Anyone hatching April 5-7 or so? ALL DONE, READY TO BE LOCKED

[skillswife]

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LOL sounds like my kids! I think my 7 yr old thinks I am personally sabotaging his eggs.

 

[HiddenHill Heretic]

I also just noticed you have a CATAHOULA. I have an 11 month old Catahoula boy named Marcello.. Classic grey and black spotting. Unlike any dog breed I have known or kept. Tremendously willful and independent. He has become a wonderful chicken guard and companion. Watch out Coyotes, Bobcat and Cougar. Catahoula on the loose.

My Sussex tail is drying up nicely, hopefully soon to fall off. She has been dragging it over the remaining 22 eggs, though, so it is a bit of a scene in there.

 

[chevgrl]

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LOL sounds like my kids! I think my 7 yr old thinks I am personally sabotaging his eggs.

yea you'd think i was cutting its head off... I often catch myself doing exactly what i told my daughter not to do... anyone else do this? lol!

 

[chevgrl]

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YEs i do and i love her to death however my catahoula is scared of everything!!! shes all brave until something gets close to her. shes even scared of chickens! the male i used to have was scared of nothing! My girlie is also a Steele grey and black with a white chest we call her Dixie rebel.

 

[Suechick]

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LOL sounds like my kids! I think my 7 yr old thinks I am personally sabotaging his eggs.

yea you'd think i was cutting its head off... I often catch myself doing exactly what i told my daughter not to do... anyone else do this? lol!

That happens to me ALL the time. LOL They do what I do much better than do what I say to do. Can't win

 

[Suechick]

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How's it doing? If it's zipping up rather than around it may just be creating it's own path. I'd watch it close and see if you need to help it to crack the shell, but let it climb out on its own. But maybe it will do just fine. Once they get to zipping I think they are mostly in the clear and ready to come out. They just need to climb out well to get their legs in the right place.

 

[Cynthia12]

I have a baby! One of my Ameraucanas. Boy, last time I looked it was a small pip, then a couple of hrs. later, I'm in the next room, hear a lot of very loud chirping..and it's out. I could tell by the cry that one was out. Just surprised me that it was that one, with one of the smallest pips of them all.

I've had to open a shell on the other Ameraucana..seems I've also had one pip at the wrong end. The beak was right there, so I chipped away some shell on both sides. I was seeing blood, so after chipping as much as I dared, I put it back in. I can now see the beak, and that will help me know how it is doing. They always smack their little beaks at you when you flash the flash light on them. It is chirping a bit..so that is encouraging.
I have a lot of pips on my beautiful to be...RIR's! So far, all of those pips are in the right place.

 

[Suechick]

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when was lockdown? and have you candled yet?

Lockdown was Sat. the 2nd. I candled before lockdown and I know some of them where not good but I put them in anyway. I am still not 100% good at candleing and didnt want to toss a good egg that I thought was bad. Every thing has been reading good and everything is calibrated, but today the tep. and humidity are jumping up and then down then up again. IDK what to do now but just go buy some chicks.

It certainly wouldn't hurt to open a few of them up to try to figure out what is going on. You'll know quickly if they are alive or not. If they are alive you will be able to help them. For mine that don't hatch I candle them to find out where the air cell is and then pip the shell and zip off the top. I've learned a lot and it has helped me to have better hatches.

I hope you have sweet baby chicks soon.

 

[chevgrl]

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How's it doing? If it's zipping up rather than around it may just be creating it's own path. I'd watch it close and see if you need to help it to crack the shell, but let it climb out on its own. But maybe it will do just fine. Once they get to zipping I think they are mostly in the clear and ready to come out. They just need to climb out well to get their legs in the right place.

Like 3 more pips up the egg now it must be resting... i dunno

 

[latebloomer]

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How's it doing? If it's zipping up rather than around it may just be creating it's own path. I'd watch it close and see if you need to help it to crack the shell, but let it climb out on its own. But maybe it will do just fine. Once they get to zipping I think they are mostly in the clear and ready to come out. They just need to climb out well to get their legs in the right place.

Like 3 more pips up the egg now it must be resting... i dunno

they take breaks, it's hard work to break out of your shell...