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i will let them sit for two extra days after everyone is done. just in case. every now and then one surprises you.
my guess is that you are done, and oh my gosh, excellent hatch!!!!! congratulations!
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if they are getting crusty in the bator, it is too dry in there. sometimes upping the humidity a bit more helps that .
hee hee. her. nice one.
i have all sorts of chickies out and pips and zips and whatnot. yikes! yeah!!!!
HappyMtn....that's it. i'm coming to Tennessee. maybe i need to hand deliver. your new babies are way cute. that cochin could very well be mottled. aren't those big orps BRUISERS???? they can be ginormous!
seriously, you wait until i pack up in the car. ROAD TRIIIIIIP!
Becky...not a...
Becky...your egg looks like it is doing fine. you didn't kill anything. no panicking. mother hens are just relaxed as all get out. you should be too.
if you are using an auto-turner, you would insert them pointed end down. when you are hand turning, it is irrelevant.
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did you put them in nose down when you incubated them???
yeah, all these babies! woo hooo. i have a ton more pips, but a bunch of sleepers. they are taking their time! hurry up babies!!!!
here is the first EE out in my hatch from this clutch. (so far, four chicks out and fluffing, 1 EE, 2 MFD, 1 Leghorn)
posting a video of them on my facebook in a second.
it is tomorrow silly! and yes, it did work well! they will be beautiful if they are anything like their bros and sisters. they are way too cute, everyone that has hatched.
i am off to bed. the fluish need sleep! i hope you have fun checking your hatch!!!!
yep, sure are!
Flap Jack over Honey Bun and Shoo Fly!
Flap Jack is in the back there with the girls in the front. Honey Bun is well, Honey Bun colored and Shoo Fly is the color of a Shoo Fly molasses pie!
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no. just leave it.
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of course you did, he's Pierre. he thinks he's the best thing since toast and butter with cinnamon sugar! and his babies are foxy too.
no, that was Popeye, his inner eyelid never opened. he was a Serama.
the Mille Fleurs are the little ones that are in the large dog cage, that got kicked out of their house! they are getting a new house in the paddock. Pierre and Colette...
they are non bearded MFD's...you have met them...
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yeah!!!!!! i bet they will be crazy popping if they are anything like their other brothers and sisters!
lemme see, i have Speckled Sussex, HEY! i just ran to double check and i have a whole bunch of pips and a lot of cheeping going on in there!
okay, Mille Fleur D'Uccles, EE's...
woooo hooooo! i cannot wait to see those babies!!!!! you are doing great! and i have babies due either the 24th or 25th too!
you better take a ton of pics! (or else!!!) you built your own bator and had great results, all on your own! excellent! you've done great chickah!
i am so...