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  1. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Congrats to all the hatches!!! MAX...you are precious!!!!! My 3 day old babies are doing good. Noticed 3 of them have feathered legs. So cute!!!! I love them!!!!! Eggs in bator (1st gen Olive Eggers) on Day 3............................
  2. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Sorry I am very inexperienced but from what ive read i would leave them in there another day or two just to be sure.
  3. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Here are the babies. Named by my kids......Sleepy, sneezy, happy, bashful, Dopey, Grumpy, and Doc Any guesses on boys/girls??
  4. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    They are all Black Copper Marans roo with Welsummer, Buff Orp, Red Sex Link, and Black Astralorp Hens.
  5. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    First hatch is complete on Day 21! 7 out of 8 precious black fluffy babies. Im setting my first batch of Olive Eggers this morning!! I hope one of these comes out something other than black! But of course ill take em anyway they come! Thanks for all the help and support throughout my first...
  6. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    well my sweet little wrong end pipper died a few minutes ago. Sad sad..and my kids are sad (worst part) But the positive news is 4 have hatched and are looking great. 2 are zipping right now and the last one has pipped. If i get 7 out of 8 on my first hatch I will be happy!! Day 21...
  7. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    YAY!!!!
  8. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    How long do you wait after they are born? 1 is dry but 2 were just born about 3 hrs ago.
  9. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Great advice. Thank you so much. I went ahead and did the coconut oil. I saw its backend in the aircell and I dont think the yolk is all the way absorbed. It is moving and chirping still. Time will tell. Meanwhile I have Godzilla in there crashing around and rolling eggs like bowling...
  10. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Thought i would lay down for 2-3 hrs..get back up to check and BAM! It had a tiny pip at 2am...6am..fully hatched! And appears to be a boy Here is the assist. It looks bad. It did nothing in the 5 hrs after I removed some shell so I tried to moisten the membrane and stretch it a little...
  11. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Wrong end PIP..no progress. First hatch + First assist ..omg. I chipped away a little of the shell. There is a pencil eraser size hole in the white membrane. I didn't mess with the membrane..just the shell. Its moving..chirping loud but not making any progress with that darn membrane yet...
  12. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    This is my wrong end pipper. its been approx 16 hrs..it has made some progress but the white membrane is worrying me.
  13. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    My little wrong end pipper is still shaking and has made another small hole. I told all the others they can only pip and hatch between the hours of 7am-10pm!!! I have got to get some sleep.
  14. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    My first pip..sometime after 12:15am..its now 3:30am and its at the wrong end Its a pretty good size pip too. Advice??? And its only day 19
  15. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    we just saw 2 eggs shaking! SOOOOOOOOOO EXCITING! 12 hours into lockdown.............
  16. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    By the time i went back to recheck the eggs were dry. I wish there was a switch to turn off the fan for lockdown. It sure does dry things up quickly. I wont sleep at all tonight worrying about the humidity.
  17. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    OMG..i was adding water and the syringe went crazy and 2 of the eggs got sprinkled!!!! IS THIS BAD??? Its tiny tiny little drops mainly on the end of the egg. Im having trouble keeping the humidity up now. Its drying out pretty fast.
  18. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    I just put my in lockdown too..and temps are all different on all thermometers. I do have my humidity set pretty consistent so far at 65-68% ...im a nervous wreck!! Hang in there, i think we worry way more than we need to!
  19. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    LOVE the chick pics!!!!!!
  20. jklyles1

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    And we have LOCKDOWN! Humidity is good..temp is kinda low. My trusted therm says 98.5 2 others that i was unable to calibrate properly say 98 and 100.8. I hope it stabilizes. Should I adjust or just leave it Its been about 1.5 hrs
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