To be home on hatch day....

[Brooks_]

...I'll need to put in for time off. Does two days before, hatch day, and three days after sound right? Should I put in for more?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Why do you need to be home?
They have hatched without human intervention for millions of years.

 

[FeatherTay]

If you still wanna be home when your chicks hatch even if what chickencanoe said is correct, (i don’t blame you) then yeah sure you can do what you said above. 3 days after seems like a lot of you want to cut it back but if not, go ahead!

 

[Brooks_]

Why do you need to be home?
They have hatched without human intervention for millions of years.

I wanna watch.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I wanna watch.

There will be other opportunities. Is it worth it to miss work?

 

[Brooks_]

There will be other opportunities. Is it worth it to miss work?

Oh, I got the vacation time. And without it, yes it would.

 

[ladybrasa]

I hear yah. I wanna be around to assist if needed. I’m a meddler! But no way I can get a whole day off right now at my work

 

[Brooks_]

It would be in three weeks, if I started today. Screw em, they can get by w/o me just like I got by w/o others.

 

[AntiqueB]

@BrooksHatlen , I understand, especially if this is your first hatch! I spent hours staring at that egg break apart little by little, roll around later on. . . and then when she came out, the peep threw herself at me, looking right into my eyes! I can wax poetic about it, for sure!

I say, go for it!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It would be in three weeks, if I started today. Screw em, they can get by w/o me just like I got by w/o others.

I too understand if this is one of your first hatches.
Sometimes I hatch weekly, I never assist. If I have provided optimal incubation and hatching conditions up to my ability, if they don't pop out on their own, I don't want to reproduce birds that need help to hatch.

When I had a good job, I didn't want to be the one to educate my employer that they could get by without me. Jobs disappear all the time.