*Pics pg 13-Hatch complete-QUESTION*-Day 22-Is third time the charm?

[Katy]

I've got one chick hatched and 7 or 8 more pips out of 11 eggs that went into the hatcher. These are the last eggs in the bator until fall.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Yeah Katy!

Come on out little ones and play!

I'm still sitting and waiting!

 

[Farmer Kitty]

The other pipped one just hatched! It is yellow in color.

 

[MissPrissy]

Congrats, Kitty! I am so glad to read of your hatching success with this batch!

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Thank you!
It was getting pretty discouraging to not get any but, now I have a successful hatch. It's just a matter of how successful!

 

[Katy]

 

[pbjmaker]

Farmer Kitty - did your first two hatches that failed make it to day 18? I know to be patient but here we are at day 21 (almost day 22) and not even a pip. My first hatch at least had pips on day 21...

I am getting more anxious by the moment. Now they aren't even wiggling anymore

 

[Farmer Kitty]

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My first hatch I was questioning by day 14, posted about it on day 16 and everyone assured me the looked good. In hind sight with more experience I think they were gone by day 14.

My second hatch went to day 25. I found out when I was resetting the bator for these eggs that the thermometer was off by about 4 degress to high. So they were actually incubating 4 degrees to low! It was just to low in the end they didn't make it.

I've got 6 in the skillet bator right now that we are not seeing anything on. I know it is very tempting to candle and see what's going on but, I know one should wait for at least day 23 so that's what I will do. These eggs went in at 2:20 p.m. on the 6th. If you go by that they are on day 22 but, when you put them in during the afternoon you start counting day 1 the next day.

If you have had temp issues that can delay the hatch. Maybe your thermometer is off. Maybe you had a power outage. Any little thing. There isn't much you can do at this point but wait.

Forgot to say-mine didn't wiggle until they started pipping and then not much.

 

[pbjmaker]

I know and thanks Farmer Kitty. Its harder to wait when they are at your own house. Whats funny is that when I did this at school this spring I didn't control the humidity, the bator got bumped more than once and I had a crappy themometer and LOTS of temp fluctuations. Even opened the bator during hatch ( I definately know better now) Still got a hatch...

This time I know SOOOOO much more and have been very careful and bought a hygrometer and a better themometer.
Sigh...

 

[Farmer Kitty]

I have another pip!