Mahonri's First Annual New Year's Day Hatch/Jan 2010

[Germaine_11.20]

Good Morning, How is everyone? I hope your hatching goes well.

I think the large,huge, or weird aircells have more to do with the egg itself and either shipping or porsoity of the shell. In the eggs I received and am incubating there were a few very large aircells and also some U shaped ones. But the rest were fine. That tells me it is the egg itself and not the dry incubation method.
Well so far out of 17 eggs I have 12 out and one zipping. 2 Marans and 2 Buckeyes haven't pipped. I will give it a few more hours and then I will go in. Chances are they didn't make it.
I have one pip in the other incubator of 9 eggs. I just upped the humidity because they are Marans. It was 60 and I go higher with them.

 

[Mahonri]

FIRST PIP!!

IN THE HOVABATOR, where humidity was higher!

And it's a FBC Maran.

And chirping like crazy!!!

 

[Germaine_11.20]

YAY!!!!!! I new you would get there!

 

[mrandmrschicken]

I have Pyncheon, Buttercup, Serama and 1 Vorwerk due on the 2nd but I think they are gonna be early! Maybe start to pip today?

 

[Germaine_11.20]

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Those are different chickens than I am familiar with (except the Serama) do you have pics of them? I would love to see what they look like.

 

[hinkjc]

Congrats Mahonri on your first pip!

Chickies are coming soon.

I have my first 5 pips this morning.

Good luck everyone hatching!

 

[dinahmoe]

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how many do you have left?mine started early-i put them in on the 11th afternoon.don't you have ducks?-i maybe wrong.


MAHONRI-congrats!!!

 

[pinkchick]

Congrats on the pips everyone!!!!!

I do not have any pips yet but I do have peeping!!!

 

[MuranoFarms]

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I have a question about this statement. On what day do you usually decide to help? I ask because I had a day 24 maran and asked on the board what to do, the only response I got was "leave it in the bator and wait for it to hatch" I candled and it was active at that point. I candled again on day 25 and no movement. I opened it and it was dead but hadn't pipped. If this happens again.....when should I try to help?

 

[Enjaytoo]

I had a pip last night (this morning) at 1:30am....just awoke to find a beautiful BLUE mottled cochin chick! YEAH!!

Mahroni- Congrats on the pips!