Good morning all - I'm pleased to report that this morning I have 10 healthy fluff balls :-). That's 100% hatch rate on my first hatch in 14 years. They are truly adorable. Thanks for the help and advise x
Well after removing the two hatched chicks and throwing in a couple wet sponges I had two more pip and hatch within an hour and I have another 4 pipped. Still 2 doing nothing but it's only day 20 so the others are a little early. Noisy little things they are haha
They are all super important- they are my babies . I've taken them out real quick and added a warm wet sponge to the bator. Fingers crossed for the next 8 eggs!
Hi all, can anyone advise me what to do on a couple of things - I've not hatched anything in 14 years and things seemed more simple then lol. I have two that have hatched one 18 hours ago and the other 11 hours ago. Both are still in the incubator - I have 5 pipped eggs - should I move the...
It's funny how our brains work. I love eggs usually - and roast chicken lol. This is more nerve wracking than having human babies I'm sure! Pip to zip seems to be taking forever for my chicks - doesn't help that I'm staring at the incubator every 5 minutes. It's almost 1pm where I am and I'm...
Haha, thank you for your reply. Had scrambled egg this morning for breakfast and struggled to eat it haha. When I open the incubator to refill the water the temp recovers really quickly. I have no means of checking humidity levels - just have both chambers full of water in the brinsea octagon...
Hi all, I'm new to this so apologies in advance for any silly questions. So I'm on day 20 of incubating bantam eggs. One chick hatched at 9.30pm yesterday and another at approx 4am today, both are doing well and looking fluffy. I have 4 other eggs that are externally pipped and 4 doing nothing...