Hatching is always nerve wracking

[Donna Durepos]

This is our 5th hatch. I thought with each batch it would get a little less stressful. BOY was I wrong. I wake all night long during lockdown after we start seeing pips. I worry about each little baby inside the egg and wonder, what color, what size, is it healthy and will it make it out on it's own. I have had to assist a couple and they are thriving but it certainly hasn't gotten any less nerve wracking.
We have 7 eggs in, two hatched, three with pips and two with nothing. I know I need to give them until day 26. Today is day 22 and I just want to see them all hatch finally so I can see each sweet little face. We hatch mostly silkies but we have a couple mixed in there too right now.

 

[jadip4]

Breath!! .. let us know when you start seeing pips!

 

[Donna Durepos]

Breath!! .. let us know when you start seeing pips!

There are 3 right now that have pipped....the picture shows the two that hatched. Then there are two that haven't pipped. Think they may have passed.

 

[jadip4]

ooof .. sorry .. thought I read, but apparently I didn't

 

[Donna Durepos]

ooof .. sorry .. thought I read, but apparently I didn't

Lol....no worries

 

[Donna Durepos]

ooof .. sorry .. thought I read, but apparently I didn't

ooof .. sorry .. thought I read, but apparently I didn't

 

[Donna Durepos]

We are up to four. One is working it's way out, then two more to go.

 

[jadip4]

YAAYY!! Cute Babies! Have either of the two pipped??

 

[Donna Durepos]

YAAYY!! Cute Babies! Have either of the two pipped??

Not yet.....still waiting. Just had the fifth hatch. Silkie/amercauna mix.

 

[jadip4]

Not yet.....still waiting. Just had the fifth hatch. Silkie/amercauna mix.