Setting Eggs 3/10 or 3/11 - Join Me?

[Cattitude]

What a cutie!

I'm keeping my hands off the 'bator... they're due tomorrow... my hands are itching... must obey the writing on the styro... DO NOT OPEN THE LID!!!... so tough to do!

Here's a pic of the new guy (a Buff Orpington):


There is a series of pip to chick on my blog.

 

[AngelaPenny]

We have one, I'm just on my way out the door, so I'll post pictures when I get back.

3 more pips, so fingers crossed

 

[Stevenson]

Well...even after my broody hen died and the eggs were left unattended....I have 3 chicks hatched and the remaining 4 eggs have all pipped!!

 

[adobechicks]

no pips yet!!! getting worried

 

[mkcolls]

We have a chick, Buff Brahma roo/BO hen. Looks just like your's serinat. Sooo cute!!

The funny thing is that it is not one of the two pips from this morning. This one must have pipped on the underside of the egg first and zipped very quickly. The pipped areas on this am's pipped eggs are just starting to enlarge tonight.

Charging the battery on my camera. Pictures to follow if I can get it to load.

Tomorrow promises to be exciting.

Our SS broody stayed on the nest all night, we ended up putting a total of 8 eggs under her.

 

[serinat]

Well...even after my broody hen died and the eggs were left unattended....I have 3 chicks hatched and the remaining 4 eggs have all pipped!!

Hurray!

 

[serinat]

no pips yet!!! getting worried

Be patient! (Hahahahahah, I'm terrible at this.) Sometimes they make you wait, and it all happens at once.

 

[serinat]

We have a chick, Buff Brahma roo/BO hen. Looks just like your's serinat. Sooo cute!!

The funny thing is that it is not one of the two pips from this morning. This one must have pipped on the underside of the egg first and zipped very quickly. The pipped areas on this am's pipped eggs are just starting to enlarge tonight.

Charging the battery on my camera. Pictures to follow if I can get it to load.

Tomorrow promises to be exciting.

Our SS broody stayed on the nest all night, we ended up putting a total of 8 eggs under her.

Congrats!

Our first two pips from this morning still haven't enlarged or zipped, either. They're just taking their time!

 

[serinat]

Update here:

We have two chicks! Second one (another Buff Orpington) finally hatched around 8 p.m. There are over a dozen pips, can't count them all. With 28 crammed into the Brinsea, it's going to get interesting!

So far, the two hatched are super cute - they nestle in between the eggs and fall asleep. Sometimes I can only see their heads between the eggs, and it's just a perfect picture. Every time I go check on them, they clamor toward the light I'm using to see them better.

My husband and I don't sleep far from where the incubator is. I have a feeling it will be a very noisy night - these two like to talk.

 

[Cattitude]

Congratz on everyone's new babies!

Update here:

We have two chicks! Second one (another Buff Orpington) finally hatched around 8 p.m. There are over a dozen pips, can't count them all. With 28 crammed into the Brinsea, it's going to get interesting!

So far, the two hatched are super cute - they nestle in between the eggs and fall asleep. Sometimes I can only see their heads between the eggs, and it's just a perfect picture. Every time I go check on them, they clamor toward the light I'm using to see them better.

My husband and I don't sleep far from where the incubator is. I have a feeling it will be a very noisy night - these two like to talk.

I have four new babies here and loads of pips! Pictures in the morning, when they're dry and ready to go in the inside brooder.