Is anyone hatching on the 15th?

[Garden Gal]

I know the best thing to do is to NOT OPEN THE INCUBATOR - but my first chick hatched at 9:00 last night and it has now been 24 hours. There are 15 chicks which have hatched, one with a foot out but not fully zipped, and another getting ready. There are also 6 which haven't done anything or have just pipped.

Since it has been 24 hours for the first guy, I figured it best to get him out, in the brooder with water and feed. SO - I did - as quickly as possible - grab the 15, add a bit of water to the bator and closed it back up.

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I hope it was the best thing to do. It didn't seem safe to keep everyone away from water when it had already been a day, but obviously, I really, really hope the rest are okay!

Cute little buggers!!! I just went out to check on the ones in the brooder and there was a little, tiny beetle scurrying across the floor in the brooder. AMAZING! Those little chicks were on him like white on rice!! LOL!

 

[parisfam]

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When I looked back it said you had 10 eggs due the 15th didn't it? If so I sure wouldn't give up yet. I haven't even thought about how many toes my chicks have. Maybe I should go check that. Where did you get your eggs from? I sure hope you get more to hatch and they are what you think they are! I have 4 eggs that haven't pipped and I think I will hold out for several more days. I have read so many stories of people seeing why they didn't pip and cracking the egg to find the chick still alive.

 

[countrymedic]

I didn't post here before because I was not sure how well my 11.00$ homemade bator would do. But I have my first Hatch !! posted in another thread and gonna link it here too!!

The thread is here wish I had posted from the beginning now!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=181653

Thank you all for the information so far! Now my older girls (in a few weeks) will meet thier offspring!!

 

[parisfam]

I'm trying to put some pictures of my chicks on here, but not quite sure how to do it. I'm going to try this and hope it works.

 

[parisfam]

Congrats on your hatch from the homemade bator. That is great! I can imagine that must be even more exciting!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Congrats!
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3/4 pips on the silkie eggs.

 

[sonew123]

yeah everyone! I got my first silkie baby this am! buff and he/she is gorgeous!!!! yeah 19 more to go of them I hope and pray~... This am I got up expecting 6-8 more hatchlings in my bator-They were all pipped alllll day yesterday but nothing-so when I looked at them they were alll plastered to the shells-stuck like glue crying up a storm-got out my emergency tweezers warm water washclothes and went to work very quickly one by one. They are all out drying off in bator-one little guy though -I think-is not in good shape-this was the one who had been trapped the longest-his risht leg is frozen in a position that makes it impossible to walk-I was trying to give him chicken PT all morning before work-and it wouldn't budge-so I re-wet his leg with warm water and put him back in bator till I get home! I hope I don't have to do my first cull-I will CO2 him if I have to. He looks like he might me suffering :-( I have 7 more suprise eggs in that should have hatched out yesterday-but I'm not giving up and all the silkies are actually due tomorrow-so I think I'm going to have a busy weekend-My 1 jailbird is still in jail-brat! The rest are doing very well-even the one with spraddle leg-PT for him a couple times a day too and it seems to be working yeah!! Man I feel like I have given birth myself -I'm drained-but loving life right now!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

still 3 pips on the silkie eggs. look a tiny bit bigger.

 

[mamanaturale]

i have 2 baby ducks! trying to upload pics now!

 

[sonew123]

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yeah pictures !!!