Assistance Please

[casportpony]

I don't understand what you mean.

I don't either.

 

[Amer]

I think she means that she is going to wait and see. She did alot of assisting and is going to see if the chick will come out later.

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

I don't understand what you mean.

Quit opening it more.

 

[Amer]

Check this out.

 

[Amer]

Aww. It didn't quote

 

[Amer]

This is the first time in 7 years I have incubated eggs. I forgot about all kinds of things and I learned a whole lot from this site.

I have a batch currently hatching. The first few babies hatching drove me nuts. I kept thinking something was wrong. It was taking way too long, etc I was up all night watching them hatch, from pip to zip. I wrote down the times so I could share this with other people who thought the pip to zip process was taking too long. I put 12 eggs on lockdown and 11 chicks hatched.

The hours it took from external pip to zip:

Egg 1: 13 hours
Egg 2: 10 hours
Egg 3: 17 hours
Egg 4: 13 hours
Egg 5: 19 hours (pipped at the wrong end but he zipped)
Egg 6: 12 hours
Egg 7: 23 hours
Egg 8: 6 hours
Egg 9: 9 hours
Egg 10: 9.5 hours
Egg 11: This egg got kicked around and rolled over. It had pipped underneath and I didn't see it. It was the last to hatch.
Egg 12: Didn't hatch

A few notes: Once the eggs pipped these chicks were quiet until right before they started zipping. I thought they died. These are shipped BBS Orpington eggs. The incubator is a 1588 Genesis. I kept humidity around 50% for the first 18 days and then 60-70% for the last three. Just thought I'd share the information

Tina

Updated once lockdown was complete.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Quit opening it more.

Good call... I would leave that one and see how it does...

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

 

[Amer]

View attachment 1255282

So it got out? Congrats!