new batch..join me!

[shardean]

The rings are very thin so the egg does touch the mesh...I'll keep watching! Thought that it would protect the other eggs from being soccer balls for the chicks that have hatched!

 

[Roxannemc]

Mine havent hatched yet so i am not expert at all but someone who did a video put each egg on pieces of paper towel I think it was..

 

[Roxannemc]

Face down chickys...WAY too cute!!

 

[Roxannemc]

Thanks so much what a relief to know.

 

[Avonshire]

The rings are very thin so the egg does touch the mesh...I'll keep watching!  Thought that it would protect the other eggs from being soccer balls for the chicks that have hatched!

 

Sounds like u will be ok.

 

[vickifiveoh]

I set some yesterday. Can I join?

 

[FoxyMom]

I leave mine until everyone is done hatching, the suggestion I have heard most is no more then 24-hrs. Im guilty of taking them out once there is only one or two eggs left to hatch, but if they are stll really wet I leave them in there to dry. Congrats on the chick, do you know what it is?

I ended up taking him out, because he was trampling over the other eggs and I got worried since he did hatch so early. He's happy in the brooder now. And yes, I keep saying he, because he is a light yellow which apparently means he's a roo given that he is a Red Star. I don't hear any other peeping and there is no pipping, so I "think" it will be quiet for the rest of today. Little guy needs some buddies though!

 

[hollymh]

I ended up taking him out, because he was trampling over the other eggs and I got worried since he did hatch so early. He's happy in the brooder now. And yes, I keep saying he, because he is a light yellow which apparently means he's a roo given that he is a Red Star. I don't hear any other peeping and there is no pipping, so I "think" it will be quiet for the rest of today. Little guy needs some buddies though!

haha I call all mine he, just habit. When I lived overseas and hatched I had ALL hens and one roo out of 50-70 eggs, it was so strange. I have some babies that have some pretty serious combs all ready so I "think" I may have three or four roos. I would have taken him out too, especially if there were no other pips or zips

 

[FoxyMom]

There's another one pipping! Woohoo! Boomer will soon have a friend.

 

[shardean]

We call all ours "she" because we want hens...not that what we call them changes anything! Its just our positive thinking!