Anyone HATCHING?!?!? Newbie's and addicts WELCOME!!!! Hatch Calendar page 1!!!!

[misslady]

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Maybe they want to be holiday babies! Good hatching vibes coming your way!! If you don't have pips and you are worried, I would candle 1 and see if any have internally pipped.

What does that look like?

You'll see a shadow of it's little beak poking into the air cell.

Once you see it you'll know it.

 

[The Critter Place]

Thanks guys...
Plan B... Steal a light from the older chicks...lol...
I have a toothache, and I really don't feel up to going out today...

I have a light on the 2 older chicks that are 3 and 4 weeks old. They are feathering out nice.
They would all be sharing the same brooder, but divided by wire, so some of the heat would still generate to the older... and I could cover it good with blankets.. would that do for a day or so?

 

[misslady]

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You could swap them out, give the heating pad to the older chicks since they're more feathered out and then put the heat lamp on the babies, I would think that would work!

Edited for typo's, I can't wake up today!

 

[bikerchic]

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Maybe they want to be holiday babies! Good hatching vibes coming your way!! If you don't have pips and you are worried, I would candle 1 and see if any have internally pipped.

What does that look like?

Where the aircell is you will be able to see a beak poking through the cell, and movement in the cell.

 

[Melissa Rose]

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Maybe they want to be holiday babies! Good hatching vibes coming your way!! If you don't have pips and you are worried, I would candle 1 and see if any have internally pipped.

What does that look like?

I candled an egg and saw an internal pip. You can see the pointy beak moving around in the air cell

 

[Melissa Rose]

I should read the whole thread before I reply

 

[The Critter Place]

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You could swap them out, give the heating pad to the older chicks since they're more feathered out and then put the heat lamp on the babies, I would think that would work!

Edited for typo's, I can't wake up today!

Thank you!

 

[The Critter Place]

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What does that look like?

Where the aircell is you will be able to see a beak poking through the cell, and movement in the cell.

Here's a great picture of an internal pip...
Just scroll down a little bit...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=595007

 

[bikerchic]

If you see a internal pip you can hold it to your ear and hear them peeping.

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

A temperature drop like that shouldn't effect them. I usually hatch my chicks with ducks and I lower the temperature to 98.5 and they do well. I have an LG and a brinsea octagon. The Octagon is much better! The down side is it doesn't hold as many eggs.