Anyone Hatching on the 27th or 28th? - I Need Hatching Buddies!!

[walkswithdog]

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I love blue and splash babies... so cute.... and I do love a black beak and toeses.

 

[walkswithdog]

GO PEEPERS!!!!!!!

 

[twixerella]

I've only got two eggs left in the bator and its day 21 and no pips

At what point do you give up?

 

[chicky gal1]

i have my first pip!!! they are not due until tomorrow, but she can't wait!!!!

 

[RonnieAtkeson]

Twix candle your eggs, if there is no movement then

 

[okiehen]

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come on wellie babies.
I had 2 rotten eggs also and one egg missing.

So 11 eggs got 7 chicks 2 died in the shell one was crushed by the hen

 

[DouglasPeeps]

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come on wellie babies.
I had 2 rotten eggs also and one egg missing.

So 11 eggs got 7 chicks 2 died in the shell one was crushed by the hen

A couple of days ago I noticed that there were only 10 eggs under Miss Broody. hmmmmm. Considering she is in a rabbit hutch separated from the flock there is only one possiblity.

Come on babies! Hatch already!!!

 

[hollymh]

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AWW! Congrats they are soo cute!

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

Ive got narragansette turkeys, and valley quail hatching. They started this morning.

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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No thats not normal, a good broody hen will not move the last few days. Just like a incubator the eggs need the higher humidity to hatch. I would lock her in the nest and hope for the best. I had one hen the was like that She set 2 sets of eggs and didnt hatch any I'm not going to set her again . I have better hens that will brood and set tight and get great hatches every time.
I'm not sure what chance your eggs have

That's what I was afraid of. This is her first time and she hasn't been the best broody. There was a time that she was very faithful to her nest, but she would break an egg every day or so. She never ate the eggs or the chicks inside - she was just clumsy.
Well.... I'm leaving the eggs with her for a few more days and hoping, against odds, to be able to post a dancing smilee along with the rest of you.

My broody broke one of the last 2 eggs she had left - a fully developed EE chick that had not quite absorbed the yolk. I brought the remaining egg inside - it chirped at me, about 1/2 hour later pipped, and is now zipping. I have it set up in a basket with a lightbulb over it. The basket is in my bathroom with my a room humidifier going. I have no way to measure the humidity - I'm just hoping for the best. If this chick hatches, it will be my first chick ever to hatch out (this is my first attempt) and I will have to go buy it some buddies.