My Araucana Hatch! * 4 HATCHED - Chick PICS!! *

[MichiganWoods]

Awesome! Our lonely Rhode Island White hen hopefully won't be the only white girl anymore.

Can't wait to see what colors pop out. I've got my fingers crossed for a duckwing or a blue. All of those colors are excellent though. Eeee!

 

[MichiganWoods]

It's Hatch Day! I am hoping they will start to pip later this evening.

I did have a problem with my temps on Day 18 when I removed the auto turner. Temperatures fell down to around 94 and stayed there for several hours. It took me 2 days to get the temp back up to 99.5. I think they will hatch just fine still, but they may take an extra day or so to do it. Any advice from someone that has had something similar happen?

 

[MichiganWoods]

Well as I suspected, the drop in temp delayed the chicks a little bit. But I'm happy to say that on Day 22 we have a pip!

 

[SunnyChic]

Yippee...a pip! Sending good hatching vibes your way!

 

[hinkjc]

Good luck!

 

[MichiganWoods]

2 active pips now and 2 other eggs trying very very hard to pip. Lots of rocking. 2 haven't been moving much but I'm not giving up on them yet.

 

[MichiganWoods]

Forgot to add, thanks.

(goes back to stare into the bator

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[kyeschicks]

have they hatched yet?

 

[Mahonri]

I was hoping for pics!!

 

[MichiganWoods]

Nope, not hatched yet!

Oooooooooooooh all right, Mahonri.

I've been moving different sets of eggs around because of the staged hatchings I've got going on. I decided that these guys (and then the silkies and dark brahmas) needed to be in the HovaBator for hatch, since it's the easiest to clean up afterwards. I am also able to take pictures of them in it. Can't photograph the eggs while in the fridge bator -- I was never able to cut out a hole for the window.


This is where they are at right now. This was the first egg to pip, but he/she is being slower than the second pipper.

^ First Pip ^

^ Second Pip ^

The slow pokes probably aren't going to actually hatch until tomorrow at this rate. Except for maybe Pip #2. He's chug-a-lugging at his zipping now.