Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[70%cocoa]

Pretzel is about to untie himself. Not sure I want him to do it on his own or assist him to make sure yolk is not damaged.

Can you just help him to get his head out? Only the head?

 

[Iain Utah]

That is what I would try to do, but I may wind up hatching him out to get it done.

Thanks for staying with me while at work!! I am sure I will be around when you return... continuing this painfully slow hatching process.

 

[JazminesZoo]

Oh Pinapple N bacon ...... MMmm


Ya You go Utah!

LOL I want pineapple cake! Yours looked yummy!!

 

[JazminesZoo]

love it!

 

[Iain Utah]

Meet speed racer... my early internal pipper... and early hatcher.



In other news, I busted open the other 2 remaining eggs... both shrinkwrapped. One had head facing in towards yolk sac, so I hatched the entire top half, leaving yolk in shell... it is resting now. The other shrinkwrapped kid had internally pipped, but on the flat side of egg (was a droopy air cell). I had to half-hatch to free his head. He seems to be doing well. I got pretzel's head a little more freed from shell, and repositioned it. It seems comfortable now. My bator is looking like a hospital ward! But, I haven't lost one .... yet (although I have my doubts about a few making it).

 

[Iain Utah]

Pretzel has also decided to start hatching out on its own.

 

[Iain Utah]

I got paranoid about the ones that had externally pipped on their own but were not making progress... and they were all shrinkwrapped... so except for speed racer, I have had to hatch out all the eggs. Still a LONG way to go!

 

[Iain Utah]

So, I realized I had not seen any action from the silver apple, so I decided to take a look. It too was shrink-wrapped. So I busted it open too. The first shrink-wrapped baby I found was too far gone, but the rest are doing well. I am now one by one freeing heads from shell.

 

[Iain Utah]

2nd baby finished hatching out by himself at 3:15am. Slowly but surely I am getting all of their heads free.... Slow and steady progress.

 

[Iain Utah]

I know I'm just talking to myself at this point, but even my husband has fallen asleep. Baby #3 finished hatching out on its own at 3:45am. 1st baby is really getting his legs under him and stresses me out to see him knock around the other half-hatched eggs.