Hopeful Hatch-a-Long

[tviss711]

My brother says my egg should be named Sharon.

I love that! Sharon it is!

 

[tviss711]

Great news! Sorry if the updates keep spamming everyone this is my very first hatch and these eggs in particular are special to me since they are the only thing I have left of my first flock.

All eggs are still developing! We could see a few of them kicking, everyone had healthy blood vessels and no sign of quitters, no blood rings and everyone was much bigger than last week! The darker shells were hard to see through, but I could spot some healthy veining so I'm going to assume all is well in there! I still have a lingering fear of wrecking everything during lockdown, but I'm going to come in on Sunday and fill the water reservoir slowly until we get between 65% and 70%; hopefully it will remain that way and I will add a little more if needed as the days go by. For those that have dry hatched in a Nurture Right: should I fill reservoir A during lockdown or B? Or both? right now humidity is staying between 26%-31% in my classroom.

Anyway, here are our eggs!

#1 "Charles" I got a video of him kicking his feet, maybe I'll figure out how to do all that on YouTube so I can show you guys.

#2 "Sharon" Little harder to see she is in one of the darker shells but I got a confident look at the veining to know she is okay!

#4 "Hunnicutt"

#5 "Cluck Norris" A little hard to see but again the veining is good and the shadow has grown from day 7!

#6 "Radar" Much easier to see!

#7 "Nugget"

#8 "Winchester" she was the first one we looked at and she was super wiggly!! The kids were amazed!

ONE MORE WEEK!!!

BONUS VIDEO of egg #4, Hunnicutt, moving around! She seems very busy indeed!

 

[Cheekychook12]

Great news! Sorry if the updates keep spamming everyone this is my very first hatch and these eggs in particular are special to me since they are the only thing I have left of my first flock.

All eggs are still developing! We could see a few of them kicking, everyone had healthy blood vessels and no sign of quitters, no blood rings and everyone was much bigger than last week! The darker shells were hard to see through, but I could spot some healthy veining so I'm going to assume all is well in there! I still have a lingering fear of wrecking everything during lockdown, but I'm going to come in on Sunday and fill the water reservoir slowly until we get between 65% and 70%; hopefully it will remain that way and I will add a little more if needed as the days go by. For those that have dry hatched in a Nurture Right: should I fill reservoir A during lockdown or B? Or both? right now humidity is staying between 26%-31% in my classroom.

Anyway, here are our eggs!

#1 "Charles" I got a video of him kicking his feet, maybe I'll figure out how to do all that on YouTube so I can show you guys.
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#2 "Sharon" Little harder to see she is in one of the darker shells but I got a confident look at the veining to know she is okay!
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#4 "Hunnicutt"
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#5 "Cluck Norris" A little hard to see but again the veining is good and the shadow has grown from day 7!
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#6 "Radar" Much easier to see!View attachment 4038880View attachment 4038881
#7 "Nugget"
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#8 "Winchester" she was the first one we looked at and she was super wiggly!! The kids were amazed!
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ONE MORE WEEK!!!

BONUS VIDEO of egg #4, Hunnicutt, moving around! She seems very busy indeed!

I have the same incubator and I filled up both during lockdown, but the humidity can jump up a bit high when you first fill it, so watch for that
Also in case you didn’t know, keep the ventilation sliding thing open all the way

 

[tviss711]

I have the same incubator and I filled up both during lockdown, but the humidity can jump up a bit high when you first fill it, so watch for that
Also in case you didn’t know, keep the ventilation sliding thing open all the way

That is good advice, thank you. I will slowly fill both chambers until it reaches ideal humidity, and keep the vent wide open!

I set them around 9:30 am on January 15th. So I should then put them on "lockdown" on Sunday around 9:30 correct? Or should I do Saturday evening to be safe?

 

[AinaWGSD]

Go little chickies, go! C'mon Radar!

 

[GreenJay]

Great news! Sorry if the updates keep spamming everyone this is my very first hatch and these eggs in particular are special to me since they are the only thing I have left of my first flock.

All eggs are still developing! We could see a few of them kicking, everyone had healthy blood vessels and no sign of quitters, no blood rings and everyone was much bigger than last week! The darker shells were hard to see through, but I could spot some healthy veining so I'm going to assume all is well in there! I still have a lingering fear of wrecking everything during lockdown, but I'm going to come in on Sunday and fill the water reservoir slowly until we get between 65% and 70%; hopefully it will remain that way and I will add a little more if needed as the days go by. For those that have dry hatched in a Nurture Right: should I fill reservoir A during lockdown or B? Or both? right now humidity is staying between 26%-31% in my classroom.

Anyway, here are our eggs!

#1 "Charles" I got a video of him kicking his feet, maybe I'll figure out how to do all that on YouTube so I can show you guys.
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#2 "Sharon" Little harder to see she is in one of the darker shells but I got a confident look at the veining to know she is okay!
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#4 "Hunnicutt"
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#5 "Cluck Norris" A little hard to see but again the veining is good and the shadow has grown from day 7!
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#6 "Radar" Much easier to see!View attachment 4038880View attachment 4038881
#7 "Nugget"
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#8 "Winchester" she was the first one we looked at and she was super wiggly!! The kids were amazed!
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ONE MORE WEEK!!!

BONUS VIDEO of egg #4, Hunnicutt, moving around! She seems very busy indeed!

very exciting! Keep up the good work eggies!!
Let's grow wiggly Winchester!
Or wiggly Winnie

 

[Slothinc]

Ah! Love the update!! Great photos and the video of Hunnicutt!! I think you’ll be fine putting them in lockdown either on sat evening or sun morning. I have put some in lockdown a day early before and didn’t seem to make a difference. I’m so excited for your hatch!!!

 

[AmericanDwarfChicken]

Great news! Sorry if the updates keep spamming everyone this is my very first hatch and these eggs in particular are special to me since they are the only thing I have left of my first flock.

All eggs are still developing! We could see a few of them kicking, everyone had healthy blood vessels and no sign of quitters, no blood rings and everyone was much bigger than last week! The darker shells were hard to see through, but I could spot some healthy veining so I'm going to assume all is well in there! I still have a lingering fear of wrecking everything during lockdown, but I'm going to come in on Sunday and fill the water reservoir slowly until we get between 65% and 70%; hopefully it will remain that way and I will add a little more if needed as the days go by. For those that have dry hatched in a Nurture Right: should I fill reservoir A during lockdown or B? Or both? right now humidity is staying between 26%-31% in my classroom.

Anyway, here are our eggs!

#1 "Charles" I got a video of him kicking his feet, maybe I'll figure out how to do all that on YouTube so I can show you guys.
View attachment 4038868View attachment 4038869
#2 "Sharon" Little harder to see she is in one of the darker shells but I got a confident look at the veining to know she is okay!
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#4 "Hunnicutt"
View attachment 4038876View attachment 4038877View attachment 4038878
#5 "Cluck Norris" A little hard to see but again the veining is good and the shadow has grown from day 7!
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#6 "Radar" Much easier to see!View attachment 4038880View attachment 4038881
#7 "Nugget"
View attachment 4038883View attachment 4038884
#8 "Winchester" she was the first one we looked at and she was super wiggly!! The kids were amazed!
View attachment 4038886View attachment 4038887

ONE MORE WEEK!!!

BONUS VIDEO of egg #4, Hunnicutt, moving around! She seems very busy indeed!

These chickens are gonna be internet famous by the end of this