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post #201 of 286
3/16/12 at 1:07pm
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Originally Posted by bloonskiller911 View Post

this is horrible.  i am still waiting, waiting, waiting!!  my chicks should hatch tomorrow but it is killing me with everyone else's progress.

 

congrats to you all, i just hope that i am posting the same thing saturday evening!!!

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I hope to have that same luck also. Tomorrow I''ll be glued to the bator. The waiting and the unknown is the hardest part.

 

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post #202 of 286
3/16/12 at 1:37pm

I AGREE THAT WAITING IS THE WORST.  i know i had live chicks last time i candled before lockdown, i just wonder what has happened now.  i keep hearing so many horror stories of drowned chicks, deformed, stuck to the egg.  just so worried and they are JUST chickens.

 

 

i want to candle so badly i can't stand it!!

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post #203 of 286
3/16/12 at 3:31pm

I love this photo. I should give my chicks a teddy!
 

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well, 21 chicks out of 38 eggs- (All Marans- FBCM, B/S Marans, and Olive egger[Marans mixes].)11 of those eggs were clear, 2 had blood rings, so I say 21 out of  25 eggs....and those 4 others had live chicks all ready to hatch, but when I took the 1st half to hatch out (due to space being tight) it must've shrink wrapped them and they died in the shell. Once the other half hatched today and those 4 didn't do anything, I candled them and saw no movement at all. I carefully egg-topsied them and saw perfect little Blue Marans, just not alive anymore. hit.gif I have to take my mind off of that and concentrate on the 21 little happy dudes and dudettes I do have. The last 2 to hatch are still in the bator, but 19 are down in my brooder trough....here is a pic with some of them earlier today and their new friend. I'm in love again...love.gif

Meet Teddy and the chicks:

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post #204 of 286
3/16/12 at 3:32pm
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I am excited, I got my second bator set up for lockdown, its holding steady at 100 degrees with 73% RH. I am hoping for a better hatch than last time. I had only 7 out of 25 hatch that made it to lockedown. I believe I got the problem figured out (too low humidity for entire incubation). Out of the 18 that did not hatch all 18 were fully formed but they did not pip! Not even internally. The ones that did hatch were weak and two of them died. This time I kept the humidity higher and at day 14, 20 out of the 20 set were moving and developing perfectly.

Lockdown tomorrow night!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's great! I hope this hatch is wonderful for you!!!

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post #205 of 286
3/16/12 at 3:36pm
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Welsummer chicks napping after a long night and morning of hatching. So far 12 out of 36 eggs have hatched. Lots of pipping and egg rocking still going on in the incubator. Most of these chicks will go to the neighbor for his enjoyment.
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I love it when they fall asleep. We call them pancake chicks because they sleep so hard they flatten out where they lay. Sooooo cute! smile.png

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post #206 of 286
3/16/12 at 4:23pm
I am doing the happy dance, I can see one pip! And I hear peeping!

Silkies, silkies, and more silkies!

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post #207 of 286
3/16/12 at 4:27pm
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I am doing the happy dance, I can see one pip! And I hear peeping!

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post #208 of 286
3/17/12 at 5:47am
Woke up this morning to four pips and now two look like they are starting to zip. I might have some St. Patties Day chicks so cool!

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post #209 of 286
3/17/12 at 5:53am
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Woke up this morning to four pips and now two look like they are starting to zip. I might have some St. Patties Day chicks so cool!


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post #210 of 286
3/17/12 at 6:04am

i have 6 eggs pipped!! crisis averted this morning when the power went off and i had to borrow a generator. so how long after they pip will they hatch out.  we have had cheeping all morning long and a bit last night since about 3 am?  they've drove our yorkie mad!!

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