Chickies here * Update *

[StormyMoon]

Will baby have enough room under mom and other eggs to zip all the way around?
Will looking under her wing harm it ? like opening the bator does?

Thanks for helping this newb

 

[StormyMoon]

I keep watching moms face from far away, she stops clucking and looks under her. I see her now and then turning her head side to side listening.
This is so exciting.....no more human TV for me its chicken TV from here on out..........

 

[orionburn]

Don't worry...momma has it under control. I would resist the urge to sneak a glance too many times. It's hard waiting, but hang in there.

 

[Ridgerunner]

The egg has plenty of room to zip. Chicks have been hatching under hens for thousands of years.

I know it is hard, but basically leave her alone and let her do her job. Interfering with her will not make anything any better and could easily make things a lot worse.

Congratulations, btw.

 

[StormyMoon]

Thanks, I just heard peeping she is in the bed room I can see her from my desk I just keep an eye on her from far away.

 

[MiniBeesKnees]

I had a hen I found out in the yard on a nest she made right in the dirt, half under a pile of brush.
I needed to burn the brush so I had to move her.
All those nice nest boxes her sisters use and she has to make a nest in the dirt, in the rain.

She was sitting on about ten eggs and I didn't know how long she had been on them...so no due date.
She was the hardest one to move I ever had. I had to lock her in a nest to make her sit on them again.
She was off them for about three hours...however...
Yesterday morning when I went out to check...there was peeping from her nest.

That's how I know my broodys have hatched...the peeping. Eight chicks, and she continued to sit on two eggs.
I tend to leave my broodys alone...I don't candle. All of them hatch out on their due date.
The hens do a lot better than I do with an incubator.

 

[StormyMoon]

I did candles these all looked really good but on the 18th I didnt candle any more. I have only taken 1 from her it was very clear after 2 weeks and 1 she cracked when she first got in her nest so she is down to 10 eggs total she had 12.

I just heard a few more peeping at the same time but I can't be certain the number between them its not a frantic peep just a relaxed lazy peep all together kind of like they are having a conversation.

 

[StormyMoon]

Update: 9:39 PM central time

# 1 Chick died it was smashed
# 2 Chick alive dark - Dark Brahma - feathered legs
# 3 Chick alive white - with some markings I got a better look it has feathered legs so its a Light Brahma
# 4 Chick alive Yellow - not sure yet
# 5 Chick alive Yellow - not sure yet

# 6 Pipped not doing anything right now
# 7 Pipped not doing anything
# 8 Pipped not doing anything
# 9 Pipped not doing anything
# 10 Pipped not doing anything

Edit, I have a list of what they are I will have to wait till all are here before I touch any.

this is the list I was given:

Light Brahma
Dark Brahma
Orpington
Black Australorp
New Hampshire Red

 

[afishel]

That is so EXCITING!!!

I hope all goes well, congrats!

I am going to start my eggs in the bator Monday Morning!! I can't wait !! I am waiting on a few more eggs to be laid!!

 

[StormyMoon]

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yea it is very exciting ! thank you

Its loud in here I thought they would sleep through the night lol but they are up chirping I am afraid to look and see if the # 5 chick came out all the way.
I will check on them before I go to bed one last time and then let Hen 2 take care of them she has done a perfect job so far.
Hen 1 is resting on her 12 non pipped eggs.