Anyone Setting eggs on 4/10/12??? Want to hatch with me?

[akashia26]

ok as of 2pm today it was day 18 and I have 2 that have pipped. Kind of early for our breed I thought. But one of them you can see the beak sticking out of the hole that he has made. the other is just a little spot. that makes so far 2 of the 11 that made it to lockdown.

 

[ZooNana]

Today is day 21 for me, and its about over, and so far nothing from my 2 eggs that made it to lockdown. I'm close to calling it mission failure and moving on to the next batch to try again. I'm new to this, so I guess I gotta live and learn through trial and error.

No, no it's not over.. give it another couple of days. Just like human pregnancy isn't exactly 9 months to the day, hatching isn't always exactly 21 days.

 

[Kathryn4629]

No, no it's not over.. give it another couple of days. Just like human pregnancy isn't exactly 9 months to the day, hatching isn't always exactly 21 days.

Exactly!

 

[stevearino]

Thanks for the encouragement. I'll give it a couple more days and keep my fingers crossed. I want to candle them SOOOO badly, but I have heard how bad that can be during lockdown, so I'll just be patient I guess and collect a few more eggs from my flock this week for my next batch.

 

[nightowl223]

Thought I'd pop in and announce that, so far, I have......

Nothing.

NO pips at all.

I'll hang in there for another few days, but it looks like I still haven't gotten the issues

ironed out in my homemade incubator.

9 eggs made it to lockdown, though 4 of them looked underdeveloped for their age at the final candling.

Depressing, though... this is my third attempt in this 'bator, and I have 3 different thermometers & 2 hygrometers, plenty of heat-sink water bottles, a way to add water without opening anything, and plenty of ventilation. Thought I'd cured the issues, but I guess not. *sigh*

Anyway, congrats

to those of you with cute little brand new fuzzy-butts

to enjoy!

I'll come back when it's all said and done, to give a final count... even if that count is still zero.

 

[Kathryn4629]

Thought I'd pop in and announce that, so far, I have......

Nothing.

NO pips at all.

I'll hang in there for another few days, but it looks like I still haven't gotten the issues

ironed out in my homemade incubator.

9 eggs made it to lockdown, though 4 of them looked underdeveloped for their age at the final candling.

Depressing, though... this is my third attempt in this 'bator, and I have 3 different thermometers & 2 hygrometers, plenty of heat-sink water bottles, a way to add water without opening anything, and plenty of ventilation. Thought I'd cured the issues, but I guess not. *sigh*

Anyway, congrats

to those of you with cute little brand new fuzzy-butts

to enjoy!

I'll come back when it's all said and done, to give a final count... even if that count is still zero.

Dang, that really is a bummer.

Dont lose hope completly yet. It sure sounds like you have all the right stuff going on in that incubator and all your basis covered. Keep us updated!!

 

[Ilovemyduckies]

Thought I'd pop in and announce that, so far, I have......

Nothing.

NO pips at all.

I'll hang in there for another few days, but it looks like I still haven't gotten the issues

ironed out in my homemade incubator.

9 eggs made it to lockdown, though 4 of them looked underdeveloped for their age at the final candling.

Depressing, though... this is my third attempt in this 'bator, and I have 3 different thermometers & 2 hygrometers, plenty of heat-sink water bottles, a way to add water without opening anything, and plenty of ventilation. Thought I'd cured the issues, but I guess not. *sigh*

Anyway, congrats

to those of you with cute little brand new fuzzy-butts

to enjoy!

I'll come back when it's all said and done, to give a final count... even if that count is still zero.

You're not the only one! I have gotten absolutely nothing, no peeping, no pips, no nothing. I'm really hoping that they are just late hatching. Hoping the same for you

 

[nightowl223]

Dang, that really is a bummer.

Dont lose hope completly yet. It sure sounds like you have all the right stuff going on in that incubator and all your basis covered. Keep us updated!!

Thanks, and I will certainly let you know how it ends.

You're not the only one! I have gotten absolutely nothing, no peeping, no pips, no nothing. I'm really hoping that they are just late hatching. Hoping the same for you

Thanks, and I hope you're right about both of ours.

 

[akashia26]

How long does it usually take for a chick to come out of the egg after pipping? It's going on 13 or 14 hours. started about 1 pm yesterday (may 1) he is hatching at day 18. was wondering ball park figure about how long it usually takes.

 

[hennyandpenny]

my first chick took around 15 hours to hatch vvso be patint thse others where popping oout like popcorn 3 in 29 minutes! a few of ythe are moving now. should iI take out the ones that hatched its been about 12 housrs sinsece