Trying to decide if I should take off work for hatch...

i am on my 2nd day of work and would not of mist it for the world

 

Uh . . . yes!

Reality check. If you can afford to take a day off, then do it and keep us posted!

 

LOL! They will totally be ok. You, on the otherhand will be a nervous wreck. I took off to see my chickies hatch it was SO EGGCITING! Its your first hatch and you won't want to miss any of it. Even my DH was obsessed with checking the incubator AND the broody which both had eggs set ont he same day.

Totally, if you can afford to, DEW IT.

 

I wouldn't, it would be too tempting to tamper with the incubator as the chicks are hatching. I find it better if I'm away from home while chicks are hatching, that way I'm not tempted to open the bator to check on the chicks and risk shrink wrapping the rest.

 

yes, yes, yes...I did for my last hatch, they started to hatch Monday when I got home...so I took off Tuesday, nothing more hatched, then they waited till Wednesday for the rest to hatch lol...and am thinking about taking this off Thursday...but they are starting to pip now...what to do what to do?

but ChickieBooBoo is right you must not tamper with the bator...I did on my day off and shrink wrapped my last 3 chicks...saved 2 of them though...

 

Considering it took almost 12 hours for our 1st chick to finally get out of his shell after pipping - I don't know that I would take the time off from work to watch. I tried to watch the whole thing, but gave up for sleep HAHA. If I were you I'd take a pic of the eggs before going to work and then when you get home watch to see what has changed. Take pics before going to bed and then when you wake up. It's fun to watch them hatch out - but it can be awhile before they finally make it out of the shell after pipping. Then again we had one that pipped and was out before I could get the camera to snap her picture.

If you can spare the time - then it's an amazing thing to watch - if you can't spare the time - then just enjoy what part of the process you get to see.

 

X 2 Definetly !!!!


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I planned my hatch so that it would happen over a 3 day weekend since I work on weekdays only. I hate missing a hatch. It makes me a nervous wreck to not be here to watch lol.