March hatch along

[carcar80]

Weeee!! Just saw the first *correct* pip happen while I was looking.

And the reason I was looking is that the one across from it had just been rocking!! Woohoo!!

 

[Kassaundra]

Glad to hear about so many great hatches!

I just had one hatch today, two are in the bator that I had to pip myself because 4 others were shrink wrapped. Not sure what happened there, I was good and didn't touch them after lockdown. After 24 hours of no action I had decided to candle and I knew right away when the air sacks had doubled in size. So I pipped them all to find that it had to have happened on day 20 or 21. Hoping that the two that are in the bator make it.

I have 42 in the other bator and I am worried about them, my humidity wont hold, it keeps fluctuating. Its the bator with my frizzle Cochin eggs.

The ones you have to assist hatch after becoming shrink wrapped are much more tired and take almost a 12 hours ish longer to become more active, and even then for the first 24 ish hours after that are much more sleepy / less active then a natural hatch, but they catch up after that. Also be prepared you will likely have to "fluff" the assists. If they aren't fluffy you will need to groom them to make them fluffy, they can't hold heat effectively when they aren't fluffy.

 

[GR Chicks]

We can always make our own "April hatch-a-long (formerly known as March hatch-a-long)"

I like that idea!

 

[GR Chicks]

The ones you have to assist hatch after becoming shrink wrapped are much more tired and take almost a 12 hours ish longer to become more active, and even then for the first 24 ish hours after that are much more sleepy / less active then a natural hatch, but they catch up after that. Also be prepared you will likely have to "fluff" the assists. If they aren't fluffy you will need to groom them to make them fluffy, they can't hold heat effectively when they aren't fluffy.

Thanks, I do try and get them fluffed up. I just checked them, and they aren't quite ready to be fully out of the shell I still see some slight veins so I have the membrane moist and am letting them be for now.

 

[GR Chicks]

Weeee!! Just saw the first *correct* pip happen while I was looking.

And the reason I was looking is that the one across from it had just been rocking!! Woohoo!!

Yay!! I am so excited for you!!

 

[johnderosa1]

I like that idea!

Either way works with me... I will be setting eggs in april and likely beyond. BTW, one egg pipped this morning

 

[chickenlisa]

here are a few of my new little OE chicklets...hatched yesterday. I have 2 eggs left- i big BCM egg with a nice pip and a deep olive green egg with no sign of anything yet.

 

[carcar80]

Up to three pips now. It was killing me, kept hearing a "crunch crunch" every few seconds but couldn't tell who it was!

It's the one that was rocking earlier. It had pipped right up against the carton so I had to really look.

So now, I have one definite correct pip, one definite wrong ended pip, and one questionable one.

 

[jammyjammy2112]

chicks are due tomorrow all 6 eggs look like they all have fully formed chicks inside of them woohoo

 

[sasimpson77]

I have 3 pips but one is in the center of the egg may have to assist I did peek into the aircell end blood cells are still full and pumping so not ready yet

I now have three strong chicks and one malpositioned chick I had to help who does not look good these are all out of eggs that were shipped and so I am happy with any I get I think I have 19 eggs left today is day 21 and I have alot of pips yet. the three chicks so far are bantam cochins possibly frizzles woohoo