Nabiki's SSC hatch

[Kiki]

I just have paper towels. I really should buy some of the grippy stuff since I'm hatching regularly. I didn't know I was going to get this involved when I started. I thought I was going to hatch a batch, eat most of the eggs, then maybe hatch one or two batches a year.View attachment 1966411

I was very, very wrong. View attachment 1966413

Math.

Do you have Dollar Tree stores there?

 

[Kiki]

Paper towels are good enough as long as they have the little bump designs on them.

I tried some cheap plain/smooth paper towels once and they sucked.

 

[Kiki]

Bumps

 

[Nabiki]

Paper towels are good enough as long as they have the little bump designs on them.

I tried some cheap plain/smooth paper towels once and they sucked.

My paper towels have bumps on them. There's a dollar-type store nearby that I may drop by after my walk this morning.

 

[Kiki]

My paper towels have bumps on them. There's a dollar-type store nearby that I may drop by after my walk this morning.

See if they have any extra boxes laying around too while you are there.

 

[Nabiki]

I'm up to 38 chicks now. 27 in the brooder, 11 in the incubator.

 

[Kiki]

I'm up to 38 chicks now. 27 in the brooder, 11 in the incubator.

Oh my. That is a LOT!

 

[Nabiki]

Oh my. That is a LOT!

Out of 60 eggs, 49 were fertile as of lockdown. I think I'm doing pretty well on this hatch. I was expecting around 30 total. That leaves 11 eggs. Based on my earlier hatches, several of those won't hatch, but some more probably will. I'm going to be feasting on quail for my birthday!

 

[Nabiki]

There's another one zipping!

Edit: I'm up to 40 chicks now.

 

[Nabiki]

Looks like I lost one that had completely zipped but wasn't able to get out because another chick had managed to put it's shell cap over it. I removed the extra cap as soon as I saw it, but I'm not seeing any movement.