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

[tfpets]

Day 20 here -

I couldnt do it so my babies may be in trouble - my LG hatcher was not stable - it bounced up to 106 degrees while I was trying to stabilize it, so I just took the 7 eggies off the turner in my Genesis and put them next to it, still in the genesis with the same humidity, but not turning - Its really not safe for them to hatch in there though?

Last night the LG bator settled for 5 hours at 100.8....then to 100.6...this morning it was 99.9 but I had to leave for work....I will see what it is at later. I may go get gas and drive home and check on it (20 minutes home, 20 back, and I have a meeting today at work). I dont want to lose these like I did the NN's last week. I do have a little fan circulating air, so it is okay for the temps, but not too high like that 106 was! And humidity is okay. I just cant do that extreme spike.

This thing calms down - I have to transfer them quickly even though it may kill them - because they will just get hurt on the turner anyhow.

This is my bad hatch week. I will call it "How not to Hatch"

Tina/tfpets

 

[emvickrey]

I am on day 19 myself today. this is my first hatch and all of my eggs are brown ones so I have no idea if they are fertile or not. I did see a difference from the first week till last weekend so maybe something is growing in there. I have had trouble with keeping humidity stable though. I have my fingers crossed to at least get one chick. I have 14 eggs in the bator. It is an older model. Don't know the brand but it is round and metal with no fan or turner. I have been turning them myself 3 x a day.

 

[walkswithdog]

Good luck you guys. My three are still cheeping but not a lot of progress... sigh...

Stay away from the bator..... omg...

 

[chicksgalore]

Peepinglaura, once I took the cheesecloth out, the humidity went down to 80 (yes, only 2 more %), so I cracked one of the windows a few times over the next hour and it would go down to 70 but once I put the window back, it was right back up at 80. So, I decided to stop messing with it and finally went to bed. It came down gradually through the night then and by this morning, it was down in the 60's so I added a little more water and it's been holding at 75 pretty much throughout the day.

I've heard 2 peeps today but no pips that I can see. It is okay to hear peeps without pips right?

 

[chicksgalore]

One of my kids accidentally bumped the bator and the eggs rolled about a quarter way. Hope this won't hurt anything?

 

[Lobzi]

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Same here.... Im expecting babies by the end of the week. Luckily the weather has warmed up and sunny days are predicted. Im looking forward to being a first-time grandmama.

 

[chicksgalore]

Right now about officially starts the 20th day. It's been about an hour since I last checked--better go take a look!!

(it was only an hour ago...)

 

[peepinglaura]

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My one chick is tossing the peeping eggs around like a dog does with a ball. Your son's little roll is surely Ok. Hope mine are too!

 

[chicksgalore]

Congrats!! Do you have any others progressing?

 

[Chickenfeet]

I am on day 19 and can't seem to get anything done, run to the bator, checking on my eggs. No pips , yet. Babies by the end of week, I can't wait!!