October-hatch-along 2019

[Maiahr]

Ok, so as per the app you did Lockdown on day 19. I usually see the first pip 2 days after Lockdown but I don't think it is a strict timing.

 

[FortCluck]

Ok, so as per the app you did Lockdown on day 19. I usually see the first pip 2 days after Lockdown but I don't think it is a strict timing.

I put them in lockdown yesterday (day 18). I stopped turning them on day 16 because the twins didn't have much room and I didn't want to confuse them by turning the egg several times a day. I read it's okay to stop turning by then...

 

[john_wrightson2003]

I put them in lockdown yesterday (day 18). I stopped turning them on day 16 because the twins didn't have much room and I didn't want to confuse them by turning the egg several times a day. I read it's okay to stop turning by then...

They typically do not start hatching until day 21, but some do hatch early rather often.

 

[FortCluck]

They typically do not start hatching until day 21, but some do hatch early rather often.

Mine will probably hatch late because they know I'm standing outside the incubator like a creeper watching

 

[LynnaePB]

Today will be day 19 for my eggs... What should I expect on days 19-21?

When they pip/hatch can definitely vary. I usually get internal pips day 19 to 20 and start getting external pips day 20-21. This last group I hatched I incubated at a little higher temp (I think half a degree or so) and they all popped out day 20. I've had the occasional overachiever hatch up to a day or so before the rest, and rarely some stragglers hatch over a day after most hatched (the stragglers were either in larger eggs or came from eggs that were a little older when incubated, the stragglers from the older eggs often needed some help).

 

[john_wrightson2003]

Mine will probably hatch late because they know I'm standing outside the incubator like a creeper watching

 

[FortCluck]

When they pip/hatch can definitely vary. I usually get internal pips day 19 to 20 and start getting external pips day 20-21. This last group I hatched I incubated at a little higher temp (I think half a degree or so) and they all popped out day 20. I've had the occasional overachiever hatch up to a day or so before the rest, and rarely some stragglers hatch over a day after most hatched (the stragglers were either in larger eggs or came from eggs that were a little older when incubated, the stragglers from the older eggs often needed some help).

I just had an egg rolling in the incubator. My incubator is at 100 degrees constantly.

 

[FortCluck]

I literally just sat their with my flashlight for an hour then an egg moved... I need to get a life people are going to start wondering about me soon

 

[LynnaePB]

I just had an egg rolling in the incubator. My incubator is at 100 degrees constantly.

Ooh exciting, I love seeing the eggs rocking! My eggs were also incubated at 100 degrees and came early (they were bantam eggs though, not sure how much that affects when they hatch).

 

[FortCluck]

Here's the twins egg... I know I shouldn't look, but I did it quickly and my temp/humidity doesn't change. This was my last look of this egg. Now I'm creeping outside the incubator