Day 20 and a couple of pips!!

Well, today is day 20 for the group in one of my bators, there are 40 in that one.I have a couple of pips so far, both orpingtons. I have 8 varieties in there. I am on day 17 in the other bator.I stop turning that one tomorrow and wait on them. I have only 12 in that one and they are Ameraucanas.
I have been very busy putting in my vegetable gardens this week so I really didn't have any time to dwell on the eggs. But now that I see pips I can't stay away from the bator. I am in such suspense. I will not open it though, I don't want to screw anything up. Since this is my first hatch I have been really nervous about everything going well.
I will keep you all posted.

 

2 hatched! I have about 10 more pipping right now.
So far we have a speckeled sussex and a buff orpington.
They are so cute!!!! They hatched out fine and are getting around the bator.

 

I have 12 pips now, one is pipping upside down. I have it in the egg carton and its beak is poked through a hole and its chirping and you can see its mouth open and closing upside down.I hope it can turn itself around.
I was watching the first pip earlier and it had barely made a hairline crack in the egg.So I go outside to take pictures of my daughter and her boyfriend, its prom night, and I come back in and I have 2 chicks tumbling all over the bator!! I had only seen one pip so I was shocked to find two. I couldn't believe it happend that fast, and now the other 12 eggs have been cracked more than that for a long time. I feel so bad for my upside down chicky.

 

Thank you, I have 15 pips now and one more hatched, a Golden Lakenvelder.The other one is still upside down with its beak out and it seems quieter. It is still making a little noise but not like before. I don't know if it is just getting tired or if this is a bad sign.

 

Hi Spotted Crow,


I know what you mean. I was debating about it for hours, especially when it stopped moving. I kept looking at it then I saw that it was breathing even though it had stopped chirping. It had its beak through this little tiny hole. Well, I finally went to bed for a little while and when I got up a couple of hours later to check it was out, all by himself!
I am so relieved. I know this is why everyone says not to interfere. It could have made it worse. I now have 15 hatched and a whole lotta pips.
I am on day 18 with the other bator so I hopefully will have the other hatch this week. I am not too sure how well that other one works compared to the genesis I am hatching out of now. Let me know if the hubby will let you keep anymore ladies, I will have more than I will be able to keep. I wanted a few different breeds and everyone sent me extra eggs so I have a whole lotta hatching going on.