Setting eggs on 3/7. Anyone else?

[sonoralinda]

YEAH! IT'S LOCK DOWN DAY! DIDN'T THINK THIS DAY WOULD EVER GET HERE! 10 SHIPPED COCHIN BANTUM EGGS LEFT OUT OF 20 AND MY 4 JAPS. HOPING FOR SOME MILLIE FLEURS AND/OR MOTTLED.

 

[JtownCickenCoop]

Congratulations and goodluck

YEAH! IT'S LOCK DOWN DAY! DIDN'T THINK THIS DAY WOULD EVER GET HERE! 10 SHIPPED COCHIN BANTUM EGGS LEFT OUT OF 20 AND MY 4 JAPS. HOPING FOR SOME MILLIE FLEURS AND/OR MOTTLED.

 

[Chick CJ]

Only pull dry fluffy ones. The main point is that you don't want to keep opening the bator. At 48 hours pull the fluffy ones and then when the last hatch and dry, pull the rest. They may very well have all hatched in the first 48 hours.
I like to have mine laying on the floor. It's just my experience, but I find they hatch around the same time if their lightly touching. The movement in one encourages movement in the one next to it. They actually can communicate with each other when they touch.

Okay, thanks. Very interesting about them being able to communicate! Someone else said they line the bottom of the bator with the "mesh" type of shelf liner.
CJ

 

[hockeydad6791]

Well so far I have 7. I thought the first ones were a day early but checking my chart it was 2 days early. Today is hatch day and nothing. Can't complain I got the 7. What has me puzzled is the black chicks. The dad is a Barred rock roo and the moms are red sexlink and New Hampshire hens. The black ones have black feet also.

 

[MEMama3]

Okay, thanks. Very interesting about them being able to communicate! Someone else said they line the bottom of the bator with the "mesh" type of shelf liner.
CJ

shelf liner is good to prevent spraddle leg. If chicks are on a slippery surface, their legs can get deformed and slide out to the sides. My DIY incubator is lined with those foam puzzle mats for kids' rooms and I line the broader with paper towels for the first week before switching to shavings. I like the paper towels because they clean up fast and no one can eat it.

 

[wolfiemum]

Locked down. I am so excited for this very first hatch. I really hope all goes well!!

 

[iamfivewire]

congrats on the hatches

 

[Grillmaster33]

I set a batch in the incubator on the 6th! I have some peeps! (I also have a problem. Anyone still awake?)

 

[MEMama3]

I set a batch in the incubator on the 6th!  I have some peeps!  (I also have a problem.  Anyone still awake?)

I'm here and will help if I can.

 

[Grillmaster33]

I ordered eggs from three different sellers through eBay. Two sets came on the same day. The other set was lost in the mail (Though it was actually sent out first).

I decided to start incubating the first two sets anyway. And a week later, the third batch arrived! I took the chance (it had been a winter storm in our area) and placed them in the same incubator...

...they began to develop.

As excited as I am...I now have the two batches in the incubator (with the automatic turner) and I am going into Day 20! The first wave of chicks is chirping and I need to A). Remove the turner and B) Try not to lose the second wave of babies!