Setting tomorrow tonight (I think)

[DMRippy]

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[TeePants]

Day 20 is over soon...day 21 rolling in and still nothing. Blah.

How long should I give it before I pull it out?

 

[DMRippy]

I have read people wait till 25-27 days but

Just put all 31 eggs in lock down... now if I can just get a webcam that will work

tomorrow I will get my third one in 3 days! ALL I WANT TO DO IS SEE THE FUZZY BUTTS HATCH!!!!!!!

The wait begins

The next batch is already growing well and it is only day 4 and no duds yet!!!

Can't wait my first hatch

 

[crazyeggs]

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I would wait at least until day 25 until I tossed them. You may just have some late hatchers. I would candle and see.
Good Luck

 

[DMRippy]

Two have pipped!! Is that what is called when they peck through the shell??

 

[TinyChickenLady]

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Yup! It's a pip! Congrats

I'm hitting day 25 tomorrow and no more hatches. I had some really bad humidity problems so I'm surprised my first 3 hatched at all.

 

[Anarchy82]

My first of 9 hatched today at 7:21.

 

[DMRippy]

4 pipped today and three have hatched already! Since it is so early and my others will not hatch this early should I take them out? They came from the neighbor and where outside for several days, I think that is why they are hatching so early. I could use a vaporizer to keep humidity up, but my hatcher does not lose humidity much and it goes back up quick.

Edited to add pics of my very first baby birdie!!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

UPDATE!!!!
What a story. This is going to sound a little irresponsible but it's so amazing I had to share this.
I posted much earlier in this hatch thread - Post #s 60, 64, 75, 103, 112. I posted pics of the 30 eggs I set and then fretted about temps in the incubator that eventually were as high as 108 and as low as 92.
A week in I gave up when a hen went broody and I put new eggs under her. 4 days later another went broody and I put more under that bird. I opened one of the original 30 eggs to see what was going on and found that at least it was fertile (partially answering the roo question).
The incubator was in a cellar I rarely use but it keeps a steady temperature so that's where I put it. A week in I quit turning the eggs but I was so busy I forgot to unplug the incubator or remove the eggs. I thought about them a few days ago but was afraid I'd have exploders all over the place and couldn't deal with it at the time since I was throwing the LG away anyway.
If the incy had held temperature and if I had continued to turn the eggs not to mention I had completely given up monitoring humidity, they would have hatched on the 8th. Yesterday I had to go into that cellar for some seed I had stored down there and I heard some rustling around. I thought - "Those mice are really bold making all that noise while I'm down here".
I investigated and found 2 chicks running around in the incubator.
I quickly made a brooder, gave them food and water, looked them over and can't find anything wrong with them.
I have no idea how long they were in there but nature will find a way.
When I finally build a bator later this month that works, I won't fret too much about temps and such. These guys will hatch no matter what. They were fried, chilled day after day, not turned, no attention to humidity.

ETA: a pic of the 'never say die' chicks. I'll try to add more later.

The adult Penedesencas (parents of these eggs) went through hell when they were babies. Shipped at 3 days old, Post Office lost them for an extra day, all arrived alive, took them home gave food and water while I set up brooder in brooder shed, 3 hours after arriving hungry and thirsty a thunderstorm brought 4" of rain in 20 minutes and flooded the garage where the chicks were chillin (literally) with ice cold water. I thought I killed them all, most were stiff. I ran them back to the brooder, put them under 2 lamps and ran a hair dryer over them, the ones that looked dead I put in the oven. An hour later they ALL were up running around.
Bullet proof birds.

 

[DMRippy]

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Good for you! Lucky chickens too!