Anyone hatching Dec 14th? Looking for hatching buddies for 1st hatch!

[Suechick]

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Give em 12 to 24 hours to stabiliize, sometimes up to 18 hours. If they still can't walk right or have curled toes then, there are some interventions that can be done. But most times they do OK after some time. Some hatch and look strong right away while others take longer, I don't know why. I had one that couldn't stay on her belly, she'd just roll and flop around the incubator but the next morning she had her feet under her and by that night she could stand up. I also had one that couldn't walk and got some PT she's 6 weeks old now and doing fine, and another couple that had curled toes. Eggcellent just had one with curled toes. All very treatable. But for now, just give them some time.

 

[sekinkead]

Thank you for your quick response. I was kinda panicking since this is my first hatch and I wasn't sure what to expect. I will see how they look in the morning. It will be 24 hours around 10am for the 1st one and the 2nd one around noon.

 

[4CrazyGirlz]

Well, no change when I got back from dinner. I am exhausted though, so I should sleep well without pacing around the incubator. LOL!! We all decided to try and pick the time we thought the first egg would hatch. Everyone put in $2 and the winner takes the pot. So far the winner gets $26!!!

Ok, that's all I got. I am glad almost everyone is having great hatches. I can't wait to see more pics! Good night!

 

[Rin]

OMGEE People with fuzzy butts already?

SO CUTE<3

I actually ordered 10+ off of e-bay from a seller who looked verrry reputable and another dozen off of MPC. So I'll be trying again with at least 22 eggs half and half from different breeders entirely(likely this will be staggered). I also got a warm air humidifier for my room(wonderful around this time of year anyway), a fan I'm going to attempt to install and yet another hydrometer/thermometer. I'm using two mercury therms this time, the working digital indoor outdoor one and yet another seperate brand of digital therm/hydrometer. Last time I tried a single mercury and digital therm/hydro only for the digital to crap out on me near the end.

Common eggies ! Yours and mine!

 

[4CrazyGirlz]

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This is good to hear Rin! I am glad you are preparing to try again. It sounds like you will be all ready to go when the eggs arrive! Keep us posted!

 

[Rin]

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I had to try again. If this fails so miserably all over again, I'll just hold off until Feb and order some day old Milles/Sultans instead. I'm just too in love with the porcelains.

Your babies are due tomorrow right?

Did you set them early early?

 

[duckluck]

Duckluck checking in here with some chicken luck...three chicks so far out of six, with two more pipping! Cheeps at 8am, so we're coming into the party a bit early here...guess I should stir the punch and fold the napkins...

 

[MuranoFarms]

I had planned on lockdown first thing this AM, but that didn't work. I'm fighting with the height of the eggs in my homemade incubator. First they were too low, then I adjusted it...too high.

So at 6 am I was cutting hardware cloth and its in the middle now. I'm going to let it regulate another hour or so, then put them in. If it fluctuates at all, I'm going to give up and just got buy another LG.

I'm afraid to jinx myself.....so I haven't set up the brooder yet. Anybody else?

 

[Eggcellent]

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Woot congrats! We want pictures

 

[Eggcellent]

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Is the height of the eggs affecting temperature? If so, might I suggest getting a really good thermostat that saved me a lot of headache. It's a zilla thermostat made for reptiles but this thing is great. It will cost you about the same as buying a LG but you can use it on whatever size incubator you end up building. It will also keep temps more stable than a LG would.

Here is a link to it: http://www.petco.com/product/108340/Zilla-Temperature-Controllers.aspx?CoreCat=OnSiteSearch