Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[CluckNDoodle]

Milagro has been reunited with mama. So far so good. The other chick looks good, too! Cute n yellow. Not sure what I'm going to call her yet.
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Third egg is pipped! Hoping it doesn't look like either of the other two chicks so I can tell everyone apart. Fingers crossed she stays a good mama, this has been such a good experience so far!

Yay! I love a happy ending!!
Usually by now you would know if she were going to be crazy. I can't wait to see update pics once she's up and they're all dry!

 

[AusHen]

The chick that pipped it out! It's a black OE, Will try and get a photo later. From what I can see two other chicks have pipped
Edit, make that three

 

[smfarman]

Viability starts to drop after 10 days but it's not like 100% of your hatch will be ruined. You just might not have as many develop as if you had set them within the first 10 days. Good luck!

Thank you I'll try to stay in the 10 day window then

 

[AusHen]

My incubator has very wonky plastic that makes it super hard to get photos but this is chick #1.

I'm up to 5 more pips, 4 normal pips and one on the wrong end

 

[AusHen]

My Welsummer just hatched, it's a girl!!
But now I'm worried I didn't make enough room for the three eggs seperated next to it.. I have 4 other pipped eggs throughout the incubator so can't do anything

 

[AusHen]

Omg the Welsummer based OE just used it's siblings eggs to jump the barrier and is now chilling with the eggs of my Marans based OE haha. This barrier has been a complete fail but I will learn from it

 

[abpatchy]

Omg the Welsummer based OE just used it's siblings eggs to jump the barrier and is now chilling with the eggs of my Marans based OE haha. This barrier has been a complete fail but I will learn from it

sporty little one!!

 

[Erba]

So as I expected, not a single egg made it, from my "I messed it up"batch. To be fair, because I lost another chicken, I got mad and just threw them in from the ones I had in pantry.

The second batch I selected the ones I wanted, as they were laid and kept them in the fridge around 10°C. From the 10, two weren't fertilised, and one had a blood ring. But the seven are looking good. They are in the incubator that you have to hand turn the rolls with a string, so no slacking off and forgetting, so maybe just the incubator for forgetful me!

 

[abpatchy]

Too bad...and I am sorry you lost a chicken.
Good luck with the 7... it's a lucky number, no? You could set your cell phone alarm to remind you to turn. Gosh, that makes me so grateful for my Heka... I would have lost out if I had to remind myself to turn the eggs every day!!!

 

[Phillyndilly]

Hello all I believe I hurt the chick when making a breathing hole but I fully believe it was going to die anyway so I’m upset but more upset about another factor.
I feel I need to warn new hatchers.
I opened a few of my eggs I did not want to but I had to know. ALL of these babies were shrink wrapped.
I live in New York State the climate and my home are dry right now. I have a pellet stove I know this is a factor even though I was told it was not. I was told by many many people on here dry hatch is best. I posted many times on different forums about my humidity and was told to keep it low. Now that may be true for people who live in places with a higher humidity but if you are in my area or somewhere that is very dry now. PLEASE do not keep your humidity as dry as me. I should’ve kept it at about 50 and if I saw the air cells were small I would’ve just let the humidity drop which would’ve been very simple as it was such a chore to keep it up.
I didn’t follow my instincts and a bunch of innocent babies died because of it.
Right now I can not prove for sure that it was the humidity, but this next hatch I will be starting today I will keep higher and I have a very good feeling my results will be better.
I appreciate all the advice I have gotten and it is no fault but my own to have when against what I felt was right but among so many people who are saying low humidity is best I want to please say take your area into consideration please.
I’m happy I have some healthy babies I am praying this next hatch will go better.