Doing it wrong (so you don't have to)

[chiques chicks]

did they all pip on the Right End of the egg?

Mostly. I can't actually see where some of them are and one is in the middle, although I have seen that successful many times.

Not my first rodeo, I'm just documenting my lazy ways.

If they hatch, great, if not, I've only wasted a couple dollars of electricity. ( yes, I've run the cost calculations)

 

[chiques chicks]

Some pips:

Not the best location

 

[chiques chicks]

One has mostly zipped. Hopefully tonight I will have the news everyone is waiting for.

 

[chiques chicks]

Or now.

 

[BantyChooks]

Or now.

Awesome!!!!

 

[Ruthannnall]

Or now.

yay! One made it

 

[imthegrt1]

Cool thread.guess time break my old home made bator out.

 

[chiques chicks]

If like et thank everyone who has followed this. It's been fun. I'm not stopping the thread, just wanted to take a break and acknowledge those following.

This has been fun. I rely join hatch a Long's, as my time doesn't allow me to keep up with threads as well as if like. I frequently lurk.

I just wanted to run this incubator through its paces as well as run a test hatch on a group of birds. I'll probably clean this up after the hatch, move it into my basement and actually watch it more closely as I run another test hatch of the same group of birds. Next time will be dry hatch. No water until lockdown.

 

[newwestchick]

That's great! Let us know how many make it. Considering how tons of people sweat over incubating and meddle galore and still end up with only a 50% hatch rate, I would call 5 or 6 a great success!

 

[chiques chicks]

Current count out is three.

Current only approaching day 20, so this probably is not over.