Oh great... now I'm really hooked. The obsession begins...

[CityGirlintheCountry]

I woke up this morning to find a fresh baby half in it's egg snoozing in a quick nap. There are two more pips and a half zipped buff going to town in there. Holy cow! This is exciting!! I don't want to go to work now. I want to stay and watch them all come out!!

I have to say that this is the coolest thing I have ever seen. It is soooooo tempting to open that incubator and pet the baby. Must not open 'bator, must not open bator, must not open bator...

I am addicted to hatching and it is all y'all's fault.

 

[retiredwithchicks]

Amen, sister. Who would ever thought this would become such a habit. I am out of room for chickens and the feed is costing me a fortune but I keep wanting to incubate more. What to do with them?

TN must be running over with chickens because I am middle TN also.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Go Middle TN!

I have one completely out and one with a head out. Whoohoo! Guess it's just as well that I have to go to work. I'd spend all day staring at the incubator.

 

[ChanceRider]

Hehehe, sounds like me! I've got one batch under my belt and I'm already anxiously awaiting receipt of my next turkey egg shipment!

Congrats on your new babies!

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Thanks! I am so excited (and slightly freaked by the slow progress!).

 

[cackle]

it can be a slow process. I know I have to sit on my hands. When they zip and then it takes forever you just want to help!


Where in middle Tennessee are you? I lived in Murfreesboro as a child and Nashville as an adult. We have moved around a lot. Two of my brothers live in Nashville and the 3rd brother lives in Camden.

susan

 

[speckledhen]

It never gets old watching chicks hatch, never. Good luck on the rest of the hatch!

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Well, just to make this more nerve-wracking and ulcer inducing, the power went out at 7:30 this morning and was out for half an hour.

The temps dropped to 90 an humidity shot up to 95%. One of the two babies that hatched yesterday was yelling at the top of her little lungs and the other one just laid down and napped (I'm a little worried about that one. It's not as zippy as the other and spends a lot of time laying down with its eyes closed and panting.). About the time I unplugged it all to toss it in the car, the power came back on. I plugged a heater in next to the unit to add more heat to the area. Temps are back up to 100 and humidity is around 65%. Hopefully I didn't just lose the rest of them. Two more are pipped. I can see that they are still breathing, so they are okay for now I guess.

This incubating stuff is going to give me grey hair...