MY VERY FIRST PIP - SIXTH Chick Is Out - Frizzles R Us !!!

[bigmike&nan]

Someone wrote me to say I should have pulled the metal separators when I had the Brinsea open, well it freaked me out that something might be in the way and hurt them so I went in and pulled the metal separators (it's like 78% humidity in our bator room) and



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I HAVE FOUR PIPS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DANNY]

Hey Mike
One thing i noticed is they are pipping on the little end. They should be pipping at the big end. It is pretty common on shipped eggs. W atch them closely and if you need help call me.

 

[bigmike&nan]

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Thanks Danny, you bet...

I checked and they are 50/50 - half on the skinny end, half on the fat end. When the eggs arrived I repacked them so the fat ends were up in the carton while we waited on the incubator to arrive.

I was just out in the yard with Lucie and Goosie and the gang. I think they are moving into the Hen Hilton tonight.


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[gumpsgirl]

Your coop is beautiful!

Remember, don't open that bator until you know that last chick has hatched.

 

[bigmike&nan]

FIVE pipped shells now....

 

[dun chick]

nice coop mike and nan. Hatch is lookin good!

 

[ranchhand]

etc!

 

[bigmike&nan]

One of them is really breaking thru the shell - you can SEE it moving. Boy no wonder people find this fascinating and addicting.

Come on little ones !!!!!!!!

 

[twinlights]

O My, I am very jealous of your chicken coop, very nice!
Any hatchers yet?
I have 1 EE chick hatched, one SS with a very large hole going, one EE pipped, and an EE, SS and 2 BCM rocking.

 

[bigmike&nan]

The first one to pip, a shell marked PARTridge, had started on the small end of the shell - now it has worked it's way across the top and is really breaking thru. We can see it shaking the shell and hear it peeping, even I CAN hear it peeping. And I'm stone deaf.

I think this is a night of little sleep and much love.