2017 Groundhog Day Hatch-a-long!

MontainBourbons said:

21 sulmtaler eggs into lockdown!!! They are due to hatch on the 9th.

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frenchiegirl21 said:

So I have a total of 28 chicks so far. 2 eggs pipped on the wrong end and didn't make it, and 5 eggs are still up in the air. They were alive at lockdown but haven't done anything yet. I'll give them a few more days before I make room for the next batch

But still, and 80% hatch rate (28 live chicks from 35 fertile eggs) isn't half bad!

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dannyelle123 said:

Aghh! My chick that hatched a week and 3 days ago is acting rather cocky! Noooo! I shall have to buy chicken diapers and stuff insulation in the walls! It's my favorite chick... We're buddies! Lol

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FluffyButt789 said:

Good news! Our two newest additions hatched late last night! I was worried about the brown one for a while but when the yellow one hatched, it got the brown one to wake up and finally zip out! Now we're at 3 hatched, 2 more eggs to go.

More good news, the first stubborn little fluff finally figured out how to drink on his own after I took out the waterer and put in a bowl instead. He was alone for so long he didn't quite know what to think of the two new ones! They're finally asleep now though

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dannyelle123 said:

So I guess I should give up on my giant OE hatching... Today would be day 26. My guess is it wasn't able to evaporate enough for a good enough air cell before the humidity was upped and the other eggs went into lockdown. I think I'll give it one more day though, just in case...

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dannyelle123 said:

So I guess I should give up on my giant OE hatching... Today would be day 26. My guess is it wasn't able to evaporate enough for a good enough air cell before the humidity was upped and the other eggs went into lockdown. I think I'll give it one more day though, just in case...

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gemma24 said:

too bad...my egg was peeping yesterday but not today...I think it might be dead.

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