Who's Hatching in Dec. 2011 ?

[RBahmer]

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It's not unusual to get an early bird, the rest are probably just waiting till they are ready tomorrow.

I've had many hatches over 2 or 3 or more days.

Thank you so much for answering me. I will relax then. I have been so worried. This is my first time incubating eggs and I tried to follow everything to a "T" and then thought I messed up somehow. I feel better now

 

[chickee]

My 5 Ameraucana eggs are offically in lockdown for a Sunday hatch

Every time I hatch it is just as exciting as the first time

Could be why I am a hatchaholic

 

[202roosterlane]

I am. I started a thread for my 107 eggs. Trying to track hatch rate.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=8048831#p8048831

 

[chickee]

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Ooooh! Your chicks are adorable! After Christmas I plan on putting lots of eggs in the incubator from all my new layers

It is very dangerous for a hatchaholic to have a steady, readily available supply of fertile eggs

 

[CapricornFarm]

I walk that line, sell or hatch, keep chicks or sell. I quit putting up chick ads, I want to keep them all! Well, half will be roosters so they will mostly go. Love my chicks!

 

[ozark_chickies]

What cute chicks everyone! I'd like to share pictures of Veronica's hatch. She has five chicks with one egg zipped. The other three eggs don't show any signs of hatching.

Please ignore the date on the photos. I don't know how to set it on DH's camera

. I took these this morning right after I moved Mom and babies out of the nest.

edit to add: I figued out how to set the camera,and one more picture.

 

[EM Squared Farms]

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Aw, thanks so much for sharing pics of your mommy hen and baby chickies !

I love those kind of pics since we take care of the chickies instead of the mother hens outside. It just didn't work out with the ants around here.

They are very sweet.

Thank you !!

 

[littlecreekfarm]

congrats on your chicks everyone!!!

ohhh i wanna candle soooo bad right now but im not sure that i should........................

 

[EM Squared Farms]

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I don't know if anyone answered you yet, but this is what we do:

We always write the expected hatch date on the top of the egg with a pencil (21 days after collecting the egg).

Usually you do hear some cheeping going on before they pip (peck at the egg to break through).
If they take longer than 24 hours to finish hatching, usually we help them out. (very few eggs we've had to help out of over 100) Usually the ones that have broken the line half way around (and missed a spot) and are struggling to come out, we help break the crack open. I'm sure they would have eventually gotten out on their own anyways.

A couple have died in the shell, if they have pipped and then dried out before they could get out ?

But no noise is kind of a bad sign. I would give it a few more days and then pitch them (if it's 2 or 3 days past the 21 days since you first put them in the incubator).

You can usually tell the bad ones because they ooze some yucky stuff through the pores.

The newly hatched chickie sleeps a lot on the first day. Once they are mostly dry (not soaking wet), they can come out of the incubator into a bin with a heat lamp.

Hope this helped !

 

[EM Squared Farms]

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Thanks for your pic ! That's a very interesting incubator set up you have. Can you post another pic of the whole incubator ? Ours is a little cheapo styrofoam one, but it seems to do the job pretty well !

Thanks,
Lisa