First Lockdown starts 5/5/10 at 7pm.. I cant wait!! Who's with me??

[Mrs. Feathers]

I came home to three pips.

Getting myself outside so I do not begin my obsessive staring at the incubator until they have at least zipped.

 

[DaughterOfEve]

congrats on the pips! All three. That's great. today is day 18. I think I'm ready. The last turn is in three minutes. I have one egg that made it. So it's all or nothing for me.

 

[DaughterOfEve]

okay, last candle shows a crowded egg, movement, and still a little air space which matches the chart I have. I am so nervous. Humidity is at 70%. Heat went down as humidity went up, hope thats normal. Made an adjustment with a side lamp. I may not be able to sleep tonight.

 

[debilorrah]

Mine went into lockdown on Thursday so I am right behind ya!!! Barred rocks in there......

 

[PhoenixFeatherFarms]

Woo hoo!! came home from a day out and all 3 of mine have pipped. One has a good size hole and I can see it moving around.. then on is just a pipped area the size of one tap of the beak and the other is inbetween!

and there all a chrippin!.. funny thing is no one has rolled at all.. they are all where I put them when they went into lock down.. odd

 

[Mrs. Feathers]

How is everyone doing??? I am asking myself...why do I put myself through this stress and why don`t I just buy my chicks??!!
So now we have 6 pips and not much action on the first pip from this morning although still rocking and chirping. I have to keep reminding myself that it`s okay to take time. Hatch date is tomorrow but I don`t like the stage of pipping and waiting for zipping. I

the chickies that just pop out of their eggs.
Hubby and I have a line up of movies to keep us (okay....me) from staring at the incubator for hours on end.
Come on babies come on.

 

[missred871]

Well since I am hen hatching my GG and Bantys its hard to tell what is going on....

but so far we are on day 19. I am waiting patiently for my little fuss balls to emerge. (of course by patiently I mean on pins and needles

) Really considering buying a table top incubator, any suggestions on that? I notice all of you are incubating. What do you have? Still or forced? etc. TRY NOT TO STARE AT THE BATOR.....a watched egg shall never hatch....

plus if you stare too long this will happen --->

 

[PhoenixFeatherFarms]

My three are still the same...

As for incubators we have 4 Little Giants 2 are still air (one with turner one with out) and 2 are forced air. So far the one still air with no turner has been the best out of those 4.. the other still air with turner couldnt hold temp (would range from 98 to 102) the one forced air with turner is doing good but the other one sucked for holding temps and I came in one day to it at 90 and the fan hardly spinning.. and its less than a month old!

But by far our best incubator thus far is our gqf sportsman 1502.. which saved that last little giants cluch.. when I came in and saw that they moved into the big one fast.. good thing we had gotten it set up and running the day before.

So what Im saying is the Little Giants are 50/50 good/bad.

 

[PhoenixFeatherFarms]

YEA!!! I have my first chicks! All 3 have just hatched and are little wet balls of feathers! % will post pics when they dry off.

 

[DaughterOfEve]

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That's great! Way to go little chicks! Can't wait to see. I keeps staring at my lonely egg and swear I see it move. But I think it may just be my eyes playing tricks the glass is all steaming and makes it hard to see.

missred: I am using a home made styrofoam cooler model. Got the plans right here on BYC from other members. It has really worked quite well. It has a pc fan in it running at 5 volts instead of 12 which seems to stabilize temp and humidity better than running it full blast.