Marans in the incubator. :)

[MountainWoman73]

Also, just for fun: hatching eggs I'm saving for a friend who wants to set mixes this weekend. It's so fun picking them out.

 

[MountainWoman73]

#9 pipped! Not an hour after I candled it. Lol. That must be who was cheeping at me.

The line is where the air cell was on day 17. CRAZY how much the air cell grows and changes shape in the last few days.

 

[MountainWoman73]

4 new pips (Eggs 6, 8,11, and 4). #9 is zipping, and #14 is rocking. Still day 20. So even though no one has hatched (yet), these marans seem to be right on schedule, and do not seem to be taking longer than expected.

 

[MountainWoman73]

#9 is first out. Day 21 tomorrow.

 

[Mirrium]

 

[MountainWoman73]

5 out this morning (#9, #6, #7,#13 and #14), including one of the olive eggers who I de-bagged and banded before putting her back in the incubator for company. They are strong and healthy.

#8 was dead in shell. I felt like #8 needed help, and when I picked it up it was already dead. I had seen a chip of eggshell, so I knew it had pipped on the underside about 18 hours prior. It looked like it had started to zip, but then stopped. I couldn't see this until I picked it up. When I opened it up it seemed totally ready to hatch, and not shrink-wrapped. Just dead.

#14 right next to #8 had been rocking a lot but I hadn't seen any pip, so I picked it up to check the bottom, and it looked just like #8, pipped on bottom, started to zip sideways (around the egg the long way) and then stopped, with the membrane drying out. I assisted this chick and it got out fine!

I also enlarged the hole and wet the membrane of #4 that pipped 18-20 hours ago, same time as #8. That one also pipped face down. It's alive and cheeping, but if it doesn't make progress in another few hours I'll assist that one too.

#11 pipped on the side, not through the air cell, almost 24 hours ago. It is not ready to hatch yet, but I wet the membrane and I can see the beak breathing. I know this one will probably need another 18-24 hours additional time because if they don't pip into the air cell, you count the external pip as the time they would have internally pipped if they'd been positioned correctly.


#1,#2,and #3 have good looking pips.
Nothing from #12 yet.

 

[MountainWoman73]

10 out, including 3 assists.I think the one that didn't pip probably isn't going to. BUT the fun's not quite over yet, because I have two more eggs that I set late, and they're not due until Saturday.

 

[Mirrium]

So cute! Love how gentle they are

 

[wrathsfarm]

Congrats on your hatch and good luck with your 2 on Saturday.

 

[MountainWoman73]

Last one just hatched!

Final stats: 12 hatched, out of 18 eggs originally set and 14 eggs that went into lockdown.