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Well, here it is on the night of day 22.
I think it's pretty safe to call it.
Out of 37 eggs that made it to lockdown, 35 hatched, two are just sitting there like a couple of duds. If there's nothing happening by tomorrow morning, I may eggtopsy them just for educational purposes.
I had two chicks that zipped, and then started to get stuck. One was stuck for so long I was sure it was just going to die halfway out of its shell. It had pooped in the shell, and gotten all stuck... I weighed my options and then decided what the heck, give it a shot. I soaked the worst stuck spots in warm water and got the poor thing unstuck. I seriously doubt it will be very hardy, and I may end up culling, but it was an interesting experience, and that's a big part of why I'm doing this. To learn.
All in all I am pretty pleased. For one of those wonky styrofoam incubators, AND having a snafu with the power halfway through, I would be a fool to complain about this success rate.
Wow... I had 2 die in the egg. One zipped halfway and the other just gave up after having a hole in the egg. Poor things. Out of 14 eggs I have 12 chicks... I originally had 24 eggs so I have a 50% hatch rate. lol. Most of my chicks are Leghorns/RIR combo. Cute little buggers. lol.