September Hatch-A-Long

[Peep_Show]

Day 22 and what's left in the incubator are 3 TJ's eggs, 3 CCL's and 2 Wheaten Marans..... And one of the TJ's has a pip!

Lots of soft peepings in there, too, so I think we've just got a bunch of late hatchers. Last hatch I had a Welsummer hold out to Day 25.

And because you asked.....

Ethel !!!


"I am 1 day old!"



edited for spelling

 

[lauraschicks]

Day 22 and what's left in the incubator are 3 TJ's eggs, 3 CCL's and 2 Wheaten Marans..... And one of the TJ's has a pip! Lots of soft peepings in there, too, so I think we've just got a bunch of late hatchers. Last hatch I had a Welsummer hold out to Day 25. And because you asked..... Ethel !!! "I am 1 day old!" edited for spelling

Ethel is mighty cute and sure of herself.

 

[redhen689]

Report on my two eggs due to be hatching now:
They are keeping me waiting.
#1, smaller egg. Internal pip as of last evening. I keep looking for an external pip, but nothing is happening, unless s/he is being sneaky and piping on the back side.
#2 larger egg. Last I candled it, it still had a little growing to do. If she hatches she will be late...

 

[BuffsAndReds]

Awwwww Ethel is so cute!!!

Day 19 Final got the humidity up. I decided to take a nap and after I got up my husband said he seen one of the eggs moving. So I went running back to the incubator and nothing I know it's early but I just can't help myself I keep looking to see if anything is going on. I'm so excited!


Happy Hatching everyone and congrats on all the new chicks!

 

[Rainier]

Day 22 and so far nothing. I don't know that any of them are still alive. Only one egg for sure had movement at lock down, one I thought I saw movement and the other two nothing. Earlier in this thread I posted a picture of the egg where you could see the foot, that egg it looks like the foot had been in the same position for at least 12 hours before I put it in lock down.

I don't think any of them are going to hatch

 

[BuffsAndReds]

OMG!!! I seen an egg move!!

 

[HugHess]

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Can you try to do a last ditch water candle (if nobody has pipped!). Might give you an idea if there is any life in any of the eggs? JMO

 

[Rainier]

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I tried the water candle before and the eggs didn't move in the water. I know they were alive and moving because I had candled them right before that and they were moving around.

I'll watch a couple more video's and try again. I haven't touched the eggs or lifted the lid since day 18.

 

[redhen689]

Ranier, I'm sorry. My first attempt at hatching eggs was like that. After 23 days I took them and cracked them open. They were all perfectly formed. I don't know what went wrong. At the time I thought that it might have been that I accidentally got the eggs wet when trying to raise the humidity... But at this point that seems unlikely. I guess that's why the float test freaks me out a bit.

Currently I am heading into day 22.
One egg has pipped internally over 26 hours ago. Still no external pip.
The other one is a slow grower and has not filled the shell yet... It still appears to be alive and growing. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

 

[Rainier]

Ranier, I'm sorry. My first attempt at hatching eggs was like that. After 23 days I took them and cracked them open. They were all perfectly formed. I don't know what went wrong. At the time I thought that it might have been that I accidentally got the eggs wet when trying to raise the humidity... But at this point that seems unlikely. I guess that's why the float test freaks me out a bit.

Currently I am heading into day 22.
One egg has pipped internally over 26 hours ago. Still no external pip.
The other one is a slow grower and has not filled the shell yet... It still appears to be alive and growing. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

I have eggs sitting on the counter waiting to go in bator. I look at it like a learning experience. I started with eight eggs, four of which came from a neighbor and had been in my fridge for a couple of days and from my own flock of pullets. The chances of them hatching was small to start with. I actually am kinda proud that four made it to day 17 still alive.