Anyone have a hen or eggs set for October? Join us!

[maryhysong]

My babies on lock down. Wish me luck on someone hatching. 1 was for sure good when i went into lock down. the other 4 I couldn't tell either way so i left them hoping nobody blows up on me.

Good Luck! Fingers crossed for you! What are you hatching?

 

[SilkiesForEver]

Eggs just went into lock down!! I'm gonna stick them under Ember when they hatch though.

Hope it goes well.

 

[lareynadenada]

My incubator goes to lockdown tomorrow, my broodies are due tomorrow

 

[nbhatcher]

Well, I think they are done..

Originally received 18 eggs through the mail. , culled 3 of them so 15 went to lockdown.

10 hatched
1 pipped on Saturday morning and still has not made it out ( I see no new movement since yesterday) and 4 that have not done anything. I'll leave them in there today just incase I get lucky and another one hatches.

I ended up with 2 lighter colored ones and 8 darker ones.

Here they are

 

[TheRookie]

Everyone please cross your crossables. I have a badly cracked day 18 egg. The baby inside is still alive , I painted what I could with clear fingernail polish but I'm not sure how much that will help. He was supposed to hatch on Wednesday under his mom but now he is in my incubator. I removed all other eggs in there to underneath various broodies for the time being. This is my first time hatching inside so I am super nervous already and then worried about the chick ... I have upped my humidity and I've got the heat stable so I am praying this little baby will make it.

 

[DreadedMoonMama]

Day 22 and no pips yet...although technically I guess it's still day 21 for a few hours. Upping the humidity seems to have brought down the temperature, so I'm hoping that just slowed them down a little. My incubator hasn't varried from 99 the whole time and now that I've upped the humidity it's been running 97-99.

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

Good Luck! Fingers crossed for you! What are you hatching?

Well the guy has 3 roosters apparently, a "farm mix", silky and a cochin. Has same with hens. It's a wait and see what i end up with.

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

Day 22 and no pips yet...although technically I guess it's still day 21 for a few hours. Upping the humidity seems to have brought down the temperature, so I'm hoping that just slowed them down a little. My incubator hasn't varried from 99 the whole time and now that I've upped the humidity it's been running 97-99.

Give it time. I've had one hatch I thought was failed but left them in the incubator a few more days hoping and on day 25 they hatched. Low temp can slow down their hatch. sometimes they are just slow anyway. I mean they are in a nice warm shell where nobody can bother them. Why get out? LOL

 

[DreadedMoonMama]

There's a pip in one of the eggs now and peeping coming from that one and another one, so I guess they're starting to get a move on.

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

There's a pip in one of the eggs now and peeping coming from that one and another one, so I guess they're starting to get a move on.

YAY!!
I've had nothing pip so far. I'm hopeful that they'll start soon. I am trying hard not to mess with the eggs. I have a tiny brooder tote ready to heat up when they begin to pip. My dogs have started going to the incubator occasionally and sniffing it/looking at it. That is a good sign. means they hear something that I don't. Or it could be really bad they might smell something that i dont LOL