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Pic #1; Rocket, Easter Egger Pic #2; Star, Easter Egger Pic #3; Speedy, Black Copper Maran

It was pipped for 24 hrs. I do have awesome news now! We watched one EE hatch about an hour ago. I'm so happy! It having hatched is finally motivating the chick that has been pipped since noon but has done nothing else. It's finally starting to zip.

My first and only pip just died. I had enough waiting and went to help him hatch. I was too late. I have 5 eggs left but no action yet.

I still have only the one pipped from this morning! No one else has pipped from what I can tell. I am going crazy to meet my first chicken! But he doesn't seem to be in any hurry... Tomorrow is day 21. With only one pipped so far, it looks like the others might be late. This waiting is HARD!

No pips here yet, but I DID see an egg rocking by itself! It's a start! Can't wait to meet my first chick ever!!!

It looks like great brooder! Good for you! Please post pics of hatches. I am anxiously waiting as well. Today is day 19, and it seems like they'll NEVER hatch

I put mine in lock down... But my temp is a little low and my humidity a litte high. I have to keep checking on it! And I'm also confused because some say day 18, and some say the last three days should be lockdown. But technically day 18 is four days before hatch day. What theory do you guys go...

I will be using foam egg cartons to raise the floor of the incubator up to the level of the egg turner. They will hatch on their sides. By raising the floor, I will have the eggs in the same temperature zone they have been in while in the egg turner, thus better assuring the proper temp for lock...

I saw chicks move in 5 eggs today! Started out with 13 and habeb6 I able at this point. Hath dayb28th. out of 13 today!

Hi guys! I candled yesterday. I saw two EE eggs with fantastic thick veins. That makes me hopeful. Out of twelve eggs those are the only ones I'm sure of. I have two others that have small possibilities but are too dark to know for sure. The other eight are no go. Such a bummer! I guess I'll...

I would remove the blood ring. Bacteria growing is what makes the line you see, and you don't want that bacteria escaping the egg to contaminate all off them. Those porous shells are brilliant in some ways, and not so much in others! Good luck with all your developers! I started out with 11...

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Ok Sunny... We'll be hopeful together! Like I said, I only y saw veining in one. But I have EE and Black copper maran eggs, which are dark and hard to see. I have darkness in some where I can't see veins. I'm hoping the darkness is hiding something good. It's true... Thinking about not getting...

I TOTALLY understand. I did look last night, saw a clear one so I had to go onto another. I honestly only saw veining on ONE out of ten!!! I'm not clearing anything out yet, and I think there just HAS to be more, so I wait. I will try my best to leave them for a few more days and look again. At...

Good morning! I had to try Candeling again last night. I have one blood ring on a GL Wyan. I can't see much of anything in most of the others EXCEPT for 2 EE. I was literally so thrilled I almost kissed the egg, but stopped myself as I remembered it still has the bloom on it and hasn't been...

I have never seen such a beautiful chick as the lavender. I look at these babies and I just see little miracles! I hope I can be as blessed!

Thanks. I keep hearing how hatch rates are terrible with shipped eggs, and me such a beginner too... I'm hoping with all my heart I get some chicks! Congrats on your new chicks! I would love to see pics

Hi guys... I set my 11 eggs Sat at 9:30 pm. I haven't been able to wait and candled. NOTHING. I am worried my first attempt at hatching, and starting a flock, will be an epic failure! :-( I really want some chicks at the end of the month... To make things harder on me, 5 are EE eggs, 3 are...

May be I'm confused but I thought the hygrometer is reading only the humidity. So 98.5 would be the percentage of humidity, not temp. I got a digital thermometer and hygrometer combo. My left side reading will say 99.4 and the right side says 44%. I have so much to learn, but this seems like a...

I love hearing about others first hatches! I am such a mother at heart, that now my hubby says 5 sons is it.... I'm going to mother chickens I guess! I am of course nervous because I just keep hearing how HARD it is to incubate eggs successfully! I know I'll be crushed if it doesn't work out....