day 20 at 8 pm tonight

[chickabator]

today is day 20 and still nothing I put my flashlight down on some of the eggs and you can still see babies moving but still no pips HeLP Im going crazy

 

[Tuffoldhen]

You will do fine...just stay calm and stay away from the bator...!!..Find a good movie to watch or book to read...lol....

 

[PurpleChicken]

At day 20 time and space warp and take 100 times longer to pass.

Now's a good time to start reading War & Peace.

 

[chickabator]

thanks alot, sad thing is when I go and do my supper dishes in a few minutes the eggs are right by my sink!! Here I go with the flashlight looking to see if there are any pips yet. I know on day 18 when I quit turnning them there were babies wiggling in the eggs we bought the eggs off ebay.
there were 18 delaware, now I have 14 1 was cracked and 3 were clear on day 7 but i let them stay to day 14 and the 3 were still clear. so I took them out. I am hoping I get at least 5 or six I would be happy.

 

[PurpleChicken]

Who did you buy the Delawares from???

 

[chickabator]

some woman her handle is acccchris on ebay she sells delaware eggs on there I got 18 for 13.85 plus 10.25 shipping I think I will have to look and make sure. I know that it was 23.90 total. I went and checked to make sure.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Ahhhhh GREAT!!!!

That is where we got our Delawares. We had a very good hatch rate and the birds
are awesome. We had no problems with aggressiveness and they are super friendly.
Her and I have emailed back and forth a few times. Great Egg Vendor. I'm surprised
she isn't a member here.

Don

 

[chickabator]

they are beautiful birds! my dh loves them we have some RIRs we bought from ideal and their eyes turned blue they don't act sick or anything. Then today when I went to feed them their eyes now are turnning green is this normal? oh they are almost 10 weeks old now

 

[PurpleChicken]

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We need Silkiechicken or DLHUnicorn for this one. I've never heard of that.


Our hatch was 3 to 1 roo to hen ratio. I hope you like roosters.

 

[chickabator]

I have 6 rir cockerels, 2 barred rock cockerels 1 white rock rooster 2 buff orpington roosters and 2 red star cockerels I believe I am going to have to get rid of a few.