Anyone else setting eggs today - 1/31? - Page 9

Some of the chicks just come out screaming!!  It always amazes me that something so tiny can be so loud!!   I am so excited to hear that your travelers made it!!  Yeah!!    You should get pictures of the kids with the chicks when you take them to school!! 

 

Zootopia and Jenanneray ( and anyone else I am forgetting to name)    good luck with the rest of you babies, I can't wait to see pics!! 

 

Well 20 out of the 21 that went into lockdown hatched for me.  One egg was quite strange, the air cell went down the side, instead of being in the top end.  These were home eggs not shipped.  The air cell went the entire length and took about 1/3 of the egg.  When I did the eggotopsy I think the chick just ran out of air, it had tried to pip but had missed the air cell and never externally pipped.    Sad, but I have 20 beautiful babies, and can't wait to see how they grow. 

Edited by just2rosey - 2/21/12 at 7:01am

Last night two came out of their shells quickly !!  I am concern that my first pipper still has not gotten of of its shell. its been 25 hrs now Shes kicking it with one foot out of the shell, the membranes on the out side looks dry, but her body looks wet. she seems very tired !  I am trying hard not to touch her or does she needs help?   humidty reads 73%

A few that are just pipped are yelling right now. Loud little fuzzies, they are! None hatched out yet, I guess they had to hatch all at the same time so I wouldn't be able to tell who was who.

Im up to 12 pips now, at least one is an EE from a blue/green shell. I'm really excited about these Ee's... They should be really good layers, the lady I bought them from had a rir roo over her ameracauna hens.

Eta: make that 13 pips. No one hatched out yet.
Edited by jenanneray - 2/21/12 at 8:22am

I have one chick officially hatched, looks like I may have a black sex link. a couple more are zipping right now, and the last of my EEs are peeping inside the shell, about to pip...... I might hatch out all 25 chicks!!!!!!! (thought originally was 26, but found an early quitter I missed on lockdown.)


I'll post pictures when more hatch out, probably this evening

Thebanthams, how are your chicks coming along? Did the one with its foot sticking out of the shell hatch out ok?

I came  home from work and to find her still stuck the same way  like this morning.  ,  I  end up try to help her out.   She is so tired and wobbly.  I hope she makes it through the night !  I have three others in the brooder box now.  
 

 

So.... Count right now is: 3 ee's, 2 bsl, 1 australorp and 1 white mystery chick. I havent figured out how a black rooster makes a white chick yet. Hmm.

Pics coming soon!!!

Three hours passed , I may have saved the life of this little chickie !!   She wont stop chirping !!   My problem, I had to carefully pulled the shells away and some membranes off.  one little piece is dried over its head and part of its eyes. what can I do to get it off ?  She is still in the incubator.