First baby hatched!

[Aapomp831]

So excited, but a little concerned bc the other ones haven’t started to pip yet (well, 4 others are but there’s about 30 more lol.

 

[Crazy Duck Lover]

So excited, but a little concerned bc the other ones haven’t started to pip yet (well, 4 others are but there’s about 30 more lol.

So exciting!! Congrats!!

Good luck with the rest of your eggies!

 

[cmom]

Often times that's the way it is. One will hatch out pretty quickly but the others will too. They just need a little more time. I have a hatch due soon and putting the last of the eggs for hatching this year in the incubator today. Good luck with your hatch...

 

[Aapomp831]

Often times that's the way it is. One will hatch out pretty quickly but the others will too. They just need a little more time. I have a hatch due soon and putting the last of the eggs for hatching this year in the incubator today. Good luck with your hatch...

Thank you! I just feel bad for the one who is hatched...: it’s lively and moving around but I don’t want to open the incubator to get it... will it be ok in there for 24 hours?

 

[Crazy Duck Lover]

will it be ok in there for 24 hours?

Chicks have enough nutrients from the yolk for up to 72 hours. I typically leave my ducklings in the incubator for 24 hours before moving them to the brooder to ensure they’re all dried and fluffy... so yes, it’ll be fine!

 

[cmom]

Thank you! I just feel bad for the one who is hatched...: it’s lively and moving around but I don’t want to open the incubator to get it... will it be ok in there for 24 hours?

I have done that too and it was ok. When another one of the eggs you said have pipped and hatches then take them both out. If you have pips they may hatch out today. Again, good luck with your hatch and have fun...

 

[Aapomp831]

Chicks have enough nutrients from the yolk for up to 72 hours. I typically leave my ducklings in the incubator for 24 hours before moving them to the brooder to ensure they’re all dried and fluffy... so yes, it’ll be fine!

Thank you so much!

 

[Aapomp831]

I have done that too and it was ok. When another one of the eggs you said have pipped and hatches then take them both out. If you have pips they may hatch out today. Again, good luck with your hatch and have fun...

Thanks!

 

[cmom]

Is this your first hatch?

 

[Aapomp831]

Is this your first hatch?

Yes - we have only had broody hens hatch eggs for us before. We tried last year during quarantine and it was a failure... nothing pipped at all, which I now know is because I didn’t raise the humidity. We did not make that mistake this time