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I'm glad you got the 4. I hate it when the chicks in the bator compromise the hatch of one of the others. I had that happen on my first hatch, an egg from my EE hen was hatching and the other chicks stepped on it and drove a peice of shell into the chick who died pretty quickly after that...

Cool. Sounds like you could get some really cool colors for your chicks! ETA: how's the hatch going?

Quote: So one araucana and 5 Easter Eggers. EEs are cool since they have so much color variety. I just hatched out 10 EEs myself. What color is your roo?

Quote: What a cutie! Good luck to your little pipped chicks for an easy zip! I'll keep my fingers crossed for the other two eggs too! What kind of chicks are they?

Conventionally a brooder should be at 95 degrees under the light for the first week and then reduced by 5 degrees every week. That said, mine that I hatched this past week are perfectly happy with the brooder at 85 degrees from day 2 through now. It's like Daisygirl said, watch how your chicks...