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We are up to 18 hatchees!!  Still have 15 eggs in the bator - two have pipped. Today is day 20 for the majority of those remaining. So far I'm at a better than 50% hatch rate (which is awesome, considering my 35% avg rate my last two hatches).

ok....we have 5 chicks out of the shell and 4 zipping and 5 pipping.......this is day 20 for me.....out of battery on camera will head to the store to get some for pics......conrats everyone......

got the batteries.....here the pics.....got 7 chicks.....and 5 pipping........this is day 20

Awww, cute! Do i spy a naked neck in there?

I went to check on my eggs around 3pm today. Both marans eggs have pipped, which I find hilarious, considering I thought they seemed behind. Then one ameraucana egg. I thought two more looked like they were about to officially pip, but hadn't quite done it.

And now I have to wait EIGHTEEN FREAKING HOURS before I can check on them again.  You better believe I'll be waiting at that school tomorrow morning for the teachers to arrive.  I bet there will be at least 2-3 chicks waiting for me.

It's killing me to miss them hatching. So not fair!  Remind me again why I chose to sign up for not one, but TWO hatches at a school where I can't control it?

Oh my gosh such cute chicks.

And my eggs still aren't doing *anything*

I did set on the 22nd so wasn't really expecting anything until tomorrow. . .

So far I have nothing. I put my eggs in lockdown a day early and am having trouble maintaining humidity (around 60%) in our homemade incubator. (still air).  patiently waiting and worried that I have caused their demise.

We're at 20 now, and have two pips.  Had a near-fatal mishap though! 

We had been outside and came in to check on them.  We were laughing away at one who had fallen asleep standing, with his/her head in the food tray (LOL), when I looked over and saw one submerged in the waterer!  (How he/she managed to get like that, I don't know!)  I grabbed it, dried it and rubbbed and shook it (gently) to try to revive it. It started gasping for breath. The only thing I knew to do was keep it warm and try to keep it stimulated. I worked with it for a few minutes, and decided to stick it back in the bator.  That was about 4hrs or so ago, and I *think* its going to make it! Its still sleeping a LOT in the bator, but its drying back out, and is moving about from time to time, and peeping loudly occasionally. My daughter has decided to name that one "Lucky".

Wade

Omigosh, that is so scary with the near drowning. I really hope she's ok.

Rocking and rolling is good- it means they're moving into hatching position.

I wonder how my eggs are doing. I wonder if there's chicks. I bet there is by now.