June Hatch a Long

[Shellz]

Yep, that's pretty far! No worries, I got some resources out this way.

 

[dutchbunny83]

My husband is in the Army and has to go to work in the morning for PT then comes home for his 1.5 hour lunch break then comes home at the end of the day so if we moved out into the country he's have like an hour commute in to work and have to leave the house at 4:30am and not come home until after 6pm where he'd probably be so exhausted he'd eat dinner and go to bed.
Eventually when he retires we're going to move across the NC SC border around Myrtle Beach and have a farm. I don't know if you've ever been to Myrtle Beach or Carolina beaches, but once you get off the actual beach like 20 minutes it's all rural and farms (or golf courses haha!) Counting the years....

 

[Shellz]

Yeah, definitely not simple! My hubby commutes 40 mins by car to the commuter train. Think it takes just over an hour each way to the office. He doesn't mind since he comes home to a beautiful property. He gets home around 7 at night, eats, watches a show on t.v. & off to bed. He does take time off work sometimes when he can arrange it. Mental health days, lol!

 

[1stTimeChikMama]

Just a quick update. Only 2 chicks have hatched but I have pip's everywhere! lol I guess they are all wanting a break after the big pip

The humidity is staying at right around 75% and I can see beaks moving inside. I think all but a few of the 28 eggs have pips and those are all rocking and moving around too. Ahhhhh patience... a virtue I need

 

[pickitfarm]

How precious is this!

 

[Shellz]

The wait is killing me too! Arrrgh! No pips yet, but still too early for that on day 18. Got them rocking today though.
Yeah, broodies & chicks are the best!

 

[pickitfarm]

3 babies out now and more pips

Congrats to all who have got new babies, it is so much fun seeing them hatch.

You finally got your babies....You have come a long way from getting the eggs and new incubator to babies....How Wonderful! Won't you g-daughter be so excited!

 

[pickitfarm]

Thanks so much, I was thinking that nothing would ever happen and then within 15 minutes 2 of them hatched and then another pipped, zipped and hatched before I realised that it had even pipped as I was watching the first 2.

How long does it take for them to fluff up so I can take them out of the incubator cos they are really rolling the other eggs around?

I have read of others keeping them in the incubator up to 24 hours. I know our first and only hatch we left them overnight and ended up waking up to an 8th hatch.

 

[ceocka]

I want to thank everyone for your advice on my little problem ..... don't know what I would do without yall. I guess I will move the eggs to the hatcher and just turn 2x a day and candle until I see an internal pip before adding water. I also want to say congrats to all of you with new babies..... some gorgeous pics.

Yea! We are all here to help

I just got my first hatchling. I had to help. He/she had been struggling for 36 hours and pipped on the wrong end of the egg. Mama is a Buff Orp, daddy was an EE. He/she is having a problem getting upright, but everything appears to be working right. Maybe that is normal. My VERY FIRST HATCH, ever.

Once it gets out of egg you can put baby in egg carton or a shallow tea cup to help strengthen up its legs!

Ok so we lost El... Now Acre is gone too... What's going on?!?! So here are my babies... In the red light district! And at their age!!!

Cute baby! I am still here. Lol

Does anyone think it would hurt to lock down a few hours early? I'm on day 14. Of a 16 day incubation. I'm afraid of breaking another when we are so close.

I lockdown a day early. Helps them get in to a better position. ( I think)

Out of the incubator!

What a cutie

 

[ceocka]

Man y'all have been talking up a storm today!

Our son is officially a marine! He was sworn in today! We are so proud of him!