JANUARY 2015 Hatch-A-Long

[mattsinger]

Congrats...thats great! what kind?

 

[mattsinger]

I jsut got a text update from the wife,.... she said the Cream Legbars have started to work their way out.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Is your top open for this picture? I see the corner of a clear---something" in the middle of the picture.

 

[hausfrau77]

We set 18 eggs into lockdown for hatch sunday, marans mix, EE and cornish banty mix....15 have for sure babies and I cant see anything with 3 marans eggs so they will be an extra surprise!

 

[hausfrau77]

I jsut got a text update from the wife,.... she said the Cream Legbars have started to work their way out.

Yay! Cant wait to see pics Sent from my GT-P5113 using Tapatalk HD

 

[hausfrau77]

I've been wearing out a path down the stairs to the basement for about the past 26-28 hours. Just checked on them about an hour ago...nothing. Then decided to go down and check on them again....and found one was zipping out and chirping up a storm!

My first zip...EVER!!!!! So egg-cited at my house!!!!

Last week for my first hatch I was surprised at how many times I checked with no change, then again how I could check a pip that in 15 mins turned into a zipping chick. Its an awesome experience

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[Renee572]

Ok so I thought I wouldn't update till one hatched because yesterday was incredibly exhausting and I thought I'd rest today... however I'm TOO excited to rest.

Got home about 9pm last night, I was so worried id already have an early pip so I rushed right over to get my incubator ready for lockdown and mark air cells on my eggs. I opened the lid and I hear crazy chirping... eeek! That put me into super fast mode. Began candling the eggs and marked a few air cells then I realized that would take way too long for 22 eggs and if there are any pips I gotta get the humidity up. So I decided to just find where the big end of the air cell was and face them up without marking them. Finally found an egg with a tiny little pip, almost missed it. So I was careful not to move that egg too much. Got all the eggs situated and went to work raising humidity. I waited up for a bit to make sure temp and humidity went up. But like I said I was exhausted so I was out like a light after that.

Surprisingly woke up to 3 more pips. The first pip is still working at it but I'm getting a little worried. No one was home all day yesterday so I have no idea how long it's been pipped. The humidity was only in the 30s when I got home. It's still alive for sure but not making as fast progress as I want to see.

Meanwhile, I went to work unpacking and doing laundry... I'm now up to 9 pips! This is crazy, day 21 doesn't even start until 1120pm tomorrow! I am beyond excited. This is definitely going much better than my first hatch. I'm just praying these guys actually make it out of their shells now especially the one that pipped first.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Congrats on your pips 21 days is just a guide most of mine start pipping and usually one or two hatch day 20. In fact I've just locked down my polish and earlier today one was moving. I'm fully expecting a day 20 hatcher or at least pipping on day 20.

 

[gimmie birdies]

putting these eggs in this incubator today. dad is a frizzle cochin, moms are BCM, Isbar, Blue andelusian, NN bantams, and other bantams.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Lockdown update! Bit of a mixed bag with my eggs I have to say. Some air sacs look too big, one looks too small. Some look full of chick some not full enough. Some have movement some don't. One egg was moving earlier today so there is hope they are getting into hatching position. All 14 have gone into lockdown so just a waiting game now