April 2023 Hatch-A-Long

[gimmie birdies]

2 eggs hatched last night, a speckle and a brown. I have a white egg zipping.

 

[Canadian Wind]

One of my eggs has a sideways air sac... I've got it laying in it's side with the air sac facing up and keeping my fingers crossed because, at least last night, the chick was alive in there. Due to hatch anytime now.

 

[kurby22]

I flooded my trailer today...

Oh my goodness!! Maybe you need to just start April over again? I’m so sorry you are having so many issues

 

[kurby22]

My two bobtail Cochin eggs that made it are headed to lockdown today! Due to hatch Saturday

 

[Canadian Wind]

Oh my goodness!! Maybe you need to just start April over again? I’m so sorry you are having so many issues

I don't know if I want to start it again! Unless I retained the memories and could prevent everything.

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

My little ones are out with my 3.5 week olds. They look so tiny and the others look huge now.

That little one perching is adorable

 

[microchick]

Had my first pips yesterday evening. Figured no action until later. I was up at 2:30 with no zips visible but lots of good pips.

Woke up at 7 to rain and hail pounding on the metal roof, got up and was greeted with this little SDW OEGB peering at me through the dome.

Lack of eye shadow makes me think pullet. Good omen?

Lots of good pips remain. A few not showing any yet but today is day 20/21 later in the day so things could go through tomorrow.

A short time ago I was heading to the feed room to get starter and happened to look out of the window in time to see a wild hen turkey casually strolling through the yard in the rain.

Hope that is another good omen!

Happy hatching everyone!

 

[gimmie birdies]

2 black chicks from a brown egg, (fat) and speckled egg.
From the white egg, a blonde chick.

 

[lilwanderer]

I've got 8 orpingtons thriving out of 11.
As for the turkeys, all 8 are doing well still there as well, and will be on lockdown day 1 tomorrow evening.

 

[Honora]

The wrong end pip is hatched now; hatched on its own after about 24 hours. The one that pipped on the end of the egg managed to turn herself around and pipped again in the normal place, then hatched on her own! I have 12 out now, 1 zipping and 3 more pips! 2 of the pips are also on the wrong end but hopefully they will hatch just fine like the other one did.

how long has it been for the wrong end pip? They can take up to 48 hrs since it is like an internal and external pip in one. If you are worried you can make the pip hole a TINY bit bigger so you know air is getting in. I had one that pipped just about in the middle of the air cell and it zipped a bit diagonal and got out just fine. I was worried about it.