Setting tomorrow tonight (I think)
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Day 20 is over soon...day 21 rolling in and still nothing. Blah.
How long should I give it before I pull it out?
How long should I give it before I pull it out?
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
Just put all 31 eggs in lock down... now if I can just get a webcam that will work
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
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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.
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.
My first of 9 hatched today at 7:21.
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!!!
Edited to add pics of my very first baby birdie!!!
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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.
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.
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