I came home early to a bunch of chicks! Four of the five OE babies had hatched, and were all dry (so hatched in the morning), and were miserable in their net bag, so even though there were a couple more pips, I quickly freed them and moved to the brooder while putting a wet sponge in the hatcher - fortunately, this hatcher comes back to temp and humidity very fast. Also, "Switch's" egg hatched, and it's fully feathers, so NOT Switch's baby. Probably Polly, the hatchery NH. :/ And one of Puppy's babies was also wandering around, unfettered - looks exactly like daddy. Since I've been home, the final OE egg hatched (in the bag), I rescued the "Switch" chick in a solo bag (miserable little thing), and moved it and Puppy's baby into the brooder. All babies have colored leg bands - I'll have to check/swap out in a couple days (no time to finesse a larger diameter, so they will grow out of them a bit sooner). The last OE chick is drying off right now, and three of the four remaining Puppy eggs has pipped. I hate opening the 'bator when eggs have pipped, but these chicks were struggling in the net bags - hoping they'll be ok. (they also got rolled all over creation). Here's the first chick to wander out to see me:
Awesome mine were stuck in bags as well. Did not like it. They are doing fine now. Congratulations. When I move them to the barn tomorrow zip ties will need changing.
2 are pure sebbies and the other 4 are 75%/25% sebbie/toulouse. Can't wait to see how they grow out but love them as babies!!!
It also has a funny linear crack in the shell, more like something happened to it than a zip - like it got slammed into the side of the 'bator, and I'm wondering if I see a little blood along the crack. (There was a lot of wrestling around in there for the ones in the bags - I'm going to figure out something different next time.) I'm not helping out - I want strong chicks, and it'll likely only put me in the position of having to euthanize it later. I also don't want to risk the other pipped eggs. But still... 
