July 29th Hatch along..anyone due for a hatch around then?

[Cynthia12]

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Aww, baby pictures! Congrats! And oh boy, what an impressive looking dad..he's very pretty! Ahem...handsome.

And, have to add, good luck with the broody mama...I am waiting for one of my bantams to go broody. Can't wait, haven't ever had one.

 

[Christie Rhae]

My solid blue marans from peachick are due to hatch on 7/31.. sunday. Today is the 16th day and was in my "incubating room" just kinda getting set up. Putting new paper towels down, filling water channels, setting up thermometers in my hatcher. I have been trying to really ignore this batch of eggs in the hopes of having a better hatch than last time. I was watching the eggs in the turner and I swear I see one of them totally wiggling! Is it possible for the egg to be wiggling so much that it is noticeable on the 16th day?

 

[eeyore75]

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Most of mine are due on the 30/31 too!!

Plus 6 on the 4th.

I also was getting the brooder ready for when the hatchout starts!! Just getting everything together ahead of time as I'm not sure the D'Unccles will wait til hatch date!!

With your wiggler being a LF..... that would make me nervous!! Have you candled them at all?

 

[Christie Rhae]

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Most of mine are due on the 30/31 too!!

Plus 6 on the 4th.

I also was getting the brooder ready for when the hatchout starts!! Just getting everything together ahead of time as I'm not sure the D'Unccles will wait til hatch date!!

With your wiggler being a LF..... that would make me nervous!! Have you candled them at all?

Hey, I also have eggs due on the 5th! Wow we are twins. Lol!
Why would it make you nervous? Cuz it might hatch early? I sure don't want it popping out on the egg turners! Couldn't be that early tho could it?? I have candled but am trying to do a very minimal contact hatch. Now I can't remember if that egg is one I thought was good or just a maybe.

 

[eeyore75]

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I searched it..... some people have had LF birds pip on day 18 too. And general reponses seem to be that they hatch 1-3 days after starting to wiggle. The earliest someone's egg wiggled was on the 15th day. I didn't see when the egg hatched though (not too much follow up on early wiggling posts)

My first thought was..... do they wiggle before they explode?

ok- back off to cutting up egg cartons- gonna try that carton trick when they go into lockdown tomorrow!!!

 

[Christie Rhae]

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Before they explode!!

oh lord please don't let that egg explode... lol!
How funny... that is EXACTLY what I was doing a half hour ago... cutting up egg cartons... lol I am not making this up I swear.. lol

Ok 1-3 days before pipping. Maybe I will put them in lockdown wednesday evening instead of thursday. I posted a separate thread on this subject too. See if anyone answers.....

 

[eeyore75]

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I didn't want to scare you- that's why I looked it up before I answered back

I tend to over worry about things

I just re read the egg carton post..... now I'm a little worried about that:

"Speaking from experience, make sure you have no small gaps between trays or cartons. Shove them tight against each other. Only leave gaps big enough for a chicks to easily get in an out of and open spaces for already hatched chicks to rest. Otherwise, you'll either have chicks to rescue when they get stuck or risk losing them."

hmmmmmm........ anythoughts on this people? I'd love to try this method- however I can't watch the eggs every moment!!!

 

[Christie Rhae]

I kinda thought that meant if you have a few egg cartons. I just cut up one 18 pack egg carton cuz I will probably only set 10 eggs into it. I was careful also to push my dish with folded up wet paper towels as far into one corner as I could. I watched my chick from my first hatch flop around and try to get itself stuck into corners. Lol. Thankfully it never did get wedged permanently.

 

[floridachickhatcher]

i heard cheeping today and i thought they are 2 days early again lol so far 3 eggs have pipped holes and i see a few more shaking

 

[eeyore75]

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OK- that makes sense- I will have a few though...... maybe lightly tape them together?