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post #131 of 222

5/3/12 at 1:08pm

MMB53

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I have 20 Brahma eggs at day 20, 2 are pippng so excited. Keeping fingers crossed all goes well. Good luck to all of you, wishing everyone a fabulous hatch. Think I will take pics of the 1st hatchee from pip to hatch.

Raising my multi-variety Brahma flock from scratch. I have hatched out all but my 4 original lite hens. I have 5 Buff Laced, 2 Gold Laced (and 5 eggs in the bater) 2 Silver Laced (1 egg in the bater), 3 Dark chicks, so sweet and 2 buffs. I've sold a few extras and the new owners just love them.

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5/3/12 at 1:13pm

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I don't know if wiggling is good, aside from telling me they are ok lol

They are real still now, maybe they're saving up their energy. Is there anyway to tell when a pip is coming? I'm sure that's a dumb question.

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5/3/12 at 2:02pm

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If you look closely you can see a small crack in the front egg. Mama chicken steeped out for a quick minute so I took advantage of that to take a look. Another egg has a small pip, but I didn't see any wiggles or hear anything.

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5/3/12 at 5:14pm

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Well, 6 are hatched. One was zipped early this afternoon and I think it died. Not sure why. I did the dry incubation this time, only raising the humidity at lockdown. So sad to see it made it that far only to die. I hope that doesn't happen to the others.

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5/3/12 at 5:25pm

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6 no pips and two out of the shell chirping loud and stumbling about. Worried sick about chick #2 it's head seems large and shaped weird and breathing seems labored.

Waiting for a video to upload then I'll start a new thread seeking help.

Dawn so sorry about your little chick!

Hopefully it is just resting. This whole hatching thing is such a roller coaster ride!

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5/3/12 at 5:39pm

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Wow, everybody seems to have chicks hatching, and I haven't even had a pip......well, I haven't even gotten home yet....I guess I'l see when I get there, but there seemed to be no pips this morning so I dont know. Happy Hatchings everybody and good luck!!

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5/3/12 at 6:08pm

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Originally Posted by The Chickeneer

You're not alone. I haven't had any signs of hatching either, but I'm a day behind because I set my eggs on the 14th. Hopefully tomorrow! :)

~Sasha

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5/3/12 at 6:14pm

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Quote:

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You're not alone. I haven't had any signs of hatching either, but I'm a day behind because I set my eggs on the 14th. Hopefully tomorrow! :)

Me either. I set mine on the 13th, late that night, so I probably won't even have a pip until tomorrow nite. I sure will be glad when I see SOMETHING... or hear a peep? Good luck to all...

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5/3/12 at 6:29pm

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Nothing here yet, either.

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5/3/12 at 6:36pm

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It finally hatched! It had piped when I got up this morning, with no progress all day. I was going crazy! When it finally started zipping, it was out within an hour. Sweet little buff silkie. No action yet from the other 13 eggs.