6th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2015 Hatch-A-Long

[Amberjem]

wow I just heard a cheep!! three of them! finally got to hear an egg chirp! humidity is starting to go up it's at 68%

 

[Roan]

Still trying to catch up on all the posts but I thought I would update you guys. I've got a baby chicky!!!!!!!

!!!!! Not the one in the pic with the big pip but the other one who had just made a tiny crack when I checked this morning. He took literally 10 min to zip and hatch! I will post pics and maybe some a video clip when I get back from lunch....I don't wanna go now but I have too..

. The little guy is also bulldozing everythig in there including the probe for the bator...gotta get that brooder set up might darn quick here haha

Awesome!!! Congrats on the new baby!!! And yeah, I'd say it's time to get that brooder up and running!! Isn't it funny though? We knew more than 20 days ago that this was gonna happen but yet, now that it's happening, it's "scramble around and get it done" time as if this was all completely unexpected! lol

 

[Roan]

wow I just heard a cheep!! three of them! finally got to hear an egg chirp! humidity is starting to go up it's at 68%

Woot!!! That's awesome about the peeping!!!

I'm sort of concerned about my own humidity as well. I can't monitor it with the thermometer I have because it only shows the humidity in the room, not the where the probe is and it's too big to put in the incubator with the egg carton so I am winging it and hoping for the best!!!

I did a dry run before set day and know approximately how much water to put in to get the humidity up to 35% but with the chicks hatching now, I just know the humidity is getting higher!!! I haven't added anymore water though, so I'm hoping it's not rising too fast...

 

[Pyxis]

Congrats everyone on the babies! Everyone with pips, tell them to slow down and hatch at midnight so you can win the first chick of 2015 contest!

 

[silly4buttons]

Hi one of my chicks hatch maran mix/maran it so cute I will take more when they all hatch.

 

[ronott1]

Still trying to catch up on all the posts but I thought I would update you guys. I've got a baby chicky!!!!!!!

!!!!! Not the one in the pic with the big pip but the other one who had just made a tiny crack when I checked this morning. He took literally 10 min to zip and hatch! I will post pics and maybe some a video clip when I get back from lunch....I don't wanna go now but I have too..

. The little guy is also bulldozing everythig in there including the probe for the bator...gotta get that brooder set up might darn quick here haha

Did you use the cool down cycle?

 

[domesticzoo]

Whoot! 2 more!

 

[tommysgirl]

I have a pip in one of my eggs

I have a pip in one of my eggs

I have a pip in one of my eggs

I have a pip in one of my eggs

I have a pip in one of my eggs

I have a pip in one of my eggs

I have a pip in one of my eggs

I have a pip in one of my eggs

 

[Roan]

Quick question, what should the temperature be in the brooder for the first week? I'm super nervous since it's only 60+ degrees in the room and the brooder temperature is 103 degrees. is that too much for the first week or so?

By the way, chick number 4 is now almost completely zipped!!!

This is me:

 

[carcar80]

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Y'all are killing me!!