Too Early for Feb Hatch-A-Long Thread??

[wolfwalker]

Is it normal to just stare at the eggs once you put them into lockdown?? Because I can’t stop looking at them checking for pips.

Nah, that's not abnormal at all.

Now if and when you set up 3 cams that stream live, differing angles of the incubator and download the phone app so you can check on them as often as you want when not around or doing farm chores.

then you might have a....

Wait a moment

that's me.

Sorry move along

No over the top hatching happening over here.

 

[FortCluck]

What’s the earliest day you all have seen pips or even seen egg movement or heard peeps?

Day 19... But the chick came out with the yolk attached, not the brightest chick on the block. It was a hot mess. It's better to not rush them.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

Day 19... But the chick came out with the yolk attached, not the brightest chick on the block. It was a hot mess. It's better to not rush them.

Poor baby! Yes totally not in a rush. Just might ease off the checking every 2 mins and save it for tomorrow. Lol

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

I've had a few day 19 hatchers. Mostly bantams but one or two standard sizes chicks too. I consider it unusual and can usually pinpoint the cause.

Remember it's can be 24 hours from internal pip to external pip. Then another 24 hours from external pip to zip. So even if you're seeing some action early they still might hatch on day 20/21.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Nah, that's not abnormal at all.

Now if and when you set up 3 cams that stream live, differing angles of the incubator and download the phone app so you can check on them as often as you want when not around or doing farm chores.

then you might have a....

Wait a moment

that's me.

Sorry move along

No over the top hatching happening over here.

That's the best! I wish I could rig up something like that. I'd never put my phone down

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

I've had a few day 19 hatchers. Mostly bantams but one or two standard sizes chicks too. I consider it unusual and can usually pinpoint the cause.

Remember it's can be 24 hours from internal pip to external pip. Then another 24 hours from external pip to zip. So even if you're seeing some action early they still might hatch on day 20/21.

Haha ok so maybe I should keep checking every minute. When they internally pip, is that when you can sometimes hear them chirping? How else would I know if they internally pipped?

 

[LilyD]

Not sure why but I stopped getting notifications for the thread and lost 20 pages of posts.
I set 18 eggs last night and hopefully I’ll get 4 more this morning to put in. still a February hatch if all goes well.

Same here no updates at all. It's weird.

 

[LilyD]

I am using the Little Giant incubator and I have 8 chicks so far, another is zipping and waiting on the last 3. The water I put in the bottom to up the humidity is getting kinda nasty, should I change it or just leave it? They started hatching the night before last.

I usually change it in between staggered hatches. I have one that will hatch out on the 12th the next after that is the 16th which gives me a few days to clean out the incubator and the liner. I use a Hovabator styrafoam incubator so similar to a Little Giant. I have the plastic liner for water underneath and will take it out and spray it out then wipe it clean and put it back in. It gets a big cleaning and disinfecting at the end of hatching.

 

[LilyD]

Nah, that's not abnormal at all.

Now if and when you set up 3 cams that stream live, differing angles of the incubator and download the phone app so you can check on them as often as you want when not around or doing farm chores.

then you might have a....

Wait a moment

that's me.

Sorry move along

No over the top hatching happening over here.

Right there with you. I don't watch the eggs but have a camera set up in the hatcher that I'll turn on while I am at work so I can get my baby fix while not home. If I had enough cameras though to put one in the incubator one in the hatcher and one in the brooder....I would never get anything done lol.

 

[LilyD]

Candled tonight with my new candler it's definitely brighter. I am seeing growth in the 4 eggs that go into lock down on Sunday. It's getting pretty dark in there. Hoping the air cells are losing enough. It's amazing the difference first video is eggs at 13 days. Second video is of an egg at 8 days. I only set around 6 eggs on the 27th and I think I have 3 or 4 that are fertile and growing. So my fertility is slowly getting better. I will add their daughters back to the group and potentially a few other girls so I have enough I can add one more rooster to the bunch and make sure all the ladies are giving fertile eggs.