Missed the Easter hatchalong, anyone else setting 4/10?

[Alaskan]

Our hatch is still slowly winding down.  Last night we came home to 18 chicks hatched and one easter egger that was still trying but not making progress.  I went ahead and assisted that one and s/he is now doing great.  Unfortunately, one of the 19 that we had last night had an opening in the abdominal wall through which intestines were sticking out and had lost a lot of blood, so we culled immediately and one of the 18 that seemed to be doing fine last night was dead when we checked in on them this morning.  But the rest are all dried out and fluffy and cute as can be.  There were 4 eggs that had pipped (one had even zipped...it was that first one to pip when we went into lockdown) but died in the shell.  And 14 more eggs that we left alone.  Three had pipped by tonight.  DH tried to assist one of them, not realizing that it didn't need help, so we covered it with a paper towel and are hoping for the best.  Since today was supposed to be hatch day, we'll leave them until the end of the day Saturday before investigating whether or not they're still alive.

And yesterday we discovered that we have a broody hen!  So now the hunt is on for some barred rock, cuckoo marans, or barred easter egger eggs to stick under her.

Wow! Excitement, wonderful news, and heart break! and

Glad you got lots.

 

[Alaskan]

Oh, the third egg that I know is alive pipped! So, maybe I will get three.

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

Three is what I have pipped right now. Ooo...make that two pipped and one zipping! I've just peeked over saw that one of the green eggs is zipping right along!

 

[Alaskan]

Three is what I have pipped right now.  Ooo...make that two pipped and one zipping!  I've just peeked over saw that one of the green eggs is zipping right along!

Yeah! I love pretty egg colors!

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

The zipping green egg has hatched, and wow, is that chick vocal! It's riled up all the older chicks that were asleep. And now the yellowish egg (is a weird color...definitely more yellow than tan) looks like it's beginning to zip...

 

[1muttsfan]

Looks like my hatch in the first incubator is done, no new chicks since last night, but I will leave them until tonight to be sure.

Always a happy surprise when more hatch than you expected!

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

Looks like my hatch in the first incubator is done, no new chicks since last night, but I will leave them until tonight to be sure.

Always a happy surprise when more hatch than you expected!

A happy surprise indeed. Though I would probably give the eggs until tomorrow morning.

Out of my nine, five (all Easter Eggers) have hatched so far, one is pipped and looks to start zipping at any moment, and three are rocking, and I can hear peeping in one of the Welsummer eggs.
It's funny that all my colourful EE eggs have already hatched out, and now I'm just waiting on the brown eggs....yet they were all gathered the same day and all put in the incubator at the same time.

 

[Alaskan]

@OzarkCountryGirl did the yellow one make it?

I do now have three healthy Dominiques, and there is one last Dominique egg that looks alive....so I will leave it in for a while. The leghorns that were due today are already hatching. There all LOTS more good eggs in the leghorn batch, so this set shouldn't be as stressful for me. One of my rose comb dark brown leghorns has hatched already!

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

@OzarkCountryGirl did the yellow one make it?

I do now have three healthy Dominiques, and there is one last Dominique egg that looks alive....so I will leave it in for a while. The leghorns that were due today are already hatching. There all LOTS more good eggs in the leghorn batch, so this set shouldn't be as stressful for me. One of my rose comb dark brown leghorns has hatched already!

The yellow one did make it. It's an Easter Egger and it looks like it's going to be a roo.
I'm so happy you are having a successful hatch! Such a nice variety, too.

 

[Alaskan]

Have the rest of your eggs made it yet?

My leghorns haven't been super fast. I have three dark and one light hatched and several more pips... The last alive dominique egg is peeping now, but no external pip yet.