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I would like a half-dozen (+), too, please -- can you PM me when you have availability? Thanks! -JJ

I had another one hatch yesterday -- on day 26! Just goes to show you that you shouldn't give up on them too soon. It pipped early Sunday morning and made no progress on its own. I thought it was dead and Monday night I asked DH to unplug the bator and toss the remaining eggs. He yelled up...

My update: Day 24 - 6 of 17 hatched, one pipped but making no progress. Leaving all the eggs in the bator till Tuesday and thinking happy thoughts for them. I have 3 easter eggers, one black copper marans, one buff orp and one barred rock. I also have 31 hatchery chicks arriving the first...

So far I have 4/17 hatched (a BCM, a BO and 2 EE's) and two more have pipped. I pulled the first four out and put them in the brooder, re-wet my sponges and rearranged the eggs a bit as they'd been knocked around A LOT by their "siblings!" So it was kind of like a reset this morning. Today...

I think I'm done helping. I unzipped the entire shell, and I tore through the membrane about halfway around. She is chirping away inside -- you can see her little egg tooth sticking out in the pic. She's not dried out underneath the membrane; the egg is sitting on its own little damp...

Yes, I have two wet sponges and two wet paper towels (I took out the water container at lockdown -- I worry about them falling into it and drowning so I just use sponges from lockdown on). I ended up having to plug the fan back in because the temp spiked up to 102*. She's about 2/3 of the...

I started helping the little BCM that was getting nowhere. I've pulled the shell away about halfway around the egg (like a zip) and the membrane underneath is just soooo thick and completely dry and white. I'm dampening it periodically, chipping away tiny bits more shell, and I have the whole...

Oh, this is GREAT -- I love all the enthusiastic participants! And it's the perfect time of year to start something like this. Thanks to the mods for always thinking of us and coming up with new ways that we can benefit from our flocks.

Quote: HURRAH! My one "pip" started around 4:15pm and now at 10:26 I can see his beak and hear him better! None of the others yet but at least we are getting some action! So glad you have one too!! YAY fife! I'm glad you've joined in too. Egg #1 has made ZERO progress. Still just a few...

Had one roo -- meaner than a snake. But he threw nice babies with a variety of hen breeds! I have several of his daughters and they're sweet and chatty.

Quote: s................l...................o...................w. A little more progress; a few more tiny flakes of shell have fallen away, but I can still see membrane. No zipping yet, and nothing from anyone else. If things go the way they usually do, I'll start freaking out at...

Quote: Daniellenoel, it is normal for them to move before hatching. My last hatch, I had an spin 45 degrees! That was probably a day and a half before it actually hatched. I hope they hatch out for all your little students. They will be so excited when it starts to happen. YOu might have...

My first pip:

oooh oooh oooh! first pip -- and it's one of only two BCM's! praying for pullets...I love those dark brown eggs.

Humid here, too, but unfortunately ours is falling from the sky as snow/sleet. I'd give anything for some Florida weather right now, even the monsoon kind! It's been the longest, coldest, dreariest winter I can remember.

But isn't Easter on April 24th? If you set today, that's day 24, not day 21. In any case, good luck with your hatch! I've never had a hen go broody so we just use the 'bator -- your way sounds much more reliable.

Quote: You'll find varying opinions on this. It really does depend on your incubator. I have a small homemade wooden bator that doesn't lose heat and humidity easily, and "lockdown" for me is really not locked down at all -- I open it several times a day to re-wet the sponges I use for...

Quote: I set mine on March 10 at 9 AM, but my temps have been running 1/2 to 1 degree low the entire time so I'm prepared for a 22+ day incubation. No pips or sound this morning...I'm just hanging in there! Hoping for something later today...

I'm jealous too -- tomorrow is day 21 , fingers crossed that there will be some pips in the morning! But I'm not going to freak out if they take an extra day or two. I'm NOT. Oh, who am I kidding...?

Mine are not all named. We discovered early on that some were just going to be indistinguishable, so... All the buff orps are "Debbie" All the black australorps are "Barb" All the SLW's are "Sylvia" All the production reds are "Penny" etc... I do have some that are distinct and named...