EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Wickedchicken6]

Lucifer is an angel too.........

Good morning!

I was thinking that. Glad you said it.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I would do that, but it's also getting crowded. The CCL are a week older than the other 15, so it's about time they went out. It's not getting cold enough at night for me to worry about kicking them out too soon. More like not soon enough!

I could take your rain then. I don't think there's duties or tariffs on rain.

 

[Flock Master64]

MY EGG IS HATCHINGGGGGGGG WHAT DO I DOO?????!!!!????

I'm afraid momma might kill it. She's still a pullet and was sitting on it while it tried to hatch.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

What did she do? Did she stay sitting on it?

 

[Flock Master64]

I came out and took her off the nest so she could eat and I saw the egg with a little hole and a beak sticking out that she was sitting on

 

[Flock Master64]

How long does it take to hatch? Should I help it? I have to go to TSC and get some stuff for it. I'm afraid to leave it alone. What if she kills it?

 

[Razadia]

I could take your rain then. I don't think there's duties or tariffs on rain.

How long does it take to hatch? Should I help it? I have to go to TSC and get some stuff for it. I'm afraid to leave it alone. What if she kills it?

Leave it be. Hands off entirely. It can take several hours from pip to zip to hatch. It doesn't need help at this point. It just needs the hen to continue to sit on it. She provides enough room for the chick to do its thing.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

It could take all day. It could hatch in 2 minutes. Very hard to say. If she's sitting on it and protecting the nest...chances are she'll be fine. I've only had one broody peck a chick and she was an EE. The Silkies, OEGB and crosses have been terrific moms.
What breed is she? Can others access where she is? It's usually others that are more suspect in killing a chick.

 

[Flock Master64]

Ok. I'm so nervous. My pullet is a buff brahma. I separated her and the eggs a week ago from the rest of the flock. Sometimes they crack eggs and eat them. I'm sooo nervous

 

[Flock Master64]

she pecked it