Need some hatching buddies - Hatching May 24-28

[pattgal]

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If I've had a pip for long...I snatch it out of the bator real quick, have a toothpick ready, and chip away a tiny part of the shell, then make sure their is a hole for it to breath, then listen, you will either hear nothing..or, a peep, or, a smacking sound with their beaks.
I know a lot of folks go..nooo, don't open the bator..I make sure the humidity is up more before I do. I did this with a couple with this hatch, they are out and doing fine...I now have 7 out of the 8. One is doing much better than this morning, one is still struggling..will see, but at least it is opening it's eyes now, and moving around a bit.

oh well he is the only one left So I'm not worried about shrinking the othe. I'm pretty sure I saw movement just a few minutes ago. he pipped early this morning ~8am. I might be watching too closely but I think the shell just poked out a few hairs more than this morning. Should I wait?

 

[Batty about Banties]

Ok so I woke up to find my thermometer ha fallen somehow during the night, my humidity was at like 40%. I did the big NO NO and opened the lid to get the thermometer and added a papertowel with hot eater to get the humidity back up. I have no pips, no movement. Did I just set their Fate? How long should I wait before I call it a bust?

 

[pattgal]

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If I've had a pip for long...I snatch it out of the bator real quick, have a toothpick ready, and chip away a tiny part of the shell, then make sure their is a hole for it to breath, then listen, you will either hear nothing..or, a peep, or, a smacking sound with their beaks.
I know a lot of folks go..nooo, don't open the bator..I make sure the humidity is up more before I do. I did this with a couple with this hatch, they are out and doing fine...I now have 7 out of the 8. One is doing much better than this morning, one is still struggling..will see, but at least it is opening it's eyes now, and moving around a bit.

oh well he is the only one left So I'm not worried about shrinking the othe. I'm pretty sure I saw movement just a few minutes ago. he pipped early this morning ~8am. I might be watching too closely but I think the shell just poked out a few hairs more than this morning. Should I wait?

I did the toothpick thing. took advantage a watered the paper towel boats I had made to up the humidity a bit. I wasn't very hopeful but he woke me up at 1:30am (yes he woke me up)
So all but one hatched out of the ones that made it. I had 14 eggs originally and half didn't develop at all. I think it's my roosters fault because one of my EE's egga are never fertile. so I don't know if he is getting them often enough

 

[carolynm]

I have a PIP!!!

I'm so excited. I can't wait for my DD to come home to show her...crossing fingers and toes all goes well to hatch...

Day 20 here

 

[Cynthia12]

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oh well he is the only one left So I'm not worried about shrinking the othe. I'm pretty sure I saw movement just a few minutes ago. he pipped early this morning ~8am. I might be watching too closely but I think the shell just poked out a few hairs more than this morning. Should I wait?

I did the toothpick thing. took advantage a watered the paper towel boats I had made to up the humidity a bit. I wasn't very hopeful but he woke me up at 1:30am (yes he woke me up)
So all but one hatched out of the ones that made it. I had 14 eggs originally and half didn't develop at all. I think it's my roosters fault because one of my EE's egga are never fertile. so I don't know if he is getting them often enough

Yaay, little one was announcing it's arrival!

 

[Cynthia12]

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Oh no, I would wait! Do you have large eggs? I have some that real large right now, and I'm not even expecting them to pip until day 20, may not even hatch until day 21 or 22..they are huge though.
What day is it? Are they reg. size..or bantams?

 

[Cynthia12]

Stevenson, anything going on with yours??

 

[Batty about Banties]

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Oh no, I would wait! Do you have large eggs? I have some that real large right now, and I'm not even expecting them to pip until day 20, may not even hatch until day 21 or 22..they are huge though.
What day is it? Are they reg. size..or bantams?

Its day 21 and they r standard size eggs. The humidity is up now and the temp is more stable.....

 

[Stevenson]

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Not yet....I have 5 in the hatching box (day 20) although I am 99% sure that one was a quitter around day 15 or 16. I am hoping to see some chicks...or pips when I get home from work!

 

[carolynm]

It hatched! We got to watch it all...I noticed the pip was a bit bigger then came back to my computer and radio to watch the weather (we were under tornado warnings with one sighted almost to the ground about 20 miles away). I went back to check and saw it had started zipping and then in no time at all out it came! Looks like everything is OK...I hope the others start doing something soon ( I only am expecting 2 of the remaining 7 eggs to do anything but who knows!). I'm just so happy to have a chick...my very first hatch!!

Now I can get the brooder set up - I didn't want to count my chickens before they hatched and get it ready only to have none to put in it.

Hoping we don't have power outages tonight...that would so be bad...