OMG day 22-My baby is gonna hatch soon!!!! He is wiggling!!

[77horses]

OMG I was just checking the bator with my single egg in it(and of course, still no pips

) But I swear i thought i saw a little wiggle from the egg!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL sorry fro the smileys but I am SOO excited!!! I am pretty sure that my baby is still alive now!!

WOO-HOOO!!! It's like Christmas all over again!!!

I am soo happy now and when I first came home and saw that the temp. had went waay too high(like 105-106 degrees F.) I thought that my egg was a goner for good.

BUT, after adjusting the temp. again, and waiting, I think all this hard work(what with sleeping down on the couch keeping guard and watching the egg all the time) has finally paid off!!!!

I have now decided on some names that I really like:

Pumpkin(my all-time fav!) (girl/boy)
Autumn(another fav!) (girl)
Spice(girl/boy)
Sugar(girl)


All of these are great! I like Pumpkin and Autumn especially. Tell me what you think of them!

Wish the egg loads and loads of luck!!

(and wish me luck, so that maybe, just maybe, i don't go insane over here!!!!!)

 

[MagsC]

 

[77horses]

***UPDATE***

I have been using a small little toy baby chicken that peeps and i have been using it to encourage the chick out.

It seems to respond, actually!(non-verbally)

When the toy chick made the peeping, the chick wiggles a little!

I am soo nervous! It is delayed(as expected) and i am wondering if I should help at all.....?(that's a question can someone please answer?!

)

Pray for the little fuzzie!
He is def. strong. His father(Ty the Rhode Island Red rooster) is a VERY tough guy!

He survived the harsh winter living in his dog house coop with his brother rooster, Marty.

Still healthy and alive today!

And the new fuzzie-to-be's mother is a red star and she seems tough too. I guess it has a good line of parents, grandparents, etc. don't ya think?

 

[mark3208]

if it is day 22,it should be hatching,if it is going to,you should hear it peeping,and it should be pecking on the shell trying to get out ,it is never a good idea to help them ,they always die when you do,my advice is to patiently wait,it will hatch ,or it wont,i have my fingers crossed,best of lck to ya.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

Are you positive on it being day 22? Perhaps your temps were a touch low and caused a delayed hatch? Anyway, they DON'T always die when you help, but you certainly should wait until you KNOW the baby needs help. I have lots of helped out babies that are not even close to dead.

 

[Riocotesei]

Yay baby!!!
Pumpkin is an awesome name! I have a pygmy goat named that! I know you picked you names, but pancake is pretty cool name too.