Jan./Feb. 2014 hatch a long

[CarlieT]

1 zippin and 1 pippin..........
not that I am glued to the incubator window or anything.....................

Yay! How exciting! Mine are hatching sometime today too and I work till 630pm, UGH! I have called home and checked on them, but nothing yet it'll probably happen in the middle of the night. Just my luck!

 

[otis7]

Thank you all, I'll give them a few more days and hope for the best. I'd be happy to share any eggtopsy photos if things dont go as we hope. I wish we had started this process with less meaningful eggs, we would have known so much more. I was so hoping for a hatch today....oh little ones if you're ok hang on!

 

[Heidisgran]

1 zippin and 1 pippin..........
not that I am glued to the incubator window or anything.....................

should we call someone for help??? do you need you face scraped off the bator??

 

[Heidisgran]

Thank you all, I'll give them a few more days and hope for the best. I'd be happy to share any eggtopsy photos if things dont go as we hope. I wish we had started this process with less meaningful eggs, we would have known so much more. I was so hoping for a hatch today....oh little ones if you're ok hang on!

have you candled them? I suggest you do at this point! let us know

 

[otis7]

I did, I'm not sure what I am seeing. As of day 18 they were both moving in the egg. When I candled today (day 21) I saw light spaces in the eggs, one air sack was small for the day and mottled grey, the other was a little less then average sized and clear, so no internal pips I guess, unless the grey shadows in the first egg means it had pipped, but no noise, no movement. From what I've heard so far, it sounds like light spaces in the eggs are bad news. I know it's early to worry, but it seems like everyone else has moving peeps and eggs by day 20/21. Only two eggs, not much to miss.

 

[rayray983]

Oh gosh this chick wait for me is driving me made lol I'm on day 16 45 mixed chicken eggs in my bator to keep busy I set up my brooder chicken math has hit me haha my brooder is 5 ft by 8 ft with two heat lamps 3 waters and 3 feeders temp in various places are 75 to 98 now I got my fingers crosses for a big hatch haha if not guess I'll have to downsize or divide it into smaller brooder lord I'm to excited hahaha what's everyone elses brooder size so I know weather or not mines over kill

 

[dfreas]

Okay ladies....

It didn't occur to me until now, but are there seriously no other men in this hatch-a-long thread?

 

[rayray983]

I'm a guy

 

[JDchicks]

Okay ladies.... I just finished watching a PBS Nature show called My Life As a Turkey. Have you seen it?!?! It's on Netflix and I would highly recommend it!! I thought of Max the whole time

the guy raises wild turkeys from eggs, and he lives as a turkey for a year. he even roosts with them at night hahaha, he is really committed! it is a pretty amazing show, I really loved it!

Shhhh...I haven't seen it yet. Try to watch it tonight.

 

[rayray983]

Watching it now