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Oh my gosh! Well thats good news, you'll have to let us know what you got when they come out to greet the world.

Very good points Richard! I would just add that they will be fine as long as we don't intervene where intervention isn't necessary. One of the most difficult things to accomplish when new at hatching is to keep your cotton picking hands off the egg and let nature do it's thing.

d.k. just saw your post. once the egg has pipped you no longer have to figure how to position it, the pip side goes up.

If it's anywhere near hatching , like the last two days (and in drawdown) it will very quickly settle in the right position, and you will not be able to keep it in any other position. If it doesn't do that: 1. it's not far enough along in the hatch 2. it didn't make it 3. it's a...

I don't usually go by days, I go by what the air cell looks like by candeling the top. If I didn't have a candler though, and I'm doing chickens, I could reasonably expect them to be in draw down by day 19 assuming a correct temp. throughout the process. Candeling the egg takes all the...

All but the most expensive large scale incubators are subject to temp. fluctuations depending on room temperature and keeping it constant is one of the more challenging chores for us small scale operators. On the eggs that haven't yet pipped, what I do is set them on a smooth table and let...

Maybe he is upside down in the shell and pipped the bottom end? Sometimes that will break a blood vessel, but doesn't have to be fatal. What to do now? have patients and let him do his thing. Day 18 is early if it's a chicken and it might have a couple of more days to go unless your temp...