Egg pippping at DAY 15!

[The Backyard Bantams]

Hi all! I got 12 fertilized eggs for incubating. 6 (extremely rare) wyandotte bantams, 6 mixed d'uccles.

I candled them at day 6 and almost threw them all out. I thought none of the wyandottes had developed, but I retried SEVERAL times, and managed to find 6 that were alive. 2 wyandotte, 4 d'uccles.

Was doing a quick candle tonight when I saw one had pipped!! They are tiny bantams and i shouldve started lockdown around now, but it wasn't on my mind, since my last tiny bantams hatched day 23!

I speedily put some grip fabric down and raised the humidity. Will update you tmrow. Wish the chickadees luck!

Incubator temp is 37.6. Wanted to do a dry hatch, (my last hatch was TERRIBLE and humidity too high) but this stupid incubator has an alarm at 30%. It wakes me up most nights, but average it's been is probably 35%. Air cells look perfect size. Pip looks well positioned.

How high should I have the humidity now? Any tips? I expect the hatch to be a little staggered.

 

[sourland]

Good luck for a successful hatch.

 

[The Backyard Bantams]

Good luck for a successful hatch.

My mum woke me up this morning so I could see the zip. Only took about 30 mins. She's all out and resting.

I believe she is a mottled d'uccle. Black with a white belly and beard.

 

[Ruby Rogue]

I've never heard of a chick hatching this early. Very interesting. I'll keep watching to see when the rest hatch. Thanks for the update.

 

[The Backyard Bantams]

she's adorable. I hope the others hurry along!

I've never heard of a chick hatching this early. Very interesting. I'll keep watching to see when the rest hatch. Thanks for the update.

 

[Willawong Hill]

I wonder if the eggs were stored somewhere warm and started developing before they were set in the incubator? She looks lovely and healthy. I would probably try to get the humidity to 70% for hatching.