First time hatchers hatch A-long!

[Omgbrii]

As of this morning to have 5 very loud chicks trying escape rhe incubator hahah

 

[spryng]

Hello! I hope it's ok to share these two with you? I'm a total newbie.
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They are the very first chicks I have hatched via an incubator! The yellow first and the grey one 2nd. Unfortunately I've no idea what they are, we have a slightly mixed flock of mongrels and random breeds and an orpington cross roo! Still, they are cute and I'm so proud!
Of the 14 eggs that made it to lockdown, 5 are left to hatch- one is in progress so I'm keeping everything crossed.

It's more than ok to share these! How cute are they? Fingers crossed you get 5 more soon!

 

[spryng]

As of this morning to have 5 very loud chicks trying escape rhe incubator hahah

Lol how funny! Today is day 20 for me so I'm curious if I'll have any early pips or not.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

It’s day fourteen! 1 week to go!

 

[spryng]

Day 20 and I have my first pips! I'm so excited! I see 5 eggs with pips so far this morning

 

[Chickenwingwing]

Ok so a summary of my first hatch for all of you:
Brinsea Mini Advance
One got dropped
2 duds (never developed)
4 made it to lockdown
all 4 hatched!
No assistance needed
I propped the eggs up on little thingies because they were rolling around a lot
I opened the incubator many times
One internal pip on day 18
3 internal pips and an external pip on day 19
two hatched and 2 external pips on day 20
day 21: remaining two hatched overnight day 20-21
final: 4 fluffballs

 

[spryng]

Ok so a summary of my first hatch for all of you:
Brinsea Mini Advance
One got dropped
2 duds (never developed)
4 made it to lockdown
all 4 hatched!
No assistance needed
I propped the eggs up on little thingies because they were rolling around a lot
I opened the incubator many times
One internal pip on day 18
3 internal pips and an external pip on day 19
two hatched and 2 external pips on day 20
day 21: remaining two hatched overnight day 20-21
final: 4 fluffballs
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Awww how adorable! So what are your plans now? Going to hatch more? I think I have incubator fever and must hatch more! Lol

 

[Chickenwingwing]

Awww how adorable! So what are your plans now? Going to hatch more? I think I have incubator fever and must hatch more! Lol

I'm not gonna hatch more for now. I don't think i'll be able to handle more babies!

 

[spryng]

I'm not gonna hatch more for now. I don't think i'll be able to handle more babies!

I completely understand that lol we are replenishing our older laying hens so I will have room for these and that is it for layers. We did this batch as a test to see how well the incubator works etc and then will start hatching American Bresse to build up a self sustaining meat flock so I'll be ordering those eggs in a couple more days.

 

[Chickenwingwing]

I completely understand that lol we are replenishing our older laying hens so I will have room for these and that is it for layers. We did this batch as a test to see how well the incubator works etc and then will start hatching American Bresse to build up a self sustaining meat flock so I'll be ordering those eggs in a couple more days.

how are your eggs doing?