Thursday is the day...We Have a Winner!

[Three Cedars Silkies]

How were your bator temps during incubation? Keep the faith...mine seem to all pip within 12 hours of each other once they got started.

 

[Whistling Badger]

Bator is at just under 100F. We're hoping we counted wrong and today is really the day. I'll keep you posted if there are any developments.

T

 

[pbjmaker]

Is it a still air incubator? I have read several places that you should have a higher air temp in those. It could delay the hatch.

 

[Whistling Badger]

It has a little fan in it, so I assume it isn't still air.

Friday night--still nothing!

T

 

[Whistling Badger]

One of our little critters has poked a hole, and was really talking for a while. He seems to have gone to sleep now. Mrs. Badger is glued to the bator, and she thinks she sees another one moving...but she acknowledges that this might be wishful thinking...

Tom

 

[Whistling Badger]

OK, I'm getting obsessive now, but we just have had them laying flat on the floor of the bator since I took them off the turner. Should we still have them big-end-up somehow? Just want to give the little guys the best chance.

T

 

[Katy]

I hatch mine with them in an egg carton, but at this point in time you should probably just leave them alone.

 

[Whistling Badger]

Well, McNugget #1 burst into the world around 5:15 this morning and immediately started running at full tilt, crashing into things, then *boom* going to sleep. I know we aren't supposed to move them into the brooder until they're dry, but at one point this little dude somehow managed to get himself under the wire mesh in the bottom of the bator and into the humitidy trough under there, spashing around peeping loudly, so I took him out and put him in the brooder, where he is now running around (safely) crashing into things. Mrs. Badger suggests it must be a boy.

McNugget #2 is currently working pretty hard at freeing itself. I can see the shell move as it chips away. Fun to watch--wish I could help. I have this dremmel tool that would take that shell right off, you know.

No signs of life from the others, but we're hopeful.

Keep crossin' those fingers or whatever you're doin'!

Tom

 

[naturemom]

Yay! that gives me hope for my duck eggs that were supposed to hatch yesterday.
Do we get to see pics?

 

[Whistling Badger]

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McNugget #2 is officially no longer an egg! They both seem healthy. I actually was watching when the second one hatched. Got some really cool pictures of the big event. Stand by.

Tom