July 2023 Hatch-A-Long

[Canadian Wind]

Congratulations! I know you’ve been waiting a long time for a good hatch!

Thank you! I dislike hatching duck eggs myself because of my bad incubator. That extra week (or two in the case of Muscovy!) compared to chicken eggs is often too much.

 

[AusHen]

My eggs are now on lockdown. I'm actually a day late and one of the blues has already internally pipped. I intended to hatch the Marans separate but one of my boys make me add "pickle" the olive egg in with them.

 

[Canadian Wind]

She did it. She stole all the remaining babies. Hope she knows how to handle 25 little ones!!!

 

[AusHen]

I must have been off on my days, we have three pipped eggs on what I thought was day 19

 

[I Like Turkeys]

I candled my polish eggs again. 4 viable eggs. 3/4 of the potentially scrambled or detached-aircell eggs were alive, but the 4th dropped off, and of the others, 1 solo little trooper. It seems to have developed a saddled aircell, but is still looking good.
10 days until they hatch.
Also I had a turkey poult hatch today! Probably my last hatch of the year because fertility has seriously fallen off. I set another batch of 22 but only 4 began growing. Seems like the hens got tired of their men. I’ve got a few still laying but I see no point to incubating their eggs when they likely won’t be fertile.

 

[Elliemae1984]

How does everyone handle the waiting game so well?! Lol

Day 20 here. No pipping. I know it’s premature but it’s really making me doubt if I’ll have any of the 6 hatch. Hopefully I see some movement tomorrow

 

[Canadian Wind]

How does everyone handle the waiting game so well?! Lol

Day 20 here. No pipping. I know it’s premature but it’s really making me doubt if I’ll have any of the 6 hatch. Hopefully I see some movement tomorrow

We don't!

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

I want mine to hatch already but I've still got 9 days
I'm gonna candle today to briefly satisfy me

 

[Canadian Wind]

I'm currently in that happy place where I have no eggs due! Wait... I NEED EGGS!!!

 

[tranquiliti]

I have one egg with an external pip! Chirping & wiggling… and it’s not even the egg (“39g”) that I put a safety hole in at 6AM.
The pecking/chewing noises have subsided from “39g,” and I am hoping against hope that I didn’t destroy it with the safety hole!!
The hard part was that I’d been expecting it to hatch on Sunday or Monday, so I don’t know what to think.