1st Hatch! Help!

[chickens really]

If your brooder is set up and the chicks are dry? You can quickly remove them...Make sure all your air cells are up and the chicks can pip and zip....

 

[Burbs03]

I put two chicks in the brooder yesterday and one chick in the brooder today------no pips yet

 

[chickens really]

Also if you cluck and peep and rap on the incubator it wakes them up to get the process going a bit faster...They get lazy and like to take breaks.....

 

[Burbs03]

Ok thanks!

 

[chickens really]

You should see the eggs wobble once you wake them...I usually peep and get them awake and do it Every 10 minutes...Then I let them rest about a half hour and then peep and tap again....Lazy little buggers!

 

[Burbs03]

Can you put a chick back into the incubator to wake up the chicks for you

 

[chickens really]

Can you put a chick back into the incubator to wake up the chicks for you

No, do not do that...It will knock all the eggs around........

 

[chickens really]

Take a break for an hour or two......Go back in a couple of hours and see how things are progressing....Please dont touch your eggs.....It could take a few more hours...

 

[Burbs03]

Ok thanks! I put mineral oil on the one that I opened, and I will not touch my eggs any more

 

[chickens really]

Ok thanks! I put mineral oil on the one that I opened, and I will not touch my eggs any more

Sounds good........I know your excited and stressed out......Did you candle your eggs during incubation?