Hatchalong! Setting Eggs April 6, 2012. Anyone else in? - Page 15

Update I now have 19 hatched. That leaves 6 eggs 4 of those have pips and two have nothing. Not much activity with any of them but tonight at 10pm will be the actuall 21 day mark so I am still hopefull the rest will hatch.  I have never had 100% hatch so I am still expecting some to not hatch but keeping my fingers crossed it would be pretty cool to get them all to hatch.  This has been a strange hatch mine almost always go 1 day past before they hatch this time they started almost 2 days early not realy sure what I did differnt but so far I am liking the results time will tell. 

 

 

It must have been all that snow you got! I'm so excited for you!Congrats!

I have 6 out now, 3 in each bator. mine aren't suppose to start til 11:30 tonight and the other at 2:30 tomorrow.

Ok so the first chick poked it's beak out over 12 hours ago, it a pleated to be struggling and even screamed out several times. If one looks close it looks like the inside lining is detaching from the egg and wrapping around the chick. I had a temp/ humidity issue today. Do I need to help it out now that the liner is tightening?

I came home around 8:00 tonight and there was no movement.   I was watching TV and had a "feeling."  I went down to check and there was 2 pips!  It has begun.   I'm so excited.   I kind of hope to wake up and not see them hatched just yet, but if they want to come out during the night, then come on!  :)

Here's a picture from our first batch of hatches.  I have 13 chicks now, and 1 more should hatch in the next few days.  Most are black but I have 2 chicks that look like this yellow one, except the new one is a little more red.  The silver one is my favorite and hatched from a blue egg from my silver-laced red wyandotte.  Another blue egg hatched today but it has a lot of black.  My rooster is a black (something- I forget...not maran, though).  My last egg is blue and I'm hoping it's silver like the one in this picture.  Yay!! It was fun to follow along- happy hatching to everyone! 

 

 

 

I've got my first little bugger!  I had 2 pips last night and came down this morning to see not much movement.  Ate breakfast, went back down and he already hatched!  And it was a completely different egg!   I say He, because he's been making soooo much noise.  Keeps doing the "i'm not asleep! no really!" then zonks out.   

 

 

 

#2!

 

The first one that pipped, just hatched.  Little one took a while, but made it eventually.  No other movement on the others as of yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok, still nothing from the eggs. Is it safe to clean out the bator? Or should I still wait a while? 

Now I have 3!  They do come fast.  They keep crawling all over themselves and the other eggs..