FEBRUARY Hatch-A-Long 2015:Please Read First Post To Join H-A-L

[bekkanblue]

Hatch day, hatch day, tra la la la la!!

Now to wait for it to actually happen

this will be a long day at work

Noooo, just let your mind focus on work and the day will fly by! Then you get home to chicks! And hopefully a hatcher to watch. Good luck! Hope all goes well!!!!

 

[ChickyChickens]

Quote: X2!!!!

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

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Lady hawke-I'm curious, did those eggs smell before they blew? Or was it not noticeable since it was under a broody? I had one egg in the incubator I pulled, but it was very stinky. It's kinda got me worried that one could blow without any warning

I still have 1 other egg in the bator that I think might not grow out but I left because I wasn't sure.


I didn't smell a thing until the day of the explosion. My broody has been keeping quite a tight seal over her nest. When I incubate my own, I candle every week and throw out anything that is infertile or quit, so nothing has a chance to get funky in there. That way, at the end of my run any egg that hasn't hatched can sit in the bator for a few days since if it died, it did so pretty recently. My stink bombs were a month old and had been kept toasty warm under my broody the whole time!

 

[emvickrey]

Today is hatch day and not even a peep.

 

[bekkanblue]

Today is hatch day and not even a peep.

Let it ride. Chicks have their own schedule to follow! Good luck!

 

[scflock]

Noooo, just let your mind focus on work and the day will fly by! Then you get home to chicks! And hopefully a hatcher to watch. Good luck! Hope all goes well!!!!

I intentionally set my eggs with a due date on a Thursday/Friday. That way I am at work when it starts, then I have the weekend to sit and watch the bulk of the action

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

Someone is starting to wake up! Sooner than I expected! Not ready for exploring yet, so my little imprint project curled back up in my hand and went back to sleep after the photo shoot.. This one will be just fine! 8 more + the breech pip to go!

 

[thegrovestead]

Glad things are underway for your little chick. It's hard to know just the right thing to do.

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Let's see more chic pics if anybody has some to share!

Successful hatch and drying off now! The sibling watched closely the whole time:

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

Successful hatch and drying off now! The sibling watched closely the whole time:

What a cutie!!!

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Well I'm glad I didn't open the incubator to add more water last night . I got up this morning and I have a pip!!!!it looks like a crested cream leg bar will be my first chick

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