Incubating eggs to hatch about August 8th

[calichicken]

I'm down to only one egg because my dog knocked the incubator off the table while I was out at my college.

Oh nooooo!!!!

I am so sorry!

That egg is gonna be one special hatch

 

[TeaChick]

Second pip! Do they count as pips if they are just dents and not a hole? My first one has gotten a bigger dent. Wish I didn't have to go to work.

. My kids will get to watch hatch TV allday.

@Alaskan, I know combs are a problem with cold and frost bite but are feather feet an issue?

Yay!

I can see from here you have a BAD case of the FLU!!

Stay home. I can send you a phony Doctors slip from a phony Doctor. Good luck on the hatch, try to keep yourself hydrated during the hatch,

it is so easy to forget to drink and eat during it.

x2 on the flu and the hydrating!!! =D
@duluthralphie , brilliant idea!!! ;-)

LOL....heard that hatching flu is going around... REALLY contagious and the responsible thing to do I'd not expose your coworkers

Absolutely right! =)

The fluffy feet pick up mud then freeze, or wet snow, then freeze.

It just makes me worry. I actually have three standard sized Cochins right now, and their feet are fine, and the d'uccle feet are fine too......but they make me stress.

I would prefer to NOT be worried about chicken feet.

I think that choosing weather-appropriate chicken breeds is responsible. =)
Can I have the girls??? I have a standard cockerel...I can't make up my mind whether to have Cochins or not; I lost the other three and I think they were girls. =(
I'd like that too, but DH is sure that it won't happen, so he "lets" (encourages) me to scratch when the hatching itch starts up......

Ah,

i worry about everything!

Me too! Birds of a feather...

YAY...

At least you are getting updates and will be home soon!!!!!!

CANDLE DAY....

just need dark

waiting........waiting..........waiting

Wait, what? We're candling today???
I'm supposed to lockdown tomorrow, but I guess I can candle tonight instead of waiting.....

This is what DS is going to look like when I tell him we're candling a day early:

Yes, but my updates say nothing else is happening.

Worry, worry worry.

Yep, will candle my big baatch tonight and lock it down in the other bator.

hubby looked at them for the first time today and nearly choaked. He didn't realize how many I had set.

Oh, kids don't know what they're talking about.....it's not really nothing, per se..... Oh, just please don't worry yourself

I'm candling too then!!!!!

Hehehe. Mine was kind of ??? a little ... hmmm surprised, we'll call it surprised, when he found out that I set eggs and then we didn't have enough for the weekend.

 

[calichicken]

Weren't we candling today since tomorrow is lockdown??? Or are we candling on lockdown day???? I am very confused now...LOL

darn eggs hatching early and off time have me all mixed up

 

[TeaChick]

oooops! Somehow the eggs in those bators just seem to multiply

My hubby did the same thing this weekend

I keep talking about the eggs in the numbers I think will hatch...LOL and not ALL the eggs

I hatch such small numbers, that wouldn't work for me.

I always expect "all" of them to hatch.

1st one out! Hatched right before I got home. 1 mo zippin, 1 more pip.

This little one looks black on top with blond wing tips and chest..

5 out of the 7 Guineas are now pipped, my Guineas eggs generally hatch at 25/26 days vs the stated 28 so they are right schedule even though they were technically set for hatch on the 8th...

WOOOHOO!!! So my crazy hatch with my broody Peep...who's eggs were not supposed to hatch until next week according to person I got eggs from...got up super fast to take a poop break and I peeked at the eggs in her nest. Egg #2 is zipping out now!!!!!!

So excited!!!! I was so worried my poor little broody was going sit until next week on eggs while trying to care for her one chick that hatched. Hopefully baby #2 by tonight

I'm down to only one egg because my dog knocked the incubator off the table while I was out at my college.

I'm so sorry!!! Maybe you can set some more?

 

[calichicken]

I'm candling too then!!!!!

Hehehe. Mine was kind of ??? a little ... hmmm surprised, we'll call it surprised, when he found out that I set eggs and then we didn't have enough for the weekend.

LOL...sorry hubby...no egg breakfast for you

Hehe...we have bantam eggs and it takes 3 just to make one breakfast! If I were using my hens eggs to hatch(we can't have a Roo)...hubby would never have fresh eggs again..LOL

 

[TeaChick]

Weren't we candling today since tomorrow is lockdown??? Or are we candling on lockdown day???? I am very confused now...LOL

darn eggs hatching early and off time have me all mixed up

I usually candle on the night of day 18, turn until I candle, and then stop turning after I candle. That's the hardest part......
Mine are on day 17 today. IDK how I'm "supposed" to do it.
How do you want to do it?
I can candle tonight and either turn or not tomorrow; I don't think that one day is going to make much difference. Right?

 

[calichicken]

I usually candle on the night of day 18, turn until I candle, and then stop turning after I candle. That's the hardest part......
Mine are on day 17 today. IDK how I'm "supposed" to do it.
How do you want to do it?
I can candle tonight and either turn or not tomorrow; I don't think that one day is going to make much difference. Right?

Well I am definitely no expert here but I usually candle the night of day 17...then stop turning, touching as of day 18...so I say we do it tonight!!!!

Do you mark anything when you candle before lockdown? I have seen people mark air cells but I never have. I am still learning so until now my candle experience has been...

1st candle...somethings in there!
2nd candle...definitely growing!!!
3rd candle...looking crowded in that egg and ready to bust out!!!!

And looking for aircells in correct location and size

LOL...completely scientific ya know

 

[Chicksahoyfarm]

Thanks y'all for the sympathy. I have a lot more eggs set in the incubator or going to be in the incubator soon. It is just upsetting because my hatch for the 8/2 went very poorly and I only have one chick from 18 but she even might not make it so this is just frustrating.

 

[Alaskan]

I'm down to only one egg because my dog knocked the incubator off the table while I was out at my college.

I am SUPER sorry!

 

[Chicksahoyfarm]

I am SUPER sorry!

Thanks.