Who's Starting the 3-Day-Wait Today?

[chicksgalore]

Cool Beans! Best of luck to you. I am going to go and take out the cheesecloth now and probably spend some more time just staring at the eggs (I was tired just a bit ago...)!

 

[Jamie821]

I have 14 marans 5 blue ameracaunas 2 silkies and 6 platnium cuckoo marans due Thursday. Just went into hatcher. Good luck to all and hatching vibes sent your way. I also have 27 BLRWs and SLWs due to hatch on april fools day so I am going to be busy busy busy.Then on the 4th Bcs so I will be living on this forum to keep me busy.

 

[suenrob]

It's day 20 and I have 8 out of 40 already hatched and fluffy. Lots of pipping and zipping going on!!!

 

[HidingInTheHenHouse]

Ooooh!! I am so jealous!! I'm starting day 20 now, and so far, nothing happening. I think some may have moved a little, but I'm hatching in an egg carton for the first time, so it is pretty hard to tell.

Now I'm just messing around on here, trying not to look!! I know very well that I might not even have a pip until tomorrow, but it is hard to hear of other people's eggs already hatching that are on the same day as me!!

This hatch has 7 shipped Black Copper Marans that I'm really hoping make it.

 

[chicksgalore]

I saw at least half of my 25 eggs moving last night but still no pips this morning. I hope that isn't a bad sign. Anyway, I took out the cheesecloth and that only brought my humidity down to 80% so i cracked open a window a few times but each time I put the window back in place, it rose back to 80%! By this morning it was down to 75 and right now it's at 68, so I might try to keep it somewhere in there. Where do you all have your humidity at?

 

[suenrob]

This is my first time in cartons too, so far so good!!

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Day 20 I have pips in the Brahmas!!

 

[peepinglaura]

Chicksgalore, did your humidity go down?

I'm really worried about one egg. There was chirping and a pip, but the pip looks the same tiny size this morning and I don't hear chirping. It's killing me not investigating, but frankly I don't know what I'm doing and could only make things worse. It's so hard to sit on my hands.

 

[HidingInTheHenHouse]

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I have mine at 80-85%. I know that is considerable higher than most people on here do, but I've had trouble with chicks getting stuck to shells and not being able to get out when I keep my humidity in the 60s or 70s. But everyone's situation is different, and it is best to figure out what works well in you own individual situation.

 

[Hooterville]

I moved my 15 cuckoo marans from the bator to the hatcher last night. Could have sworn I saw two tiny pips, but didn't want to open the hatcher to get a better look!

I'm at work today, scared to death that my humidity will go down during the day. It was at 68% when I left this morning.

I can't believe I've set myself up for 2 weeks of hatching! I'll have no hair left when this is over and then I'm going to do it all again!