Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today - Page 2264

Can you just help him to get his head out? Only the head?

That is what I would try to do, but I may wind up hatching him out to get it done.

 

Thanks for staying with me while at work!!  I am sure I will be around when you return... continuing this painfully slow hatching process.

Oh Pinapple N bacon  ...... MMmm

 

Ya You go Utah!

 

 

Meet speed racer... my early internal pipper... and early hatcher.

 

 

In other news, I busted open the other 2 remaining eggs... both shrinkwrapped.  One had head facing in towards yolk sac, so I hatched the entire top half, leaving yolk in shell... it is resting now.  The other shrinkwrapped kid had internally pipped, but on the flat side of egg (was a droopy air cell). I had to half-hatch to free his head.  He seems to be doing well.   I got pretzel's head a little more freed from shell, and repositioned it.  It seems comfortable now.   My bator is looking like a hospital ward!  But, I haven't lost one .... yet (although I have my doubts about a few making it).

Pretzel has also decided to start hatching out on its own.

I got paranoid about the ones that had externally pipped on their own but were not making progress... and they were all shrinkwrapped... so except for speed racer, I have had to hatch out all the eggs.  Still a LONG way to go!

So, I realized I had not seen any action from the silver apple, so I decided to take a look. It too was shrink-wrapped. So I busted it open too. The first shrink-wrapped baby I found was too far gone, but the rest are doing well. I am now one by one freeing heads from shell.

2nd baby finished hatching out by himself at 3:15am. Slowly but surely I am getting all of their heads free.... Slow and steady progress.

I know I'm just talking to myself at this point, but even my husband has fallen asleep.  Baby #3 finished hatching out on its own at 3:45am.  1st baby is really getting his legs under him and stresses me out to see him knock around the other half-hatched eggs.