Adventures in Hatching - When Things Don't Go Quite as Planned

this is great. reminds me of the time someone unplugged the incubator to vacuum the biology class. I was devastated, but remained hopeful, and after being unplugged for at least 14 hours, I plugged it back in and two weeks later got seven out of twelve eggs hatched! of course, being the nerd I am, I named one Hedwig.

Thank you for getting this all typed up. It was great to read.

Absolutely perfect and very well written. Anyone who has hatched for a time surely appreciates this cute story.

Great story. Truly inspiring.

Nice article

I've only been raising chickens for about a year. This story was fascinating, educational and fun. Thank you for sharing.

Very encouraging story. Love the happy ending.

This gives great perspective on a realistic expectation for hatching. Awesome graphics, too--really helped me visualize what the article was saying!

This is a very entertaining article!

Fantastic article on broodier and hatch world.
Love the play by play
Thank you for sharing your adventures and for saving Shelly!

Butterscotch is a champ! Well done all the way around?

What a great read! Loved the egg graphics to help us all keep track of the proceedings.

Thanks for sharing.

Such a beautiful story. Soooo amazing! Congratulations on getting all 9 chicks.

Awesome article, made me smile and giggle and I'm certain your experience will come in handy once I start on my own chick's next spring. Can't wait I also appreciated the imagery and how thorough your descriptions were.

I now wish I had candled Barbara's 4th unhatched egg before I tossed it on day 23 when the other three hatched right on schedule.

Great story, love your graphics and photos!

Been there done that and got the T-shirt!

Totally enjoyable, well written, entertaining and informative. Anyone who has had chickens any length of time and dealt with a broody hen or two has gone through this. The funny thing is, the next time Snowflake goes broody you will rant and fuss at her about what an undependable broody she is and how the hot place will freeze over before you ever give her an egg to sit on. You will rant for days....then give her 3 eggs again, hoping against hope that she will see the job through THIS time.

Keep the incubator handy.......just in case.

Thanks for the well presented, well written article.

Well written in story format. I love the cute pictures to illustrate the story. I like your commentary about what you were thinking as things progressed. Thanks for sharing your story with us.

I think this was an awesome story. just to think that she decided to be broody 5 days before INCREDIBLE!!!!!!