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We are impatiently waiting for that baby to fluff out so we can move it to the heat lamp and watch the others zip. It took thus one almost 36 hours from external pip to baby.

We understand chicken math. I just wanted 4 hens.then my husband wanted two ducks, just two. Then he went and got two more...
Three years later I have 14 hens, a rooster, and (now) 17 ducks with an unknown number from the incubator. :lol:

They all live in a huge 1.5 car garage. We need to build a coop so we can use it as a workshop.
 
Hi. I'm rejoining BYC because I can't get into my old handle.

We are hatching some ancona pekin crosses and its day 29. Only one has an external pip and this is my first hatch.

They were all fertile at lockdown and the temp/humidity has been stable. I added ventilation before the external pip happened.

Hope we see sonething
OK, I know I'm little slow...and don't keep up enough...but what was your handle before?
 
Quote: Oh I know....I've read hundreds of those stories!

Swore it wouldn't happen to me. .....and I didn't get any chickens until my coop was complete, took me all summer....then built the run in two weeks while chooks acclimated to coop.

So I didn't do too bad....but still....I just couldn't stand having animals I can't properly house and feed.
 
In my defense, a lot of the hens in my big coop are going to freezer camp in the fall (not going to mess with feeding them all winter and then not have them lay well next year because of their age) which will free up coop space for this spring/summer's hatching spree.
 
If you have pips, I would NOT open the incubator. Sometimes they pip and then wait to zip while they absorb the yolk and then finish hatching. I'd be worried you might compromise the other eggs by going in after the one chick. Chicks are generally OK for 3-4 days after HATCHING, which is how hatcheries can ship day-old chicks across the country.
 
In my defense, a lot of the hens in my big coop are going to freezer camp in the fall (not going to mess with feeding them all winter and then not have them lay well next year because of their age) which will free up coop space for this spring/summer's hatching spree.
I plan on doing some culling also...have 3 just turned one year olds and 5 just turned two year olds. Someone's laying a really funky egg so she's gonna go.
I just started this last fall so....I'm still learning and assessing my facilities.

My name used to be LadyFeather.

How long should this hatchling take to dry out? I'm hovering again.

I can't wait to get the coop done so I get the garage back.
I left them in there unless they started causing problems, then be quick! Good Luck...go for a walk! lol
 

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