January Hatch Buddies?

[shellyga]

I just candled

before lockdown

Lavendar Orpington - 4 eggs.. only one is a SLIGHT possibility - and that is what I wanted most!!

Buff Orpington - 7 eggs started - 4 made it to lockdown

RIR - 2 eggs started - BOTH seem to be doing well

Barred Rock - 3 eggs started (one was broken in transit so the PO handling is to BLAME) - ALL THREE seem to be doing well.

So long story short.. 16 eggs started..10 in the incubator for lockdown..

Now to wait for Sunday.

Shelly

 

[mountainwhisper]

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good luck! can't wait to see them

 

[CallyB57]

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Thanks for the encouragement, tuper. I am still hoping...I keep imagining that I hear them tapping and peeping, but I can never be sure I heard anything...the mind plays tricks when you want something to happen so badly. I am thinking of leaving them in there until Sunday, which is 6 days past the date of the first expected pip.

 

[gofasterstripe]

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Im soooo sorry about what happened. I know how excited you was for them to arrive. Dont give up tho, you must try again.

 

[KWAK]

i have eggs in lock down... supposed to hatch saturday

 

[gamebirdsonly]

Did lock down yesterday have 9 Bantam Welsummer eggs due tomorrow

Then next week the 21st as of right now I have 2 polish and 8 more Bantam Welsummer eggs.

 

[TrystInn]

We're on Day 10 and getting very nervous!

All the safety procedures I have in place only seem to make me more neurotic! For example: We've got two thermometers going, one on the side of the incubator which reads a bit high and one inside a bag of water which reads 90F. Figuring its somewhere in the middle. Trying to find a hygrometer that works well, it seems to run a bit low given how much water is in the water bowl under the turning eggs.

 

[KWAK]

they started rocking yesterday.... how long after they rock do they ''pip''

i cant wait

 

[epitman2]

Im still in it I started with 20 candled at day 9 and now I have 10. The 10 duds were just eggs not fertile and now its day 13 for me so I just keep turning and turning and turning some more.

I go into lockdown the 18th and the fun begins!!! So wish us luck!!!!!

 

[speckledhen]

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They can rock for days. Mine start on Day 17-18.