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  1. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    I've had a hard time keeping humidity up, so I don't think it drowned... seems more like a bunch of them just quit sometime after Day 14 and before Day 19. Hard to say. Stumpy is doing better. The 'older' two are in a box with a lamp and he's still in the 'bator until he gains some strength...
  2. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    A third egg hatched today. The chick isn't doing too well, seems to have lost a lot of blood (and still losing blood) through the "stump" and is just overall not as healthy-looking as the others were, even when exhausted from zipping. We opened an egg that showed no movement when we candled it...
  3. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    24 hours after the last one, 1 more egg has pipped. No rocking or peeping from the other 12, but then again this egg had no signs of life when I went to bed, either. The two chicks were snuggled in the carton on either side of the pipped egg, peeping to it, cuter than cute!! It's in the...
  4. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    Oh help, I want to snuggle the babies, they are so pathetic running around peeping at all the unpipped eggs. Remind me why I have to sit on my hands!!? Two babies out (pipped last night) and no rocking, peeping or pipping from the remaining 13 eggs.
  5. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    I'm putting the lens right on the window and using the macro setting for close-up pics. Auto-focus is a little off, but the lighting isn't good enough to get anything better than that.
  6. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    Second egg to pip: Last night This morning After work today!! This is a bantam egg, from one of three frizzles or a non-frizzled cochin hen and not sure which of the roos is the pop. Why are there no more pips? Waaaaahh ...
  7. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    My second egg to pip hatched, but not even as much as a muffled peep from the rest so far ... *sits on hands*
  8. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    All the way out! Only just the other one pipped ... guess I'm going to go to work after all ... maybe that will make the rest escape!
  9. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    Same egg from last night, this morning:
  10. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    I wish I'd taken the shelf liner out when I stopped turning the eggs, I'm sure it is hampering the evaporation. We set up our cool mist humidifier in the room and finally got up to 60% using it ... we'd had water in the wells, plus a damp washcloth and a damp sponge and couldn't exceed 50% ...
  11. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    Another egg is pipping! Strangely enough, another of the eggs I grabbed out of the fridge just before setting the lot. *giddy*
  12. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    WE HAS A PIP!!
  13. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    Tomorrow is Day 18 ... pretty excited about it! We've had a few ups and downs but I think even the dark-shelled eggs were a go for "life" at last candling. Tuesday will be the big test ... I have a feeling it will be nearly impossible to go to work that day!
  14. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    Oh, crap. My temp had fallen to 98 (before opening to turn eggs) last night so I (yeah, yeah) tweaked the knob before I went to bed. Temp spiked to 103. Hope all is well ... waiting until the 14th to candle again unless something looks or smells wrong before that.
  15. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    Awesome! I candled just a couple eggs on Day 4-5 and saw movement and veins, very neat! My daughter was really excited, then realized how many more days we have to go! Seems like it is taking for-EV-er ...
  16. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    Mine is not flat, either... the incubator is on a flat surface, but the eggs all "roll" to the middle, so that's where I set them. Probably will move to a carton when I stop turning, too. Or sooner if they keep knocking into each other when I go to turn them. It makes me nervous!
  17. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    It's Day 3 for me ... no way am I going to be able to wait until Day 7 to candle a few ... no way. LG still air, no fan or turner, turning them 2x a day by hand, and they are lying on their sides on a piece of nonslip shelf liner. (I noticed it leaves a mark on the shell and hope it's not...
  18. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    Definitely get a more reliable thermometer than what comes with the LG ... I posted my experience on another thread. My DH found a cheap one at Walmart with the temperature and the humidity, that also shows if there have been fluctuations:
  19. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    If my thermometer/hygrometer is accurate, the temp has gone up as high as 102 but is staying reasonably close to 100 ... this room (basement office) is not ideal (can get chilly) but it keeps the cats, dog and kids from peeking, bumping or destroying. Humidity is staying around 30-35% with...
  20. xpButtercup

    Any first timer want to start with me? Eggs go in 4/1. ;)

    I'm planning to TRY and wait until day 7 to candle them, but I'm not the most patient person.
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