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My hatch was complete on Saturday 3/30. 17 hatched out of 22. One died during zip, another had piped or the egg got cracked during the hatch. The last two hatches were difficult. The first had some crazy goo coming out of it and I thought it was dead but it started zipping so I left it go...

I am trying to get another photo, but with 15 chicks now in the incubator I can't get a good shot. It looks like it might have piped at another location since the last time I checked. I am really hesitant to open the incubator to take some of the chicks out and make things worse. I now have...

Most of mine have hatched. Been at it all day. This one looks pretty bad. Is this shrinkwrapping or something else?

This morning I have 15 pipped out of the 19 left. 2 are close to zipping and someone's chirping away. How am I going to get any work done today.

It's happening! First pip.

Lockdown yesterday, no pips this morning. I had to block off my view of the incubator so I would stop staring at it. I know they are not due to hatch till Saturday but that is soooo far away. I'm obsessed and so glad I have somewhere to share with people who understand.

I put my incubator in lockdown this morning for my barnyard mix eggs. I think I probably should have done it yesterday but I am still struggling with the timing, do you do lock down at the beginning or end of day 18? Once I removed the turner I notice about 3 or 4 eggs are rocking slightly...

Did my day 14 candling yesterday and didn’t pull any. Had three that I wasn’t sure about. They were blue and olives and they are so hard to see through. Looking forward to taking one more peek on day 18 at lockdown. Get excited for hatch day next Saturday. Can’t wait to see everyone’s...

I set 22 eggs from our barnyard last Saturday. One white egg was infertile and another egg had a blood ring so down to 20. This is only my second hatch so I am still learning what to look for when candling. I have a lot of blues and olives so it has been a challenge to see much. I have a...

March 9th would be a good date to set my second batch this year of BYM chicken eggs. My first batch is on day 4 now. I am new to incubating and am learning so much here. My daughter wants a flock of laying hens to sell eggs. We have raised meat hens the past two years and are looking...