Pipped!

[chickeypeep101]

We need pics!

 

[chickluver:D]

if i twas u id stay up all night an' cry for joy
i also have eggs in the bator but they arnt to hatch till feb 7 can not wait!

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1 nether dwarf bun.8 hens.1 parrot.1 injured nothern flying squirral.eggs in the bator. and a cat

 

[crazy_4_chickens]

I have a hen who is broody I will see if she hatched hers yet

 

[Bec]

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One little one hatched at around noon today, the other still has a pip hole, but I can see the beak in there moving around. They are a mix of cochin and buff orpingtons. They should turn out to be pretty birds, I have 1 here that is of that mix and she is one if the prettiest ones I have!!! I didn't know my girl was sitting until they already started to develop so I just let her have them! What's 2 more, right??




ETA: I have 2 babies!!!!! The 2nd one is a darker brown!

 

[smoothmule]

Bec,
Glad to hear you're having some success

My last 2 didn't hatch, they died somewhere near the end and they never poked their beak up into the air sac. The two that hatched are adorable and so active and perky. They immediately look up at me when I look at them through the window in the incubator. I have the brooder ready and I'll move them tomorrow. I set 3 eggs under Prissy, one of my little Serama pullets who decided she wanted to set. She's only laid 2 of those teeny little fart eggs, lol the ones that are the size of a peanut M&M but she meant business and so far she's setting tight. She's so cute. I hope she does well with her little brood. I haven't counted down the days on the calendar yet but they were set yesterday.

I'll take some photo's tomorrow. My digital has messed up and the flash no longer works so I'll take some in the daylight when I move them to the brooder. I tried today but they never stopped running around from the time they popped out of the shell and all the photo's were really blurry. One is a pale golden yellow with dark wing tips and the other is a coco color with a golden tint, this is still wet though. We'll see how they look in daylight tomorrow.

 

[Bec]

Oh no! I'm sorry those 2 little ones didn't make it

But Congratulations on the 2 that did! I had to smile when you said that they look up at you when you peak in through the top! I can just picture their little faces!!! Their colors sounds similar to my babies! One is kind of golden with some black here and there, the other is a darker brown color with a gold color on it's back!

I will get some pics too and figure a way to put them on this computer. Hubby changed computers on me and all my download stuff is on the other one!

 

[smoothmule]

That's great, we have twins

I'll post some pics tomorrow for sure.

 

[kyrose]

smooth,i was wondering where you kept your humidity and temps?ive got serama eggs in the bator and i read they are hard to hatch.

 

[smoothmule]

I'm living in the dark ages and I don't have a hygrometer "yet". I'm going to look for one tomorrow at our feed store but I have a feeling I'll have to go to Springfield or order online. I have a styrofoam incubator, still air. I kept the temp at 100 on the bottom. I filled the main ring with water for the entire time then added 2 soppy wet wash cloths the last couple of days. I did help them after they had been pipped more than 8 hours. I chipped the shell off all the way around exposing the white membrane and kept it damp and laid the egg on the damp cloth. After a few hours, they were still active and cheeping and I carefully snipped the membrane, no bleeding so I used clean tweezers and took a couple of strips of the membrane off. I did this before they were worn out from trying to get out so they were very quick to kick their way out and were up and running all over pretty quickly. They are very robust chicks and I attribute that to good breeding (Jerry's Serama's) plus the hens and rooster had excellent nutrition. I provided the usual ration of all they can eat laying mash with greens on the side, finely crushed oyster shell calcium with parakeet grit and gravel free choice and usually I added some wild bird seed that had millet and shelled sunflower seeds in it ....plus whole flax seeds and occasionally they got crushed probiotic capsules like you get at any pharmacy for people. I had wormed them with piperzine before I started saving eggs too. I think if you prepare the hens and rooster with excellent nutrition, the ones that do hatch will be stronger, healthier chicks

Mine wasn't a really big hatch but I'm really pleased with the ones that did. I'll have my first hatch from a little hen brooding them in about 17 days so we'll see how much difference that makes.

 

[kyrose]

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thanks,these were shipped eggs and m not liking how the aircells look so ill probably also have to assist if they make it.congrats on the ew babies..