Setting Eggs On March 7, anyone else??

[Akpheng]

Out of the eight eggs i set on march 3rd, seven hatched. The batch of 30 that i set on march 6th 3 are pipping. Hopefully i get a high hatch rate on this one also..

 

[aurelia]

Hi! I need your help! 2 out of my 7 remaining eggs started moving around! What do I expect from now on! What's the time schedule? And most important, my hydrometer seems to have stuck on 40%, no matter how more open water surface I have in the incubator... Should I spray the eggs with water? Someone told me that's how they used to do it at the past....
Any ideas are welcome!!!

 

[destin0709]

I heard to put wet paper towels in the bator corners. Don't know if that will help you. I did this time and mine is staying between 65-67%. One of mine pipped last night and pipped a little more early this morning then nothing again. My last batch if you whistled sometimes they would chirp or peck at the egg, this ones being very quiet or chirping when I'm not listening and pecking when I'm not looking. I had 2 moving night before lockdown that still haven't pipped yet. I'm trying to be very patient.

 

[destin0709]

1 Mille out, 2 red cochins peeping, 1 white cochin peeping.

 

[Cattitude]

The first little Black Rosecomb didn't make it, but he was an early chick. The second Black Rosecomb is out and looking vigorous! Two more chicks are zipping the shells as we speak. Pictures to come!

Gratz on your baby, and hope the peepers make an appearance soon!

1 Mille out, 2 red cochins peeping, 1 white cochin peeping.

 

[Cattitude]

Two Bantam Ameraucana and one Black Rosecomb chick; I was lucky enough to get a Splash from the Bantam Blue Ameraucana eggs!

I don't yet know if the other Ameraucana chick is Black or Blue. I'm hoping for a Blue. And, believe it or not, I'm hoping for both to be roosters.

One of the Black Rosecomb X Silver Sebrights hatched. It's nowhere near dry, but appears to be Black. Another egg had zipped all the way around but simply could not push itself out of the shell, and died. No shrink wrapping, no excess fluid, fully formed chick in the correct position, so I have no idea why it died. *sigh* But I'm tremendously pleased with the four chicks that I have, so far, from the 3/7 batch; especially since two chicks are from shipped eggs!

Three chicks in a quart vanilla flavoring bottle (third one is in the booth in the back in the corner in the dark):



Rosecomb X Sebright:

 

[azhenhouse]

I have 1 egg it's kinda oblong instead of normal shape like the others. I've been looking at candling pics all day and all show eggs fuller around this time no space on bottom. And I know the eggs get fuller and harder to see threw towards lockdown but this 1 egg has the airspace on top, but I also see space at bottom that if you shine light threw you can see chick is in middle. Is that normal for day 17 or could it be behind the other eggs or will it drown when it goes into lockdown tomarrow? Some of the eggs have little spaces at bottom but look full, but this one has the size of the airspace at top on the bottom also, kinda like the chick hasn't filled the egg. The chick is still moving so hope all is ok. Anyone else have this happen?

Did this chick make it? We had an egg like it but I didn't see it moving so I pulled it out of the incubator. I hope it was dead because I would hate to think I pulled out a viable egg.

 

[destin0709]

My mille is out and I grabbed him out once he dried cause he was stomping on everyone. And now he's peeping like crazy unless I talk to him then he'll look up at me. LOL I am waiting for 4 more to finish out of their shells and 6 of my sister-in-laws still need to pip and 4 more of my cochins.

 

[Cattitude]

More fuzzy butts!

Mom, watch that flash!



She got me again!


Look out below!

 

[Contrastphoto]

Awww so cute! Still quiet in my bator. My 3 year old keep watching it.