Filling the incubator 6-3-2011 Join me for my 1st attempt?

[LilyD]

Finally pics of my new fuzz butts

 

[jfulcher]

Awwe what type of chicks are they? I kno chickens haha, but what type? And congrats!!!

 

[LilyD]

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Two of the light brown ones are buff orpingtons, the other light brown is a cochin mix the dark one is also a cochin mix and the one with the stripes on her back is an ameraucana

I still have 4 eggs to go.

 

[jfulcher]

Curiouser an curiouser... Questions? Did u see any movement before they started hatching? How soon before hatching did you see anything happening??? I am heavy hearted thinking my poor eggies are silent an still because I did something wrong...

 

[Taylorhens]

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Me too. Day 19 here as well and no movement, no pips, nothing. I know it's too soon, but the suspense of knowing if any will hatch is killing me. At least one or two...please??????

 

[Barrdwing]

I'm at day 20, the incubator has been doggedly dropping its temp down into the 95 degree range every time my back is turned, and I am feeling pretty apprehensive myself. We may still get some eggs hatching, but last time around with an incubator that wouldn't hold its temp, it took three more days for anything to happen. If tomorrow dawns with no pips or peeping, I will just

 

[Taylorhens]

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Yeah, well my bator was a trooper through the 18 days holding steady as measured by one digital thermometer and one glass one. But when I added the water and went into lockdown, the digital one started acting wonky and it disagreed with the glass one by nearly 3 degrees! So I went and got another glass one and put it in there. The two glass ones are reading slightly over 100, and the digital one is reading 99 or even 98.8 at times. I don't know which to believe and now I worry it was off all along through incubation, as I mainly used the digital one.

Crud.

 

[floridachickhatcher]

well i have 9 chicks hatched out and waiting on the other 29 to hatch heres some pictures

this is the first one that hatched out

i hate seeing that gunk when its green cause then it makes me think something is wrong with the chick since its suppose to be yellow

i hope this chick makes it the first chicks i hatched out ever in March looked like this and when dry its a white chick with streaks of black and red on it

 

[jfulcher]

Awe fuzzy butts!!! I pray that my eggs are going to hatch soon!!!

 

[Taylorhens]

Awwww...so cute!

Congrats floridachickhatcher!