California - Northern

[chicksnthestiks]

and correction, there are TWO pips!  one isbar egg, plus the Daisy Jr egg.  so excited!!!  (although i realize there's a ways to go still, and now need to go read up on all the stages and steps they go through...  particularly since the isbar has pipped at the pointier end of the egg, not the rounder -- might be malpositioned?)

Yeehaw! Now I will be watching all day.

 

[lawatt]

Yeehaw! Now I will be watching all day.

so will I! although i have to attend a fundraiser this afternoon. right now just hoping for some more pips (only 2 so far, out of 13) -- but good news, the isbar pip at the pointy end just got a little bigger!

the eggs DID all have very irregularly-shaped air cells (probably from the shipping process), so hoping it can make it out okay.

 

[lawatt]

the two pips so far:

isbar


Daisy Jr. (black australorp x SFH)

 

[ronott1]

the two pips so far:

isbar


Daisy Jr. (black australorp x SFH)

watch the on on top--the pip is too low. Hopefully it will move up and zip at the big end.

For now, read the guide to assisted hatching by Sally Sunshine.

 

[ronott1]

I added the guide to assisted hatching to my Signature file.

Go Chickies!

 

[debs_flock]

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I have tomarus. A young trio and a hen. The cockerel is really turning out lovely. I'm going to have to take a chair and go watch him, I haven't seen any crowing attempts from him yet and he's certainly old enough that he should be crowing. Of course, the "long" crows are not every time they crow. And it takes lots of selective breeding to get a cock that actually produces a noteworthy crow.

and omigosh i just peered at the incubator while walking past and there is a PIP!!! just one small one, but someone's trying to hatch!

HeHe, you are hooked now. It's all over for you, you might as well not even try to fight the urges.

 

[lawatt]

watch the on on top--the pip is too low. Hopefully it will move up and zip at the big end.

For now, read the guide to assisted hatching by Sally Sunshine.

yes, i've already read it this morning twice! ever since i saw the pip at the wrong end -- although these eggs also all had wonky-shaped air cells, and the pip HAS gotten bigger already, so something's working hard in there...

 

[lawatt]

HeHe, you are hooked now. It's all over for you, you might as well not even try to fight the urges.

sad but true, Deb! i give up!! *throws hands in the air, runs back to the check the incubator once more...*

 

[debs_flock]

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When I have eggs hatching, I get nothing done. I have my nose pressed to the window every ten minutes. I keep a chart of the eggs (mostly because there are multiple breeds). It's a seating chart if you will of the breeds, I make a mark on the chart when it pips and then circle the breed name when it hatches. I date it and it gives me a hatch log.

 

[lawatt]

When I have eggs hatching, I get nothing done. I have my nose pressed to the window every ten minutes. I keep a chart of the eggs (mostly because there are multiple breeds). It's a seating chart if you will of the breeds, I make a mark on the chart when it pips and then circle the breed name when it hatches. I date it and it gives me a hatch log.

these are all isbars (except for the Daisy Jr egg), but i definitely have been craning my neck to try to look for additional pips on the other sides of the eggs etc... had been planning on getting some writing done today but that plan may be shot at this point. I DO have to attend a fundraiser thing from 3-7pm, so will have to wear myself away somehow...