May Hatch-a-Long!

[teaton]

It is day 17, I am using an automatic egg turner for the first time do I turn it off today or tomorrow? And do I start to raise the humidity today or tomorrow? I know some hatch early. It was at 32 this morning, I added some water to it and its at 55 now. I candeled my eggs one last time this morning I could barley see anyone lol but 1 seems smaller than the others, its moving though. I hope the temperature spike they survived didn't mess them up!

 

[yeye5]

At 7 p.m. today, we're at 21 days.
I just now felt like jumping up to check. One of the broodies was up stretching and it was easier to peek.
We have our first external pip!
I gently tapped on the side of the egg and heard low volume peeping.
This is one of the few standard size eggs under the 2 broody team.

 

[yeye5]

Oh yeah LOL April 12th! Ok so we are good?! This is really nerve wracking LOL. But exciting! I see three more with pips!
They are precious little silkies! Idk what colors they will be. My daughter picked the rooster! And our girls are three different colors.

You are doing more than good! You're doing Great!!!

 

[yeye5]

At 7 p.m. today, we're at 21 days.
I just now felt like jumping up to check. One of the broodies was up stretching and it was easier to peek.
We have our first external pip!
I gently tapped on the side of the egg and heard low volume peeping.
This is one of the few standard size eggs under the 2 broody team.

I want to ask so I don't go overboard in either direction:
In February I waited too long when I'd seen a tiny beak sticking thru the external pip...ended up assisting too late.
I've always heard that you can hear a Loud peeping from inside, but this is the first time I've ever heard peeping from inside an egg. That's obviously a good sign. I just wonder if others have opinions on how long--very approximately--it should take between the pip shown above and beginning a zip?
Being a chick is sure hard work!

 

[jnckids]

Now there's my kind of ppl...hatch now, figure it out later, lol.

We have been continuing to say "we're selling them" but the plan hasn't gone past those words. LOL

 

[yeye5]

We have been continuing to say "we're selling them" but the plan hasn't gone past those words. LOL

How many do you have now? Including chicks?

 

[thebyrdsx5]

At 7 p.m. today, we're at 21 days.
I just now felt like jumping up to check. One of the broodies was up stretching and it was easier to peek.
We have our first external pip!
I gently tapped on the side of the egg and heard low volume peeping.
This is one of the few standard size eggs under the 2 broody team.

Yay! That's so awesome! I LOVE hatching eggs! My broody won't let me check her like I do the incubator lol.

 

[jnckids]

I can't wait. I have 2 Broodies right now. One is due 5/9-5/11 and the other is 5/23.

 

[yeye5]

I can't wait. I have 2 Broodies right now. One is due 5/9-5/11 and the other is 5/23.

That's SO exciting! I take little Miss "Mini-hen" is the first, and the big girl in the top pic is the second?
What breed is the large hen? She looks like a lace globe! Is she sitting already in that pic?
You seem to have very lovely broodies!

 

[yeye5]

Yay! That's so awesome! I LOVE hatching eggs! My broody won't let me check her like I do the incubator lol.

I didn't say it was free of pecking, just that I looked, lol. Peaches, the one who was on the nest when I took that pic is a bit calmer than Chula. Chula pecks lots!
The chick from that egg is out! I assisted at the end bcs I didn't see a zip starting and the voice was lower than I was comfortable with.
I took video but it won't load on here (?) I'll try emailing it to myself and loading it that way.
It's kind of odd that the other 2 pips I see now are also the standard sized eggs. (The rest of the eggs in this clutch are silkie, 4 of which were laid after the 21 days started counting by the broodies' mom!) A little while ago I went to check on the one that hatched and saw the same size pips as the first was when I took that first pic.
I'm not sure if it's due to the extremely dry weather here--even when we had a prediction of storms and rain for hours I didn't get a drop! But I decided to assist by the color of the membrane and the shell was coming off very easily, meaning the membrane may have been shrinking. I hope that made sense.
I heard another peeper from one of the next eggs. That has to be the cutest thing in the world!