection of clutches I have going! 1. My EE started setting back around July 10 (per my calendar scribble) so tomorrow is day 21 and out of 9 I have one pip tonight at sundown! Yikes! Here's me trying not to go out the door every 15 minutes to check ...I gotta go...

If it were me (not knowing any better, you understand) and I didn't want to wait on the older possibles, I'd mark the start date on the new ones large end and put them right on in there with Sarah and Abraham. It won't hurt to have semi-higher humidity for the first few days on the new clutch...

Seven of Nine! Think about it and ROFL!