setting today 9/15/11 - anyone else?

[lincolnsilkies]

Well i finally got my incubator settled down and now its at the right temp so far non have pip so hope all goes well 2 days to go!!! we shall see good luck with ur hatches!!

 

[Melissa Rose]

First Black Copper Maran Chick is out all by herself and quite nicely

4 more pipped and two are in a zip race

 

[dwegg]

yay Melissa... hatching thoughts for the rest...great news... I found that the marran eggs were thick and my chicks had a hard time getting out of...but most did and I had to help 4...

Today I still have 1 chick and 3 zipping and 1 pip by the time I had to leave for work...

 

[CarolJ]

I had decided that today I'd throw out all the eggs that hadn't hatched. Woke up this morning - and another one is zipping. Lesson learned: Don't be too quick to give up!

 

[Cattitude]

One more hatchling in the incubator this morning; that means all 11 of my eggs that made it to lockdown have hatched, for a 100% rate in the hatcher. 11 of 15 that were fertile hatched, for a 73% rate on the fertile eggs! The combo of dry incubation and keeping my fingers out of the hatcher is definitely a winner. I'll be using it from now on!

 

[Melissa Rose]

Thanks for the tip

I'll keep a close watch for sure! Now the orps are piping

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[dwegg]

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Yes the shells were nice and thick and my girls are so beautiful and big now and their eggs have almost doubled in size since they started laying...my marran sisters are very tame also and have a lot of spunk...I didn't think i would like them as much as I do

 

[Melissa Rose]

We have 4 definite black copper marans babies one blue marans

and one lavendar orpington

So far..........

 

[lincolnsilkies]

Of course i am at work and my daughter went home for lunch from school today and so i called her told her to check the temp and humidity level on the incubators next thing i know she screams in my ear their tweeting their tweeting i can hear them lol n e ways she was all excited now i cant wait to leave work! since this is our first hatch it would be nice to be there!! I may have to call into work tonight!!

 

[Melissa Rose]

4 Black Copper Marans

one Blue Copper Marans

6 Lavenedar Orpingtons

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