My First Time Incubating!!!!!

[Banjoplayer]

Lockdown today!!! These next three days will be the longest days of the year for me....

Candled yesterday and threw out one clear, there are a few other unsure ones, but I will give them a chance, because they do not stink. 9 of the 15 appear to be grown! The eggs are hard to candle, so I cannot see details, just that they look solid and not clear. Hoping that all 9 hatch!

Blessings!
~Hope

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Good luck with your hatch and hope you have some little peeps soon

These three days will probably feel longer than the rest of the incubation. I find trying to keep busy the best option

 

[Frizzlett]

Good luck! Can't wait to see pics of your babies!

 

[Gingersnap722]

I can't wait to start incubating! Looking forward to seeing your pictures!

 

[spotsplus]

If you candle on day 5 you should be able to tell the eggs that are growing from any non-viable eggs. I usually give any of the "bad" eggs a bit of a chance and keep them until the next candling at 10 days just to be sure

 

[AmyLynn2374]

If you candle on day 5 you should be able to tell the eggs that are growing from any non-viable eggs. I usually give any of the "bad" eggs a bit of a chance and keep them until the next candling at 10 days just to be sure

x2

 

[Banjoplayer]

I am so excited! I was working on a project in the sewing room, and suddenly I heard cheeping coming from the incubator!

No pips yet, but several eggs were wobbling. (Including one I thought was dead. Glad I left it in there!)

~Hope

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I am so excited! I was working on a project in the sewing room, and suddenly I heard cheeping coming from the incubator! e No pips yet, but several eggs were wobbling. (Including one I thought was dead. Glad I left it in there!)

~Hope

How exciting for you e

I'm sure you won't get anything done now the lure of the chirping from the incubator will have you hooked and turning into a crazy mother hen :cd

 

[Banjoplayer]

Now #7 pipped! just as I posted last...

You are right, I am not getting anything done. Just watching the tiny beak chipping away...

~Hope

 

[Phoenixxx]

Be prepared for a long night! I stayed up through all of mine, paranoid that something might go wrong! I know the instructions say to leave them alone until the last one's hatched, but i found that to be impossible! I like to take mine out right away as they hatch. The first born will not stop screaming until the second one has hatched and is with it, though My husband really was not happy the time that the first two came 9 hours apart! Have fun!