September Hatch-A-Long

[JekkaLynn]

Starting lock down Wednesday night...

:cd

Can't wait to see my Welsummers

Lockdown buddies!!!! My eggs go into lockdown Wednesday night also!
But mine are just mutts.

 

[duluthralphie]

Lockdown buddies!!!! My eggs go into lockdown Wednesday night also!
But mine are just mutts.

Most good chickens are just mutts! They are my favorite.

 

[Peep_Show]

I'm just on Day 10... So looooooooong to wait.

 

[lauraschicks]

I'm just on Day 10...  So looooooooong to wait.  

I'm on day 24 of 28 - ducks and guines. Lost count of my days and put them in lockdown early (I've only hatched chicks before). But now I'm even more confused since it appears I may have one that has externally pipped. Unfortunately there are 4 potentials: 1. Its an early guinea, 2: it's a late chicken egg, 3: it really did pip, or 4) it's preparing to explode!

This is either getting exciting or downright scary...

 

[kada6305]

I'm just on Day 10... So looooooooong to wait.

I know the feeling I am on day 4 with my silkies and day 14 with my others. last time i didn't have any hatch so we shall see!

 

[kada6305]

Careful, the egg that I had explode on day 16 was a detached air cell egg from shipping that gradually got darker and darker below the air cell line on candling so I thought it was developing like the others but I never saw motion in it. Also, the egg never weeped or smelled "off". I have a strong sense of smell and thought I would have noticed before hand but the shell was thick and never smelled bad. Before the explosion I chaulked the lack of visual motion to the detached air cell and was going to remove the egg that night, but the explosion occurred first...

I think if you see normal development AND motion, then you should be good to go. If you have plenty of others developing, might be worth sacrificing the egg if you see no motion in order to avoid all the nastiness that comes with an exploded egg. I was torn to get rid of the egg earlier do to my inexperience and hope for a viable chick within...wish I would have been more decisive sooner. What a learning experience this has been!

yeah thats what I am worried about, we shall see. I will candle again in a few days, I dont want to throw away anything until day 10 to make certain they aren't developing. I'll be happy if I get 2 hatches out of the silkie batch, I have 8 eggs but you know with shipped eggs i will probobally only end up with 4 that develop.

 

[kittykitty30]

Three have hatched! Healthy young chicks. I already see a show-quality bird emerging!

 

[frillydishes]

Woohoo!! Here's 1 & 2! Got 2 others that PIP'd, there's just a chirping away, happy little babies! I can't wipe this grin off my face!

 

[Y N dottes]

Day 19 going into day 20 and nothing to note as of yet. . . . I hope I wake up to a pip or two tomorrow

 

[Y N dottes]

Woohoo!! Here's 1 & 2! Got 2 others that PIP'd, there's just a chirping away, happy little babies! I can't wipe this grin off my face!!

Great!

Are u hatching some lying down and some in cartons? cuz I'm trying that also