Very early hatch

[PoultreeKing]

So i bought eggs from a guy i know, they are backyard chicken eggs, not purebred, i'm sorry i'm not sure what you call them but they are the cheapest of all chicken, the chick here goes for 2$-3$, anyways i put them in the incubator last week on a sunday meaning that today they are 9 days into incubation, and my incubator is right next to my bed. So i woke up this morning to the sound of a chick chirping, and found an egg almost completely hatched, and moments later a chick is born, so my question is wtf?? It's day 9 of incubation!!!

 

[rIrs roost]

Sounds like that egg has been sat on before you got it.

 

[PoultreeKing]

Sounds like that egg has been sat on before you got it.

That's what i thought, but when i got the eggs i let them rest for nine and a half hours before putting them in the incubator, and the chick still survived?

 

[3riverschick]

Well I hope you got your brooder ready!
congratulations! you never know with birds. I don't know it's a mystery but I'm very happy for you !
Karen

 

[ramboas93]

i've had power go out before for 12 hours 14 days into incubation i thought the samething they have got to be dead but i kept incubating just to see what would happen and sure enough 30% of them still hatched. i was quite surprised.

 

[PoultreeKing]

i've had power go out before for 12 hours 14 days into incubation i thought the samething they have got to be dead but i kept incubating just to see what would happen and sure enough 30% of them still hatched. i was quite surprised.

Yes of course some will still hatch you should never give up on chicken eggs, but i don't have my brooder ready yet so i have to work on that, this was quite a surprise. lol.

 

[3riverschick]

A happy surprise though! congrats!!

 

[rIrs roost]

That's what i thought, but when i got the eggs i let them rest for nine and a half hours before putting them in the incubator, and the chick still survived?

I seen somewhere on here where someone brought in a duck egg that had been left by the broody and it was in the 40's I think. Was left out for a day and the person was still able to hatch it.

 

[PoultreeKing]

I seen somewhere on here where someone brought in a duck egg that had been left by the broody and it was in the 40's I think. Was left out for a day and the person was still able to hatch it.

Another one hatched today, it's still only day ten, this is so wierd.

 

[Spiderduck]

That is so cool.
The eggs must have been sat on before.

I wish you the best in rasing them.
Remeber to feed and give water to those who have hatched and keep incubating the eggs who havent yet!!

I wish i had an incubator now.
My hen hatched 5 chicks and got off hr other eggs and we thought they were dead. Because she got off them.