From pip to hatch....Another quick update!!!

[TennesseeTruly]

Well I finally went to bed at 3am, got up at 7am and one baby had died trying to get out of the shell. I could tell the way the baby was lying that it was dead so I only opened the incubator for a second, removed the egg and closed it back up. I just wanted to cry!!

It was a beautiful fawn and white baby. There's been no more progress at all. Just the initial pips. The only one that had made more progress than that, died.

Ocasionally I can still hear some pipping....thankfully.

 

[tia]

oh that has to be difficult. I hope some of those peeping hatch soon. It is hard waiting.

tia

 

[TennesseeTruly]

Well I've been busying myself outside with the rest of the farm critters, mostly the ducks and the geese. So I've been trying to stay away from the incubator so I don't drive myself bonkers. I just came in to grab a drink and poked my head in to check out the eggs. Two eggs have holes in them the size of about a quarter! The glass on the incubator's a bit foggy so I can't really see if any more have made much progress but it looks as though at least 2 have.

Okay going back outside to collect eggs so I don't drive myself crazy.

Laurie

 

[688peterl]

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[TennesseeTruly]

2 babies have hatched so far. I tried to get pics but the incubator glass is just too fogged up! Come on babies...hatch hatch hatch!!!!!!

 

[tia]

Oh that is fantastic!!! I'm so happy for you. Post pictures when you get them into the brooder. Yippeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

 

[688peterl]

 

[TennesseeTruly]

Okay we have 6 hatched so far! The incubator is still too foggy to get a good picture. I have to have my nose to the incubator to count them. LOL

There are 2 more eggs left. One hasn't pipped at all.

The other has and the baby is working at it.

I can't wait to get my hands on these little fluffy butts!!!!

Laurie

 

[Ducks-R-Us]

PICTURES!

PICTURES!

PICTURES!

PICTURES!

 

[TennesseeTruly]

Here's some pics!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=265739.