Setting eggs May Day 5/1 want to join me?

[countrygirl911]

i now have 4 pips three has made a little process

 

[countrygirl911]

its zipping its zipping

 

[countrygirl911]

its out its out

will post pic later it is an americauna now have to wait till it is fluffed out to see if it is a black lavender split or lavender it is very wet

 

[ItsAZOO32]

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Hooray!!! Hope I will join you soon! May have heard a peep a moment ago. No pips yet however

 

[joneus]

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Congrats!

 

[joneus]

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Mine does the same thing!! I think it has to do with the babies creating heat and the moisture hanging in the air retaining heat. I usually get temp spikes during hatch.. have to watch it closely.

That makes sense. Between that post and now, I've had to go the opposite way: remove the towels, adjust the vents and manually control the light bulb for a couple of hours. Now its back down to 98.6.

I also noticed that when the temp is "right" (in the 99-100 range) the fluffed out chicks head for the far corner and start panting. Who do I "favor" in this case? The hatched chicks or the pips? The humidity is now staying at a steady 70% all by itself.

*sigh*

The good news is that I'm only really waiting on 1 now, and every so often I see a beak and hear a chirp. Not much longer! The one that didnt pip still hasnt (unless the pip is on the underside? does that ever happen). SO- given that the older ones are clearly too hot, should I move them all to the brooder after the last chick hatches & fluffs up, and just take a chance on the egg that hasnt pipped? I want to give it some more time, but not at the expense of the rest of them.

Thoughts?

 

[countrygirl911]

2 are out

they both look to be lavender

 

[1muttsfan]

All right countrygirl!

I have 4 now and one starting to unzip, can see at least one pip too

Joneus how sure are you that your thermometer is accurate? Most have an accuracy range of +/- 2 degrees, which means it could actually be 2 degrees (or more) higher than you think. It wil not hurt the chicks that are out to let the temp go down a little, and probably not the one hatching either.

 

[jnkir7]

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ok out of 38 eggs i have 32 and still going i had one when i went to bed ill get pictures later, best hatch i ever had ,

janie

 

[countrygirl911]

3 out and 1 piped