Eggs zipping!

[igorsMistress]

It sounds like everything worked out. I'm so happy for you and can't wait for pics!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Hi there! Sorry i havent been online over the weekend...trying to get my chicken pen finished! So it looks like I have ended up with 5 chicks out of 12, I still have 3 in the incubator but pretty sure they are nothing, but leaving them just incase as I don't want to make another mistake. My husband wants us to get another dozen to hatch right away so they are close in age to these...lol they are soooo adorable! messy, cute and fun! I kind of agree as I don't have a 2nd brooder to purchase chicks and keep quarentined and i dont want risk our chicks getting sick by putting some random hatchery chicks in with them, so probably is the best idea, now that I am more familiar with the whole incubation process I would hope to get a better haych rate...fingers crossed cause I would hate to lose more babies unnessasarily, i realize thats part of hatching but it still stinks! The 5 chicks are doing awesome! Acting normal I think, theyvplay, eat, drink, poopmthen passut, its so cute how they sleep, they are very comfy and dont like the brooder as hot as whay i had read, they like it about 88-90tops, i have chick grit added to their chick starter, non medicated, and i am adding nutri drench tovtheir water, not a lot, thry seem very happy! we are trying to handle them as much as possible and i have been checking them every few hrs for pasty butt but all is good, no problems in the pooping dept. I have to upload pics to post, 3 are light buff but one has a few blackish feathers starting on its wing tips, they were from 2 white eggs and a light brown egg, the olive egg is a brownish chick with lighter markings, and the cutest chick is from the small light blue egg, its a reddish color with lighter markings...thay are all adorable, only wish we had ended up with more! Thanks again for all ur help chicken friends! @WVduckchick @Fields Mountain Farm @igorsMistress

Wonderful!! I cant wait to see the pics!

Excellent. Can’t wait to see pics.
And let us know if you start another incubation. Of course, I think it’s a great idea to get more going very soon.

Check your thermometer and hygrometer before each and every incubation! New batteries, and test/calibrate them.

X2... enablers one and all!
X2 on the thermometer and hygrometer as well!