My first hatch....4 chicks to so far!

[BawGock]

Hi everybody!
I am so excited! Today is day 21 and I have 4 chicks and 3 pips out of 11eggs.
Here's the first pip that started at 1pm yesterday

Before we went to bed last night we had 5 pips and when I checked them at midnight none of them had made any progress.
So, I went back to bed thinking that they had pipped and died because I heard no peeping.
But I was awoken at 4am this morning by peeping!

I have to thank the folks on the forum that encouraged me on this hatch when after I accidently had the humidity at almost 80% for the first few days of incubation.
I know a lot of newbies like me are starting with a hovabator 1588 which has the temperature set already but make sure you get yourself a hygrometer and another thermometer. And if you have any questions like I did, please have the folks here at BYC help you.
There's a lot of knowledgeable people here to help.
Carolyn

 

[lurky]

Congratulations

Are they Buff orpingtons?

ETA: I just remembered the first pip was a blue egg.......so i guess thats not a BO.....So i will just ask what are they????

 

[amyquilt]

YAY on your first hatch!!! Isn't it an awesome feeling!??

What breed of babies are those???

I just love brand new chickie pics!

 

[BawGock]

Thanks!
The father is a buff orpington. I have BO, EE cross, RIR, golden sex link, BR and australorp hens so it's a grab bag of chicks.
The lightest one is a BO, and the other ones are from RIR and sexlink and there's one from the EEx...the green egg.
Carolyn

 

[BawGock]

Got another green egg pipping....

Carolyn