Yup! So far 10 have hatched, although one looks frail so we will have to see about that one. We have moved 6 to the brooder and 4 are still in the incubator. Once they are dry we will move them out and do some quick cleanup of all the empty shells and egg cartons.
So cute! Congrats!!
@Jules929 they look so happy!!! Pretty chicks! Guess who has some friends?!?!View attachment 1546820 View attachment 1546821 The update y’all have been waiting for! Or not haha
Been very sick and very busy.. the two chicks due last weekend BOTH DIS AGAIN! Fully formed, absorbed and malpositioned... again... with 3 other staggered hatches I was about to just throw the whole damn incubator in the trash and just give up and decide my birds were the issue all the sudden. I had a week left on 3 eggs (rest were non-fertile... that rooster is a slacker in his new digs)...My husband asked me to humor him and start incubating my eggs upright in cartons. So, I did... I moved everyone into cartons, readjusted my thermometer measuring heights and my fan, and began turning my tilting my entire bater on a yoga block 7 times a day...
Yesterday was day 18 for the 3. One pipped internally and ruptured something and died. I knew this because my white egg suddenly became blackened across the air cell. And then... A CHICK!!! Last night I checked the eggs (also when I saw the bruising) and they were still sitting there. No movement. Nothing. Figured this was another upset. Checked them again 30 min later and a HUGE external pip. No sound. No nothing. Just a huge pip.
This morning at 730 it was at the 12 hour mark and given my recent luck I went ahead and peeled a tiny speck of shell off. And the membrane was still fully intact. I used medical tweezers and made the hole a tiny bit bigger and I heard her chirp for the first time!!
Within literally 15 minutes she started to zip (I have videos for YouTube I’ll add later) and I gave her a half hour and she only made it a bit around and was obviously struggling and clearly missing her mark. So I went in and carefully removed the top and she was beyond ready. You’d have thought she was on day 21. I put her back and she sat there for a few, kicked off her pants and is now (several hours later) siting happy in the brooder while the other egg is shaking up a storm in the Hatcher. Hopefully kiddo hatches!!
She is a Gold duckwing bantam/leghorn cross
We don’t. Would Gatorade do instead?
Or it could take longer because they have to knock on the door to be nosey...
Well, I had two Japs quit. Turns out they were younger than I thought and the embryos stuck to a side of the egg.
Indeed. I am trying to find ways to get out of the house today so I can leave the eggs aloneOh, no! So sorry
Yay!
And now the wait, again. Excruciating anticipation, lol.
