Just locked down and as I closed the top I got a pip!

[mar013q]

My chicken eggs are peeping and piping right now too. It's so exciting. Good luck! Post an update

 

[itsy]

Wow... interesting. They're solid yellow? No striping at all? And they came out of blue eggs? Hmmmm......

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

So do you have any chickies yet? I'm up to 4...not much hope for the last 3...think they came from poor stock or something...

 

[itsy]

Awww, are you sure the others aren't going to make it??

I got my first chick!!! https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=550788

I've had several more pips.... I hope they all make it.

 

[Azriel]

How exciting, I'm hatching right now to, I've got 5 in the brooder, 7 in the bator yet, and 7 eggs to go. So far this is a great hatch of shipped eggs.

 

[itsy]

Congrats Azriel!!!!!! What breeds?

How soon did you decide to move the chicks from the incubator to the brooder?

 

[anderson8505]

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I'm not hatching anything, but living through you all. "Here he or she is resting on a neighbor:" OMG that cracked me up. Pardon the pun.

 

[itsy]

Glad to make you smile, Anderson!

Anyone know.... If my windows are getting a little foggy, should I open the plugs for a moment or two to allow for some fresh air? The first baby out (and only baby out so far) is very active and peepy, but has a red butt. If it were an adult chicken, I'd think it was a prolapse, but what do I know? I was reading on another thread that it could have to do with too high humidity during hatch?....although the red isn't on the belly, it's on the vent area.

Not much I can do now, but wait and see what happens, but if opening the plug for a moment would help, I'd do that.

 

[ContessaKris]

I'm in lockdown now as well, and my window is steaming up too. Is this a problem? The humidity level is at 73%...

 

[itsy]

Hey Kris! I don't know what to tell ya, but I will let you know that I have 3 chicks hopping around in there now with one zipping and everyone else pipped, so I believe my humidity to be fine. I couldn't tell you what it is because I don't actually have a hygrometer...but my windows were getting slightly fogged. I opened one of my plugs for about 30 seconds a couple times just because it felt like the right thing to do.

How are your eggs doing now?