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And we're done! I had eight successful chicks from 12 eggs. Two weren't fertilized, I dropped one, and the last one I'm sure is a dud. (I water-candled it -no wiggle-, and a light candling revealed a liquidy interior that sloshed when I turned the egg different ways.) Soooo.... I'd say that's a...

Our first one hatched a few hours ago, doing great! He was climbing all over the other eggs, active and fully dry, so I moved him to the brooder. Still alone in there, but temp is 99.5 F and holding. I make a little tent with a suspended frame and soft cloths in the brooder, and he's snuggled up...

What do you mean by assisting beyond the basics? I've helped a shrink-wrapped chick or two, by applying warm water with a Q-tip to the edges and surface of the exposed membrane. I very carefully picked away bits of shell until I was sure there would be no bleeding, then kept the membrane moist...

Yay! Just found the first pip. Here we go!!! C'mon, babies. Mommy's got your brooder all warm and ready to go!

I had to pull 2 clear eggs, then while showing hubby how to candle them and what to look for, I DROPPED a live egg! #@%@$#%#&#%^@#$%!!!!! Nine left, and doing fine.....

I have 12 in my tiny incubator, set on the 26th. Unfortunately, none of my hens are broody yet, so I don't have another set in the nest. Just these, gathered from the day's paid room-and-board tenants :) Mixed flock, I have no idea what the colors will be - RIR, BPR, EE, Black Australorps...

I'm in! I don't know yet whether I'll use the little incubator I have, or if I have a broody hen on that date I might let her hatch a clutch. Maybe both!