setting today 9/15/11 - anyone else?

[dwegg]

I have my first pip...

got home from work and there she was...my first break in the eggs...I only locked down late last night..due Thursday by my count?

I am nervous as this is my first time hatching in egg cartons...we'll see how this goes...now i've had my first pip I expect them all to come out any second...lol

 

[christy0701]

I locked down on sunday and I'm waiting. This is such a long process I just wish I would get a pip.

 

[CarolJ]

I have 4 pips on the 7 welsummer eggs I set on September 14th. So excited to get some welsummers. They will join the ten other chicks that hatched Saturday and Sunday (Set Sept. 12th).

 

[dwegg]

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hatching vibes sent your way...

just think...when they do hatch they will be nice and ready and healthy...my temps read 102 at times but I trusted my bator more than the thermometer, maybe that's why they are hatching early for me?

 

[dwegg]

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wow nice hatch...how exciting...was it meant to be a staggered hatch? are they ready for their close ups yet? we want pics of course...

 

[CarolJ]

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It was supposed to be a staggered hatch, but the welsummer eggs were a little delayed, and I was too antsy to get the incubator going. So I started most of my eggs that Monday, and when the welsummer eggs arrived, I added them to the bator on Wednesday. Patience isn't my strong suit!

So far it's working out fine, though.

My two older granddaughters came over last night, and we took their photos with some of the chicks - one at a time with lots of caution to be gentle and to put them right back into the brooder. Here are two of the pics:

So far I have 1 BR, 2 RIR, 3 RIR/NH mix, 2 Light Brown Leghorns and two GLW.

 

[dwegg]

wow ...awesome pics...such cute girls with the little chicks...are they the RIR...they look very red...beautiful pics...the girls will always love those pics...

 

[CarolJ]

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Thanks - I'm very partial to those two little girls!

Yes, they are holding the two RIRs. Or it might be the RIR/NH crosses - not sure which one - but they're very similar in looks.

 

[BairleaFarm]

Still waiting on a pip. I hate waiting.

 

[CarolJ]

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Love the bator! Did you make it? How many eggs will it hold?