JANUARY HATCH-A-LONG come join in

[txmel]

well only one chickie hatched today , this morning at about 9. but i can hear chirping through the eggs using my husbands mechanics stethoscope through the vent holes (i tied with my regular stethoscope but only could hear the fan running) some I'm hopeful that the rest will hatch tomorrow if not later tonight

. the one that hatched is in the brooder with a stuffed animal and mirror. seems to be doing well

 

[txmel]

yeah one more hatched and one working on it

. still have 2 that haven't started doing anything

 

[abooth]

good luck txmel

 

[Madcap621]

SO! I'm in lockdown.

I candled as I put them in the hatcher. One of the questionables had gone clear - opened it - infertile'

That left 14. Of those, 4 were still questionable,

6 seemed to have made no progress since day 14 candling

but 4 looked good

One of them, tho', seems to have the air cell in the pointy end. Advice on possible intervention there? The time has come for Eunice to sit on her hands, practice patience

let nature take it's course!

 

[Cornychick]

Timed that good! Now you have the weekend to stalk your bator

Good Luck!!

 

[Ariel301]

Well, I think mine are done for.

Last night we had a power outage, the incubator was down to room temperature for at least an hour before I discovered it. The power went out while I was grocery shopping, and I came back to a cold incubator. I hurriedly started stuffing eggs into my pockets and everywhere warm on me I could think to stick an egg, and as soon as I had them all arranged, the power came back on! So back in the incubator they went.

Then, I went to turn them this morning, and the thermometer in the incubator read 120 degrees! I thought maybe it was wrong, hoped it was wrong, read the other thermometer in there. 120 degrees. The eggs were hot to the touch. I opened up the incubator and let them cool down, but I don't know if they survived. I don't know how long it was that hot, could have been all night, or only a short time.

This LG incubator does not hold a stable temperature very well at all. I have not touched the temperature control or changed anything, and it will randomly shoot way up like that. Time for a different one, I think.

I'm praying that maybe something survived, but it's probably not going to happen, right? It's day 15.

 

[chicken stalker]

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I hope something survives....sometimes they can be tough little babies.


Today's day 14 on my Wheaten/Blue Wheaten from pips&peeps and my project eggs. All look good!

 

[thechickonthehill]

Good Luck to all the rest of you who are hatching this month! I am finished up. A disappointing but educational hatch. I do have two happy and healthy little monsters running around the brooder and plan to put another 24 eggs in the incubator sometime next week . . . so I guess we'll have to have a February Hatch-a-Long!

Sending all of you the best of hatching vibes!

 

[Madcap621]

Moan................ I have been in lockdown for 6 hours

I set my Welsummer eggs, posted about my lockdown,

posted about my new setting,

, and now am thinking of all sorts of reasons to open the Bator!!

Like: I forgot to listen to them

I should have arranged them differently in the carton!

It is quite obvious that "Madcap" and "patience" do NOT belong in the same sentence!!

On the other hand, 'Eunice" means "happy victory' or some such ................

 

[blessedchickenmama7]

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Are we supposed to listen before we lockdown?? I lockdown tomorrow. Just want to be sure I do it right. I haven't heard anything yet... and I hand turn, so I have to open the bator. Can you hear something on day 18? I'd be so excited to hear something! Or see movement.