Good Morning All!
"Slept" in the living room a few feet away from the incubator - got up several times to check on the eggs/chicks. Watched and videoed the 2nd chick hatching at midnight!
I now have 3 chicks and 7 pips! Two EEs and one Dominuque. I think "Michael Jessie" (Blue Andalusian/EE mix) is the dad to two of the chicks, because there's evidence of the "blue" gene.
The Dom mix is a beautiful silvery gray - can't wait to see how that feathers out with the barring gene in there too.
The 2nd EE (came from a green egg) is all yellow - no stripes and has a small rose comb
- that's strange because the only roo with a rose comb is the GLW, and he wasn't with any of the EEs during the week I collected eggs to hatch.
The three chicks are quite vigorous - they're hopping over the sides of the containers the eggs are separated in! At one point, they all hopped were snuggled together, side by side, resting their heads on the unhatched eggs.
I, too, I'm not sure if the humidity is too high. It's staying around 70% + but the window doesn't have any condensation. The first chick's back is still a little wet/sticky. (hatched 2/28 @ 7pm EST) Is that an indication that it's too humid in there? I thought it was supposed to be around 55%-65%.
Congrats to all the others who have pips and chicks! It's going to be a fun day! I'm so glad I took the day off.