Lockdown Hatching Completed - NEW PHOTOS ADDED

[Shiningfeather]

Congrats! They are so sweet. Heres luck to the rest of the hatch

 

[joebryant]

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Thanks, Shiningfeather, I'm really happy with all of them so far. Anxious to see what tonight and tomorrow bring.

 

[PandoraTaylor]

I want fuzzy butts!!!!

waiting for spring can be sooo hard.

 

[The Sheriff]

The hatchlings themselves increase the humidity while they are wet.

 

[joebryant]

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Okay, thanks, there are quite a few new ones now that would be raising it to 86%:
9:51 P.M. #11 hatched - #1 in row #4
9:52 P.M. #12 hatched - #5 in row #5
10:32 P.M. #13 hatched - #4 in row #5
10:56 P.M. #14 hatched - #6 in row #2
11:47 P.M. #15 hatched - #1 in row #2

 

[joebryant]

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What's happening? Inquiring minds want to know!

 

[kathyinmo]

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Okay, thanks, there are quite a few new ones now that would be raising it to 86%:
9:51 P.M. #11 hatched - #1 in row #4
9:52 P.M. #12 hatched - #5 in row #5
10:32 P.M. #13 hatched - #4 in row #5
10:56 P.M. #14 hatched - #6 in row #2

Looks like my spreadsheet, on my first hatch! LOL

Congrats, and good luck for more!

PS.... Yes, that humidity is pretty high. be sure all your vents are wide open ... need the oxygen!
On the other hand .... it looks like you are doin' very well there!

 

[Suechick]

Beautiful chicks! And I love popcorn!

I even feed it to my chickens...

 

[chickenmeadow]

Why do some put their incubated eggs into the paper type egg cartons when locking down for the last 3 days? I have a couple of Marsh plastic dome type incubators, I assume this would not be used with my type.

 

[Suechick]

I've read that the egg carton helps in the hatching process because it keeps the egg in the right orientation, air cell up. This way fewer chicks pip at the wrong end of the egg. i've heard that the chicks can pip, zip and hatch out easily from the carton. The egg doesn't roll around at all during hatching and all the energy that the chick puts into pecking actually goes into cracking the shell rather than generating motion. It sounds like a good idea to me, I'd like to try it sometime.