Anyone setting eggs tomorrow (13th March, EDD Apr 3rd)

[zazouse]

My guineas are hatching today.

 

[christytrav]

Very cool on the guineas. We raised a couple lest year. Very cool birds. And very pretty.
I had 4 more babies this morning when I woke. My last silkie pipped yesterday afternoon and still no progress. I hope everything is alright in there. I have 4 eggs that have done nothing.

 

[raimnel]

Congrats to all of you!!

I just had 4 chicks hatch all in the same 1/2 hour!!

That puts me at 6 chicks
2 EE and 4 brahma mixs

 

[loopy12]

Busy here too - 5 chicks out in the last hour and a half.

Now up to 8 chicks, and 3 pips.

JJ: candle an egg that hasn't been under a broody and you'll see the shadow is the yolk is quite faint. If you're seeing a dark lump its a chick. The air sac should be bigger too. If you're in the equivalent of lockdown with your broody, and you candle you should be seeing all or almost all the egg is a dark shadow and the the bright empty air sac. Hope that helps!

 

[JJchiknshak]

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Thanks!
I've definitely seen a clear air cell and a dark mass. But it's day 23 and nothing.

No pips, not movement, no peeping. And Luna still leaves the nest everyday. I'm getting kinda bummed.

How exciting about your babies. Have you posted pics yet?

~Jen

 

[loopy12]

I can't remember if they leave the nest during lockdown or not

You'd think they'd still need to poop regardless.

Next time she leaves listen to them to see if you hear cheeping and candle them if you can.

 

[clothdiaperingmom]

Amy, cute babies.

Congrats to those with more pips and chicks.

I didnt have any more pips when I went to bed. But got up to 2 more chicks!!!!!

But, my favorite, the little grayish 1 I posted a pic of yesterday, wasnt looking so well. I gave polyvisol and sugar water, but it died in our hand.

Dang it all, beside my 1st hatch that hatched nothing, this has been the worst one. Ive never had a chick pip, then die in the egg till this time, and never had one hatch, then die till this time.

 

[loopy12]

Almost impossible to get 3 chicks to point in the same direction

These are the first 3, the other 5 are still in the bator.

They are (I think)
blue laced red wyandotte or silver laced wyandotte
white laced red cornish
and the huge blue orpington or could be a black orpington but its grey not black so I'm thinking blue.

In the incubator drying:
another blue orpington
a ameraucana/australorp cross
a cochin
a possiby black orpington
something else I can't remember!

Pips in another A/A, a black copper maran and another cochin

Really kind of starting to lose count!

 

[loopy12]

Oh no!
What do you think was wrong with it?
I'm so sorry

 

[JJchiknshak]

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