setting eggs on Thurs. Hatch date Feb 4th-who's with me??

[sonew123]

day 20 for me techinically strats at 5pm tonight but I still hear peeping with no pips yet:-( So Im not totallt surprised I saw nothing in baot yet. But I have a feeling that I will when I get home today

COngrats on all the babies guys and seems to me there's ging to be alot more still hatching out...come on babies go go go go go go!!!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

I am just to the start of day 20, just got home from work, I have 4 BLRW pips, 2 d'uccle pips, and 1 d'uccle that's hatched, but still wet!

 

[sonew123]

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Now you cant get any better than that to come home to-unless you have a dog that retrieves a corona for ya too? LOL congrats..Camt wait to see those BLRW's ...

 

[texasgal]

No, but my dog would love to EAT these babies.. It's a real challenge to protect critters in my house ... but we've done it before.

I had to move the bator out of the bedroom last night .. DH needed to sleep. I *YAWN* didn't get much.

I have 17 babies and still more zipping. They are slowing down, though, so I think I have some quitters ..

There are a couple with REALLY BIG MOUTHS!

 

[daps2000]

I have 5 pips this morning!!! so hard to just sit and watch! Life would be great if I could see a pipping on my BCM! that I paid big bucks for ... All the pipping is coming from my hens eggs!

 

[texasgal]

My marans eggs ALL pipped more than 24 hours after the others ... I don't know if that means anything, but they are also the last ones I have that are still hatching..

Maybe they just cook a little different, or longer, or have to be stronger to get through that ded-gummed hard shell ...

 

[sonew123]

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Yes-they do take a little longer from what Ive read and heard-thickness of shell and membrane? Patience is so hard at this stage especially after youve seen them pip the shell so long ago--

 

[texasgal]

A couple of fuzzy butt pictures .. (I did the feather duster thing .. they love it..

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[Joyryder]

Congrats everyone! pips and peeps and cute little chicks. Looks like everything is going well.

I started lockdown last night. I didn't candle but nothing smelled bad. Turner is off and dividers removed. I added water, the humidity was at 34%. It reached 44% by morning so I added a sponge. It was up to 62% within 40 min. I'll have my DH check it while I'm at work. I was told silkies hatch in 20 to 20.5 days, so I added them to the bator 14 hours after setting my BCM eggs, so I would have the same lockdown timing for both groups. Is that thinking correct? What should I expect by the end of day 19?

Joanne

 

[sonew123]

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Hey Joanne,

Silkies may take a tiny bit less time to hatch than others-but I have not had that experience-in fact I have the opposite-they've hatched last...Ill let you know though because I have 4 of my silkie eggs in and today at 5pm is day 20!!! I hear peeping but saw nothing before I left for work...AT the end the very end of day 19-if all has gone well you should and "might" be able to hear a few "peeps"...dont be surprised if it doesnt happen until morning of day 20 though...