Third attempt at incubating.

[Orpingtons Mom]

Just let them be.

Ok.

 

[aart]

when can I start peeping at them in the shell?

Just let them be.

Wait did you mean making peeping sounds....or peeping visually by candling?
Making broody sounds at them once you hear them making peeps is fun to do and causes no harm if not overdone.

 

[Orpingtons Mom]

Making broody sounds at them once you hear them making peeps is fun to do and causes no harm if not overdone.

Yes.

I had figured out that lockdown means you lock the incubator down, so no opening.

 

[Orpingtons Mom]

Buy chicks. It sounds like this may not be for you.

 

[Orpingtons Mom]

OH MY! One of my eggs is wiggling back and forth!! Something is alive!

NO, I'm not touching it, I'm just sharing. I am looking at the egg.

 

[ladybrasa]

OH MY! One of my eggs is wiggling back and forth!! Something is alive!

Good luck!!

 

[Orpingtons Mom]

I'm so excited! One of my eggs is in labor!! Whhhoooohooooo!

By the way. Here’s a picture of the egg. Do you think it’s a boy or girl?
(yes, duh, I’m kidding)

 

[Orpingtons Mom]

I’m a mama!

Born at 5:00 am. Peeping healthily. Umbilicus may still be attached, so I'm letting nature take its course. Not disturbing. Peeping may help two others...?

Temp is 99.5, humidity 70%, with the vent open. Turning off the light to keep it comfortable.

Update: 6:30 Just saw a pip in a second egg! Yippee. SweetPea (new chick) will have a friend! Hopefully. The secon one’s name will be Blossom.

Blossom is almost out of her shell. She’s out!! Sweet pea is now just waiting, actually Sweetpea is trying to help. Second is completely out of the shell. Whew!

 

[ronott1]

I’m a mama!

Born at 5:00 am. Peeping healthily. Umbilicus may still be attached, so I'm letting nature take its course. Not disturbing. Peeping may help two others...?

Temp is 99.5, humidity 70%, with the vent open. Turning off the light to keep it comfortable.

Update: 6:30 Just saw a pip in a second egg! Yippee. SweetPea (new chick) will have a friend! Hopefully. The secon one’s name will be Blossom.

Blossom is almost out of her shell. She’s out!! Sweet pea is now just waiting, actually Sweetpea is trying to help. Second is completely out of the shell. Whew!

It is nice to have at least two hatch!

 

[Orpingtons Mom]

It is nice to have at least two hatch!

Well, as I watch them I keep singing this song:

"What do you do with a drunken sailor, what do you with a drunken sailor, what do you do with a drunken sailor, early in the mornin'"