My first pips!!!~~ We got chicks photo added!

[MissDeb]

I received my new hovabator 1588 a few weeks ago and started my test hatch of BO, RIR, Blue and Black standard cochin and Barred rock. They have begun pipping! I love this little incubator it has been so easy to work with!
I am sooo excited and crossing my fingers that all goes well!


I'll share photos once I see some fluffy butts!

Deb

 

[SunshineSilkies]

As tempting as it is, DO NOT open the bator! LOL

I have found that you will have a better hatch if you leave the chicks in the bator. They will encourage the others to hatch too! When you open it, you lost precious temp & humidity which could lead to shrink wrapping the others!!!

Hard as it is, enjoy looking thru the window only!!! LOL

 

[mahalo4]

Sweet I'm Pippin also

 

[americana-chick]

Woo Hooo!
Good luck

I am due around the 26/27 i believe...

 

[americana-chick]

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Ya, lol. The window in my bator is only big enough to see the thermometer... but i put the eggs around it so i could see the chicks and if they are mooving..

 

[MissDeb]

:d

 

[americana-chick]

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It just depends.. sometimes a day or so and then a zip.. and then hatch!
But if the chick hasnt mooved from pip to zip in i believe 24 hours... (correct me if i am wrong) you might have to help it if it is still alive.. but you want to do that for a last resort.

 

[Garden Gal]

Ohhh! First hatch, first pip - yeah, definitely a "no fingernail left event! "

 

[MissDeb]

I have 4 pips now! and no fingernails....lol

 

[MissDeb]

and now, no sleep! haha...I have one who is out now and 5 more getting really close. I had no idea how sad I would be when I saw this little guy struggling to get up and walk. Not to mention the sounds he/she see's me!

Im assuming all the struggling he/she is doing to walk is a good thing and that the eggs it is walking over the top of will be ok?

I now know I need a hatcher!