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well i think im going to pull the plug on the bator today. Candled the last 3....two of which were dead and i just could of SWORE i saw movement in the third. That was all yesterday and i woke up with no pip. I had nothing to lose so i gave him some more time. At the end of my hatch here is...

wow that's sooo odd?? Your little cohin babies above^^^ look EXACTLY like my little baby MFD'S!!! NEAT!! lol

Quote: oh gosh..NEVER!!! unplug the bator untill a few day's after your hatch date. Last year my aunt hatched out of the same LG bator that i have. Day 21 came and she only got 2 babies to hatch out of the 14 eggs she had in their. Then on day 24...BOOM!!! 8 more babies came out!!!! She is a...

Here is what i have hatched SO FAR!! lol One big brooder family. 5 mfd's i hatched and 3 "special" ones i got today as well Close up Shot The special ones were a "were sorry for giveing you less than sub par silkies" free order and shipment from my local hatchery. They came the same day...

Quote: im no expert..but ive been told that means infection...im so sorry for you loss... An update with me tho: 5 baby MFD Chicks hatched and in the brooder...with 2 more eggs pipping and starting to zip!

Quote: thats great!!! I woke up to 2 new babies and 2 new pips everyone!!! Ahhh this is soooo exciting. AND got a call from the post office, my chicks from the hatchery are here TOO!!! can ya believe it?????? What a morning for baby chickens!!!

Quote: designer chickens you say?? do tell!

Just a few moments old here About 30 min old here...fell on it's back to show me it's fat belly lol and here we have my "loan wolf" at about 6 hrs old. It seems to be hungry!!! It's picking at the membrain inside its shell it hatched from...like it's trying to eat it!! lol Took quite a poo...

Quote: awsome!!!!! I have a hatched out baby "3 hrs old" and 2 more pips!!!!

Quote: lol thanks!!! Im just waiting on the others to pip. When is a good time to take him out and put him in the brooder tho?

ahhh!!!!! im a father!!! lol first Mille Fleur came out about an hour ago...getting pictures ready now

omg i have a pip!!! humid is 65% with temp being 99 F. but their is a problem My plastic thermomitor that came with my LG bator...it is RIGHT ON TOP of the egg that is pipping!!! does this mean the chick will not get any air??? My top plug is in. Do i remove it now??? Or when it start's to zip...

i officially have peeping and rocking eggs in my bator

well i may or may not have heard chirping inside my bator. They have not pipped yet, but i was told you can still hear them chirp once they are through the air cell

Quote: aww...im sry to hear that

Quote: i was thinking the same thing, but i can't shake the fealing that since i started lockdown a day early that i may have hindered my hatch...to possibly 0%

sweet!!!!!!!!!!! congrats!!

Quote: Hey, best of luck to you. Everything will probably work out fine. There was a member on here that even incubated (successfully) an egg between her boobs. thanks. So...Her BOOBS!!!!!!!! you say??? Wow...that is just crazy. I think im going to haft to see proof..as in pictures...

Quote: I'm sure it does, but it's only circulating the air already in the bator. Your chicks will need fresh air and oxygen to breath as they hatch. yes...i realize this. The reason my plugs are still in is because i want to create a "stable" humidity for when/if they start to pip. Once...

Quote: exactly...but for myself....the humidity is seeming to stay put. Guess im just lucky Ventilation at hatch is just as important as humidity. The hatching chicks need the extra oxygen available with the increased ventilation, for a healthy hatch. Some people at high elevation find...