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So I promised to update. My New Years hatch is complete. Terrible results from the LG. Am going to stick to my hovabator until I can afford a better one. Only hatched 3 out of 12 Empordanesa. The peeping chick I heard last night did not make it. I'm thinking I should have helped him out...

OMG Everybody! Remember that I was hatching some Empordanesa eggs on Dec 31/Jan 1st? Well by am Jan 1, I had 3 hatch. Because my temps had been low the first few days until I figured out how to get it up without roasting them, (Little Giant) I decided to keep the bator running for a while...

So a third Empordanesa hatched out overnight. The 9 eggs that are left are starting to worry me, though. No external pips. I can't really hear anything without opening the bator so..... I guess I will keep my fingers crossed that it is due to the trouble I had keeping the temp steady the first...

I have a second empordanesa chickie!!! 10 more to go!

I have a chickie! One Empordanesa hatched!! Only 11 more to go...

I have 3 pips. I guess the high humidity on the first day of lockdown didn't kill them after all. I was so worried. 9 more to go!

I set mine on the evening of the 10th....I have no pips. Getting very anxious.

I've been having trouble with the humidity in my incubators also. Usually I have no problems.... yesterday it got to 80% and it freaked me out. Hope you get yours under control, Joe

The humidity in my bator is up to 75% and I am not too happy about it...I can't get it to 65% where I want it.

I do the same thing as pink chick.... Also, I live in the county in San Diego, and I have a couple of acres, so I can keep a lot of chickens. You got to hatch a lot to get enough girls for replacement layers, too. But, I usually sell my cockerels in pairs with females and find them good homes.

Merry Christmas! I agree that hatching eggs from your own birds is very exciting! Most of the time I hatch shipped eggs, and it is always nerve-wracking. Maybe I am just blessed with very fertile & strong birds, but for whatever reason, my birds eggs always hatch at incredible rates (Usually...

Mahonri, I am with you!!! I put mine in the bator 12 hours after I got them in the mail without looking to see when they would hatch. A day or so later I noticed that they will be New Years babies!!! I am hatching 12 Empordanesa. Good luck & happy hatching!