My first peachick of the year! (pic)

[SDpeafowl]

Last night my peachicks started to hatch, and their not supposed to start until Sunday. Well I woke up this morning a found one completely hatched and two more pipping, the other two haven't done anything, Yet. Anyways here is a pic of the first one in my new Brinsea Eco 20. Very good incubator. This one is an India Blue. I think it is split with white and cameo because the father is an India Blue split with white and cameo and the mother is cameo. Am I right??

 

[connerhills]

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[MinxFox]

How cute! How are the ones pipping doing? Doesn't it take them like half a day or a day to hatch?

 

[SDpeafowl]

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The other two haven't changed since a couple of hours ago. I would expect them to be out by tonight. This last one took about exactly 12 hrs. I looked yesterday at about 3 pm and it had just started to pip and by around 3 am he was out waking up the house.

 

[deerman]

50% odds it could be split white.

All males will be split cameo, you can get either males or females cameo , because father is split cameo, bred to cameo hen.


No hen can be split to sex link colors

 

[C&Rman]

I am buying a Brinsea too, Congrats he is cute, but why are the eggs wet?

 

[SDpeafowl]

C&Rman :

I am buying a Brinsea too, Congrats he is cute, but why are the eggs wet?

I spray the eggs down to raise the humidity and I have been told it makes it easier for the chicks to get out. I dont know if that is true though. I have all but one pecking their way out!!​

 

[C&Rman]

Sweet

When mine arrives I will spray my eggs. What day do you start to spray them? Thanks

 

[SunBaked]

How cute your new baby is! I love them when they first hatch. I didn't know about the spraying thing. I keep my incubator humidity at 60% should I still spray them on hatch day?

 

[SDpeafowl]

When I stop turning them I spray them down usually twice a day. When in lockdown I keep my humidity a 60%, but when I spray the eggs they seem to come out faster.