4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[ronott1]

My chicks are still wet some more dry than others. But they hardly open their eyes at all is this normal?

Do you have all of the vents open? Also, they may be too hot--100 is too hot for chicks.

 

[mattfulleroc]

My first Silkie hatched today...more than 24 hours later than the first egg (a Silkie cross)..I had just about given up on any more hatching....strange


I think I have a touch of the flu perhaps...or maybe I just ran my body too hard with sporatic sleep...I have slept and slept and slept...up just enough to eat and drink and take care of the animals... I have a low temp. 99.7 right now...It really is affecting my ability to do much of anything....

 

[delisha]

2 more out!!
2 more pips!!

 

[lesliedow]

My first Silkie hatched today...more than 24 hours later than the first egg (a Silkie cross)..I had just about given up on any more hatching....strange


I think I have a touch of the flu perhaps...or maybe I just ran my body too hard with sporatic sleep...I have slept and slept and slept...up just enough to eat and drink and take care of the animals... I have a low temp. 99.7 right now...It really is affecting my ability to do much of anything....

Oh no! Take care of yourself!

 

[delisha]

Hurley..nice pics! Your boys are so cute!!I have never incubated Muscovy eggs. Tell me how it goes for you. I have always let them just nest.

 

[lesliedow]

That is a great picture!

Come up with a caption and save it for next year calendar contest!

Thanks! I will
8)

 

[hapjr]

Do you have all of the vents open? Also, they may be too hot--100 is too hot for chicks.

yes all vents are opened with my extra vent also opened. Temp is at 99° andthey aren't dry yet also three more pipped. I didnt wanna open it to take them out plus. I dnt have any marbles or rocks for my water drinker. The last one just hatched at 10 pm. What do i do?

 

[crissycriss]

Just wantted to say congrats for all the new chicks.
My phone card runs out tonight and i wont beable to get one till next month. So im gonna miss you guys.!!This has been great even though i only had one chick hatch.


I wanted to sign up for worst hatch but i never was able to get my pic of my one loan chick up.So since i wont get to get back on till feb(unless i can come up with my phone card money) im gonna with drawl my entry for worst hatch. Good luck you guys gonna miss you!!!

 

[ronott1]

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They should be fine. I bet they jump up when you tap the incubator? The important thing is to make sure the humidity stays up for the pipped eggs.

I thought you were through hatching

It can take a day for them to fluff up.

Good Job!

 

[hapjr]

Yes they jump when i tap? What does that mean? Is that good pr bad? And almost thru 2 fixm yo come out and ones piped. And unfortunately one that has been pipped for 36 hours but didnt break all the eay thru. No movement or chirping from that egg