I ended up with 8 chicks out of 11 eggs I set (half of them have feathered legs:love) One externally piped and then died and then two eggs haven't done anything. I candled them but couldn't see anything. So I put them back in the incubator to sit or another day or two.
Day 21 update- It is early this morning however I still only have one chick that has made it out, however I have 5 with external pips!! :love I can't see anything on the remaining 5 so far.
I'm sorry that the other five arn't progressing :( hopefully they will do something in the next day or so!! And your dog is super cute with the little chick!!
I got home tonight and the internal pip is now an external pip! With my incubator I can only see through the sides and not the top :( however I don't see any other external pips so far. All 11 were moving yesterday though :D
Day 19 and I have an internal pip!! I was checking on things and adding water and I heard some chirping so I had to check and sure enough, one is through! Woohoo!! And so it begins!
So exciting to see some babies!! All of my eggs are still growing strong however my daughter went to check them last night and ended up putting a little metal rod through one of them (it is the turning mechanism that is attached to the lid). I realized this about an hour later when I went to...
I candled my 12 assorted barnyard mixes last night (day 6) and they all have little blobs moving and wiggling around inside! So exciting to see the little ones moving around so much! Here are a few pictures :ya