September Hatch-A-Long

[Luvmybob]

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LOOKS LIKE OUR BABIES ARE HATCHING AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!! Best of luck to you!

 

[JekkaLynn]

I stole these eggs from a broody so I don't now exactly when she started laying on them but I think I am on day 17 or 18 so tonight with Hubby's help we will take but the egg turner and put the eggs on their sides and increase the humidity.

 

[LBurt6]

I heard chirping!! I heard chirping!!! So I was cleaning the coop out and my Broody was in her box giving me the evil eye when she all of a sudden got up and went outside. So I went to look at the eggs and was slightly discouraged (cause I'm impatient) that there was no pipping or anything. So I went about cleaning then twenty mins or so later my broody came back and was adjusting the eggs slightly to get them all under her and I heard it. A few little chirps. So excited!

 

[duluthralphie]

Nothing has changed here, Ethel is still either setting on a nest or MIA. She has not been seen for 4-5 days this time.

SO I sit here and twiddle my thumbs and wait for her to bring me 27 late fall slate blue turkeys!


(My wife thinks I am overly optimistic about the number of eggs she is setting on. 27 seems realistic to me, that is a 90% hatch rate, compared to my 157% last time.)

 

[Y N dottes]

157% hatch rate seems like a good rate.....wish I'd have results like that

 

[Luvmybob]

3 eggs out of 8 pip so far... chirping away but good LORD! The first pip was @ 9am...it's almost 5pm, when are they going to zip? One egg's pip is just a TEENY TINY hole...no chirping. UGGGHHHHH!!!! I am trying to be patient... thanks for occupying me some..

 

[cream puff]

3 eggs out of 8 pip so far... chirping away but good LORD! The first pip was @ 9am...it's almost 5pm, when are they going to zip? One egg's pip is just a TEENY TINY hole...no chirping. UGGGHHHHH!!!! I am trying to be patient... thanks for occupying me some..

I know what you mean! my egg (only one out of three) pipped this morning about 6:00 I hear chirping inside. I don't hear anything from the other eggs yet. It's 2 now and no zipping yet.... praying for you

 

[duluthralphie]

157% hatch rate seems like a good rate.....wish I'd have results like that

Read the Augusr 8th hatch along thread and you will see how you too can get results like that!


It is all in the chicken math.

 

[CoopCop]

First candling was last night (day 8). Out of the 32 Icelandic eggs in the incubator I pulled 5 with obvious blood rings. 14 definitely have developing chicks. I have 5 I think are clears and the rest I am not sure about.

Of the 6 from my black australorp pullet and EE roo only 1 is developing for sure. None had blood rings so I am waiting to be sure before pulling any of those.

I have never hatched before and was wonderstruck when I saw movement in several of the eggs. This definitely is just the first of many hatches for me.

 

[cream puff]

I have a zipper! The chick that pipped had a good rest and now has zipped and is cheeping loudly. No noise at all from the other two eggs.