The Great Tolbunt Polish Hatch!! - Babies!!!

[seminolewind]

I have always turned by hand, the past 2 hatches I had a turner and ended up with a total of 3 chicks pipping the wrong end. And talk about germs and getting moved around-I'm sure it's worse under a hen than handling the eggs twice a day. And hens do get off the eggs to eat and so on, so I don't worry much about candling or handling the eggs with clean hands. But who knows?

Anyway, someone is now real lucky with Tolbunts! Oh, I can just dream............

 

[Tonya]

They are adorable wow so so so sweet.

 

[L0rraine]

OMG! Has it really been three weeks?? What a great picture of the one laid back in the egg carton. Keep the pics coming over the next few days (weeks?)

 

[Lolita]

 

[dak]

So happy for you!

 

[LarryPQ]

We will need fluffy pics, of course.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

Congratulations! Heres hoping the other two are just late bloomers and the two you have, at least one is a hen!

 

[Illia]

Still no action on the last two.

I am SO tempted to candle them, or open them, or just make a little pip hole, or. . . .

Usually if an egg takes this long to even pip for me, . . . . It's gone by the time I take it out.

 

[LarryPQ]

Up to you. I always wait, and kick myself for not at least PEEKing....

 

[gckiddhouse]

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I would candle!!

I turn on the shower in a close bathroom and get it all humid in there and then grab the egg and get it in there. Then I feel like I can do what I need to without drying out the membrane.