power outage - need advice UPDATE
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This morning one of the eggs started to crack, just a little bit and by this afternoon nothing more has happened. I am beginning to think the chick died. I'll give it until tomorrow I suppose. This would have been my first ever hatch.
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Dinner time. I heard a little peep and the egg is cracked about 1/2". This is going slow.
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Hang in there...it can take 12-24 hours from first pip to hatch. All signs are promising! Are you taking pictures? Let's see the pipping!
Hang in there...it can take 12-24 hours from first pip to hatch. All signs are promising! Are you taking pictures? Let's see the pipping!
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Here is a pic of whats happening. This morning the cracks are larger. They are still alive!
They're making progress, it won't be too much longer now!!
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Seconds after I took the pic and edited it, the white egg cracked! Now that one is 3 days past due! Lots of peeping going on in there. If they make it, these are miracle chicks. Surviving 2 power outages, several humidity spikes, (and having me tend them as a newbie!) and during lock down I had to turn other eggs in the incubator and quickly opened the unit several times a day. This is my very first experience and I know next time I will gather the eggs for a few days and put them in all at once. I originally planned to make a second bator for hatching but I could not get the heat and humidity consistent. It was a last minute resort to remove the auto egg turner and have the first batch hatch right in the same bator. I stopped opening the unit and turning the other eggs once the chicks started pipping. I hope this will not harm the other eggs.
Seconds after I took the pic and edited it, the white egg cracked! Now that one is 3 days past due! Lots of peeping going on in there. If they make it, these are miracle chicks. Surviving 2 power outages, several humidity spikes, (and having me tend them as a newbie!) and during lock down I had to turn other eggs in the incubator and quickly opened the unit several times a day. This is my very first experience and I know next time I will gather the eggs for a few days and put them in all at once. I originally planned to make a second bator for hatching but I could not get the heat and humidity consistent. It was a last minute resort to remove the auto egg turner and have the first batch hatch right in the same bator. I stopped opening the unit and turning the other eggs once the chicks started pipping. I hope this will not harm the other eggs.
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My first born is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Congrats!!! What kind?
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Hen is Buff Orpington, the roo is Rhode Island Red possible OR the egg could have still been fertile from the Buff Orp. Roo the hend were with when I got them. 2 Buff Orp hens, I didn't take the rooster because he was attacking the people too much. I collected the hens eggs with in a week or so but my RIR roo was already interested in one in the buffs.
Hen is Buff Orpington, the roo is Rhode Island Red possible OR the egg could have still been fertile from the Buff Orp. Roo the hend were with when I got them. 2 Buff Orp hens, I didn't take the rooster because he was attacking the people too much. I collected the hens eggs with in a week or so but my RIR roo was already interested in one in the buffs.
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