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Day 17 egg is "sloshy". Does this mean it quit?

I'm hoping to do one more in October to see if I could have some chicks hatch on my birthday :) and then I'm also done until the New Year's Hatch Along.

Good luck! Buttercups are one of my favorites!

Sooooo adorable!

My hen only decided to stay on the eggs for an extra day. I candled and saw no movement but I am hopeful. Day 17. I added it to a makeshift incubator I made at the last minute, temperature was reading 97.7 before I went to bed and this morning it was at 80 degrees. I hope the baby is ok.

Showing baby what food is :)

Here's hoping you wake up to 7 keets!

The next egg is due in 6 days, I'm hoping she stays on long enough.

Barred chicks will have a yellow dot on top of their heads. Did any of your chicks have the dot? But I guess it's also possible the eggs could have come from both your Barred Rock and Australorp.

How long does a hen usually keep sitting on the other eggs once the first baby has hatched?

Better picture of the new baby

Black Australorp/Black Copper Maran mix baby hatched today! 8/15

An active chick is always a good sign! I'm cheering for him!

I haven't been through what you are describing yet but I believe I saw that thread too and they separated the chick to keep others from pecking on him and to see if he'll absorb it. If I remember correctly the chick didn't make it but I wish you luck. I'll be crossing my fingers for you!

12 hours later and I'm home! I thought I was going to come home to a baby chick but this baby is taking it's time. The shell is cracked on the surface but no external pip, I assume it is working on creating an external pip. I might not be able to sleep tonight LOL

Day 20 1/2 and it's ALIVE!!! Internal pip (Candled again this morning)! Edited to add: How long from internal pip to hatch usually? I'm going to be at work and I really wanted to be there to watch baby hatch :/

So I just candled and I can't see anything and the air cell takes up half of the egg (well a little less than half). Is this normal for a day 20 egg?

Thanks everyone! It's even harder to wait when it'll be the first baby we've ever hatched here!

So maybe I'm just being impatient but today is day 20 for my broody's lone Australorp egg and it hasn't pipped yet... don't they normally pip on day 19 or 20?

Welcome! I have a chick due on the 15th and another on the 21st :D Can't wait to see what colors you end up getting!