loading my incubator on 4-12...anybody else?????

[OHhappychicks]

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the hovabator 1602 model.

4 more have hatched, so we are at 30 out of 42 so far, there are 9 still pipped and zipped. hopefully, there will be more faces in the a.m.

Thanks emjay! I'm so glad you are having such a good hatch!! How awesome is that!!!

I was just asking about your incubator because if I didn't get anything I was going to get another one! I'm using an lg with no problems. Its borrowed thought, so I want to get my own. But I may not have to get another one, because I HAVE PEEEEEPPPSSSS AND PPPPIIIIIIPPPPPSSSSS!!!! YAAAAYYYY AND I'M SOOOOOO EEGGGGGGCCCCCIIIIITTTEEDD!! Can you tell???

 

[weimarmama]

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Thanks weimarmama, I think I will try that if I need to. Just for them to be able to see when they come out!!

Just Checked on my eggs (7am) and I HAVE PEEEPS AND PIIIIPS) HOOOORAAAAAYYYY!!!!!! Three have pips and peeps!!!

I really didn't think anything would happen! I'm so glad I don't have to work today! I will get to see them hatch!

I may as well pull up my chair, get my coffee and get comfortable, cause you know where I'm gonna be all day!!

Yay! Congrats

That's the best part watching them chip away at the shell & hearing them peep. It makes all the worrying worth it.

 

[OHhappychicks]

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Thanks weimarmama, I think I will try that if I need to. Just for them to be able to see when they come out!!

Just Checked on my eggs (7am) and I HAVE PEEEPS AND PIIIIPS) HOOOORAAAAAYYYY!!!!!! Three have pips and peeps!!!

I really didn't think anything would happen! I'm so glad I don't have to work today! I will get to see them hatch!

I may as well pull up my chair, get my coffee and get comfortable, cause you know where I'm gonna be all day!!

Yay! Congrats

That's the best part watching them chip away at the shell & hearing them peep. It makes all the worrying worth it.

Thanks weimarmama!!! It is worth all the wait and worry!!!

 

[OHhappychicks]

WE HAVE A BABY!!!!!!

Its one of the leghorns and it only took him about 30-45 min to zip!!! He is all over the place! Hope the other 2 that have pipped will hurry up to give him company!! (actually hope its a her, but oh well!)

 

[weimarmama]

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Congrats!

He (or she

) was in a hurry to get out

 

[OHhappychicks]

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Congrats!

He (or she

) was in a hurry to get out [URL]http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/animals/egg-50.gif[/URL]

Hey, thanks again weimarmama!!! But now I have 5 hatched out and another 1 pipping!!! They all were in a hurry to get out. You would look and there was the pip and about an hour later they were zipped and coming out!! The 5 were all out by about 2 this afternoon!! Then we just got home bout 1/2 hr ago and another has pipped!! I want to take the others out as they are all dry and running around like crazy!!!

But if this other one hatches out tonite I don't want it to be alone all nite so I'm not sure what to do!

Maybe wait until morn? I wonder if I should keep a lite on in there? I probably will and cover the windows to keep them settled a little. Decisions, Decisions!!! It's been an eggciting day around here!!! 3 of my grandbabies were here and they were so eggcited to watch them hatch! What a great experience for them!

 

[emjay]

so I have 28 happy healthy chicks thus far out of 42, I have 9 drying out in the bator. Some I don't think will make it. 4 didn't hatch at all, which is reasonable, and 1 died trying. I have 3 I think I have to cull, ugh. I hate this thought. One for sure. Life can be cruel, to bring something into the world only to take it out right away. seems so unfair.
so...........


this is my last bator run for this year. Taking a break until next year . I am feeling discouraged by the thought of ending lives. Not fun for me, and I chose to hatch them, and now I have to end their little life already. I feel terrible.

overall though, great ratio of viable eggs. My roos are definitely doing their job.

now is their a way to bring the humidity down so that they can dry out, it has shot up to 90% with the 9 drying in their, and they just aren't fluffing up at all, it's only been over an hour, so maybe I'm impatient.

 

[weimarmama]

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Congrats!

He (or she

) was in a hurry to get out [URL]http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/animals/egg-50.gif[/URL]

Hey, thanks again weimarmama!!! But now I have 5 hatched out and another 1 pipping!!! They all were in a hurry to get out. You would look and there was the pip and about an hour later they were zipped and coming out!! The 5 were all out by about 2 this afternoon!! Then we just got home bout 1/2 hr ago and another has pipped!! I want to take the others out as they are all dry and running around like crazy!!!

But if this other one hatches out tonite I don't want it to be alone all nite so I'm not sure what to do!

Maybe wait until morn? I wonder if I should keep a lite on in there? I probably will and cover the windows to keep them settled a little. Decisions, Decisions!!! It's been an eggciting day around here!!! 3 of my grandbabies were here and they were so eggcited to watch them hatch! What a great experience for them!

Wow, they were ready to be out

It's fun to watch them when they come out. They're usually all over the place in the incubator moving the other eggs around.

I try to take mine out when there are no more or very few pips. The humidity usually gets pretty high (mine jumped up to 80% after several had hatched) with all of them in there, so it doesn't drop much if you're quick. Someone holds the lid up for me just a little & a box to put the chicks in to carry them in to the brooder. Before we put the lid back on I either spritz a little water on them from a spray bottle or pour a tad bit of warm water in the tray.

With this past hatch, the one that hatched a day after the others was in the incubator by himself & he did fine

We did take him out as soon as we realized there were no more pips, though.

 

[weimarmama]

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I'm so sorry

That has got to be the hardest thing to do, but at least they won't suffer anymore & you gave them a chance at life. DF used to get so upset whenever he had to put someone's pet down at work, so I know it is very heartbreaking. I've never had to cull any chickens yet, but I hope I'll be as brave as you & able to do it.

Take heart, though, that you've got 28 chicks that are doing very well

Didn't you say earlier they were EEs? Those are gorgeous & lay the best eggs

It is hard to dry out in there with the humidity so high. If they're getting around good & are as dry as they'll get, I'd take them out since they'll be under a heat lamp.

 

[emjay]

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I'm so sorry

That has got to be the hardest thing to do, but at least they won't suffer anymore & you gave them a chance at life. DF used to get so upset whenever he had to put someone's pet down at work, so I know it is very heartbreaking. I've never had to cull any chickens yet, but I hope I'll be as brave as you & able to do it.

Take heart, though, that you've got 28 chicks that are doing very well

Didn't you say earlier they were EEs? Those are gorgeous & lay the best eggs

It is hard to dry out in there with the humidity so high. If they're getting around good & are as dry as they'll get, I'd take them out since they'll be under a heat lamp.

Thanks. It is heartbreaking, I do what I can for the underdogs, I still have Scooter, my crooked toe baby. A few are up and about, which is good, I have two with very curled under toes, again. Yep, all EE's, I love the variation in colors, that is why I decided to stick with them and get out the purebreeds.
Hoping the humidity will come down soon, I took out the cheesecloth I had down for mess purposes. so hopefully soon, then they can fluff up. I had to wash most of them , sticky chicks. !!