Halloween ~ Hatch Day!

[UrbanMama]

Congratulations to all the new Mama's!

Question...my first egg pipped this morning. It's a small pip, I'm not even sure if it made it through the membrane. Anyhow, it hasn't progressed at all. Is that normal? The second one has already had a little piece of shell fall off. It rests for a little while and then pushes a little more. I hear peeping, but I don't know if any of it is from the first one or not. When is it time to worry? We weren't even due to hatch yet, but is the baby at risk once it starts to pip?

***eta...my humidity is at 63%***

 

[Jamie821]

urban it is prob fine, My first one pipped last night and didnt hatch until this afternoon. It could sit there for awhile obsorbing. they pip to breathe but not quite ready to zip

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

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I am using a still air LG for a hatcher. Humidity is at 58% and temps have stayed at 100.

I didn't use hot water, I made the water lukewarm. I was worried about it raising them temps

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

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How do you know what sex they are?

 

[Jamie821]

cant be 100 per cent but with welsummers you can tell most of the time. They surprise you sometimes. At 58 your humidity should be ok.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I am using a still air LG for a hatcher. Humidity is at 58% and temps have stayed at 100.

I didn't use hot water, I made the water lukewarm. I was worried about it raising them temps

I have added a fan to my LG, but when it was still air, I couldn't get it to go up very high at all. Now that it has a fan, I just need to add a little bit of water to get the humidity to rise. So I wouldn't worry about it. I think because it's a still air, it makes the humidity reading a bit off.

 

[KellyHM]

I have a chickie!!! And another one is half-way out! Only 29 to go!

 

[Jamie821]

yah kelly go chickies. I have two out now and number 3 is zipping now so I have a ways to go too

 

[UrbanMama]

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Congrats Mama!

 

[APage]

I'm new so sorry if I'm "interrupting" your post but I wanted to join the fun . . .I had 6 of 8 eggs hatch today . . .this is my first try at this . . . I'm so excited! I did have to help my chicks as I was kinda winging it with the humidity and they were all dried up in their shells, stuck and screaming like mad for over 24 hours. . .They are taking forever to dry and fluff up though don't know what is normal . . .