Eggs in incubator 8/22. Anyone else putting eggs in?

[Bantam Username]

Mine go into lockdown on the 10th, not long now!

 

[BairleaFarm]

i love them.

Not as much as a pip yet but i do hear some chirp chirp coming from the hatcher. Come on little buddies

 

[Bantam Chase]

Went to check eggs today and found them floating in 8" of water in my parent's basement. The hatcher had 3 chicks who had managed not to drown, one chick had pipped and drowned, another pipped enough to break the shell but not the membrane and was fine. I moved them to dry land, another has pipped and already hatched (speedy bugger!). So 4 chicks and one on the way. I was expecting possibly 7, so we're still waiting on one from the cochin batch. No idea what the marans will do - they're due to start hatching today.

The incubator was tilted open but somehow everything was still plugged in and warm. Both my thermometer/hydrometers are fried and I"m taking the machines home tonight... screw the 'dangers' of moving eggs this close to hatch. I had them set up in my parent's basement because of the steady temperatures and low traffic... but we've had 2 extended power outages (5 and 3 hours), and now a flood. I want them where I can keep my eye on them!

 

[happyhens120]

Oh my gosh! Those little things have been through quite alot! You should name the survivors after super heroes.

Hoping for lots of power and less rain for a successful hatch for the rest!

 

[BairleaFarm]

thats crazy chase........ on a good note ive got a few pips. maybe ill wake up to some chicks.

 

[Edwards' East of Eden]

Candled my one SLW mutt egg tonight, and saw toes push against the shell for a second. Lockdow tomorrow evening ... I've got the hatcher warming and moisting up as I type!

 

[rarely bored]

8" of water!!! So amazing you only lost one.

Super hero names sounds good to me.

Hope the rest of your hatch goes smoothly.

 

[NancyP1]

Day 18 for the chicken eggs! Lockdown this afternoon! Major flooding all around me, hope the power stays on!

 

[BairleaFarm]

woke up to these this morning.

 

[Anarchy82]

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