A little yellow baby has arrived!
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Finally just when i was ready to pull them out and start over on day 23 i have 3 chicks that have hatched, all Easter Eggers, two of my Lavender Orphingtons have pipped but the humidity is now down to 54 so i dont know if any more will hatch. My Genesis incubator was fluctulating from 99 to 99.3 thus the reason for the late hatch, hard to stay at 99.5 in the winter, really wanted the Lavenders will try again when the weather warms.
My eggs are still chugging along! Since they are bantam eggs I am stopping them in 5 or so days! The day 7 candle showed development at about day 10 when compared to regular chicken eggs.
Here are some pictures of the parent birds. They are all from a hatchery but they are super cute!
How much abuse can an egg take? My 4 yr old broke into the bator today while I was in the shower and decided to "help" our chicks hatch. He totally cracked one open obviously that one is toast. Two though have their membranes intact. One is missing 50% of the shell the other less than 10% only 2 small holes.
I am not sure how he got the shell off but it was likely tramatic, he said he dropped them so... there's that. They were set to hatch in 2 days
Oh gawd! That sounds awful... Can you replace the shell with scotch tape and maybe wrap them in moist paper towel? So sorry... I know how frustrating kids can be when they're "helping" ughHow much abuse can an egg take? My 4 yr old broke into the bator today while I was in the shower and decided to "help" our chicks hatch. He totally cracked one open obviously that one is toast. Two though have their membranes intact. One is missing 50% of the shell the other less than 10% only 2 small holes.
I am not sure how he got the shell off but it was likely tramatic, he said he dropped them so... there's that. They were set to hatch in 2 days