Set eggs 4/6, EDD 4/27 & 4/28...wanna hatch with me??

[clothdiaperingmom]

Congrats khyree!

I came home tonite with another pip, on the right end YAY! So hoping for more action tonite!!!

 

[Khyree]

Thank you!

I came home this afternoon to 9 fuzzy butts already peeping around.

none of our mutt eggs but a few gold laced cochins and blue/black/splash silkie chicks that i mail ordered.
can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!

here's sending some good vibes your way!

 

[crash0330]

YAY I have a chick! I woke up at 4am today and I found this little chick already hatched!!

 

[raimnel]

And then there were 8!!!

I only had 12 make it to lock down (started with 14)
I got another zipping and almost out and the other 3 are piped and thinking about zipping!!! YAY!



all right on to my question, I thought the theory was to set more eggs and expect a lower hatch rate. this hatch is almost a 100% I'll get back to ya on the 4 that are left. what the heck? well one thing, if all 12 of them hatch my new chicken count will be 14~10 month olds, 13~3week olds and 12~ days olds. notice anything? 14,13,12..

OMWord that = 39 chickens

talk later there a storm rolling in

 

[Khyree]

Congratulations!

That's a fantastic hatch!

after my last hatch not going so well i swore that this time i would not open the top for anything from beginning to end... (except for once where i did candle ONE egg and my dear hubby scolded me

)so i'm not sure how many i'm supposed to be getting... but i'm happy with what i've got for now

last night...

this morning...

how many do you count? i think there are 12.. (also trying to figure out how many of each i have out... in the bator i had golden laced cochins, b/b/s slikies, ameraucanas, araucanas, and 1 phoenix, + a couple silkie/ameraucana silkie/welsummer mutts but none of those have hatched yet... i'm wondering whether our egg shells are too thick)

you'll also see that it's been having a bit of trouble holding at 99 since the little ones have started popping out... last time it was spiking... this time it keeps dropping... i even keep 3 towels on it for insulation (keeping one hole uncovered)

 

[clothdiaperingmom]

I woke up this morning to 2 chicks. YAY!!! Finally, 1 out of a green egg! And I was thinking another green had pipped before I went to bed....have to check that in a minute.

And another in a brown egg is zipped (can see it in the pic)......just waiting now.
Nothing on the white eggs yet, or the other greens.

 

[clothdiaperingmom]

Here is the 3rd hatching.

I cant seem to find the other green that I thought pipped lastnight. But since going in there last time, another green egg had pipped, and on the wrong end again! (I could swear there were 4 green eggs in there, but Im only seeing 3 now. what??)

Anyway, fingers crossed this green egg is out before we leave. STILL nothing with the white eggs, and all of those were moving at last candling (4/27).

 

[TXmom]

Great pics everyone...Congrats on all the new babies!

My little Sammie is still being a great nurturing mom, and all 7 babies are thriving.

They're still so tiny even though they're almost a week old. I'm just not used to Bantam (or at least 1/2 Bantam) babies...so tiny and so cute! Here's an updated pic...the babies love to use Mom as a jungle-gym...and she sits "tall" watching her babies running around her:

 

[clothdiaperingmom]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWwww, now thats cute!

 

[raimnel]

I now have 9
Here's some

aaawww! Kisses

all the pics are sooo cute!