My first time...we have pips and peeps!...(pics)..day 22

[Steve]

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Awwwright......I confess, I started making peep peep sounds to them.

Ya'll are laughing like heck at me right now aren't you?....sayin, "Ha, another newbie sucker fell for the old Ya gotta peep at em" trick.

 

[miss_jayne]

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yes. yes we are.

 

[ranchhand]

See Steve, I wasn't pulling your leg! Would I do that?

Seriously, I just finished my own very first hatch on Tuesday. I used the bird call because my voice is so low, For a woman, before you ask, and it would have scared them into staying in the shells!

They did stop to rest for long periods- but when they started wiggling, I started chirping the call.

Must have worked, all 17 hatched and are alive!

Good hatching vibes are rollover, so here are some more!

 

[vicki2x2]

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yes. yes we are.

Well, maybe just a little bit!!

But, it works doesn't it? Did you notice them pecking at their hole more when you talk to them?

 

[Steve]

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yes. yes we are.

Reminds me of being talked into going snipe hunting at night.

 

[ranchhand]

Steve- go look at this- inspiration for ya, as well as the THREE whistles I was using! If I can do that, you can surely whistle to yours!

Post #53- NOW GO WHISTLE!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=135798&p=6

 

[Steve]

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I don't have any of those, so I'll do what I can.



The first one that pipped just broke off a big hunk of shell and I can see the little rascal moving around in there.

My son just walked in and think I flipped my lid.

 

[Steve]

First one is out.

Sorry about pic quality.

In the time it took me to download pics and put them here, he is chirping up a storm!

You can also see in the pics the other pips!

 

[miss_jayne]

happy birthday, little one! yeah! success! those pics are great!

Steve, don't forget when you go Snipe hunting, you have to wear a patch of toothpaste on your nose so you can see each other in the dark!

 

[jay1995]

Congrats, Im new at hatching eggs and was wondering what the cardboard is for???? Goodluck on the others. -Jay