first post, hatching baby's tonight.

[tennessee]

Hi everyone, I have been reading on here for ages, but finally posting. I am watching baby chicks hatch now. out of 35 eggs, I have 3 out and playing kickball with the other eggs. Is that OK?

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Mine are doing the same thing

Every hatch, they tend to do that. It's okay as far as I know. Not ideal...but okay at least.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Yep you are good. Never had any issues with them kicking them around.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Oh...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tennessee]

Thanks. I now have 4 chicks, and my incubator sounds like a typewriter. 4 here, 31 eggs to go. Wish me luck.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

GOOD LUCK!

 

[8ROYALS]

good luck...21 here and on day 19

 

[gryeyes]

I like to think the activity and noise helps encourage the other chicks-in-eggs.

 

[tennessee]

A few of the other eggs have holes in them already. Some I can tell are from the chicks inside, and some I wonder if my little kickball players have maybe cracked. My 1 year old housedog that I have raised from birth thinks I have him a new squeakier toy on the counter that I'm not giving him.

 

[Mahonri]

One of the reasons I put my eggs in cartons to hatch is to keep them from playing soccer with the unhatched eggs. I think they do better if they are stable...

... but at this point in time... just leave them alone and let as many hatch in 24 hours as you can!

Good luck.