Chickwatch!

My first incubator hatch has begun. I spent last night paranoid that I had either turned the humidity up too early and drowned them all in their shells, or that I hadn't turned it up emough and they would all get stuck. But this morning I have 2 pipped eggs and one that is rocking and cheeping for all it's worth! I am worried about the 2 that have pipped. They have a tiny chip of egg removed from them, which was how I found them this morning, but nothing has changed since then. The rocking egg, though it really going for it and has managed to make big cracks across the egg in quite a short space of time (a couple of hours.)

Someone come and reassure me! (Btw I know not to touch for at least 24 hrs.)

Hi Pandora

Don't worry - it can take ages (24h) for them to hatch... just like a watched kettle never boils a watched egg never hatches!  Suggest you leave them to it.  If the temp and humidity are right and the eggs are fertile and from good stock they should hatch.  There is always one who has to hatch first... probably a cockerel... only kidding!

Good luck


Sarah

Our hatch day was tues  :)some do take much longer than others to get out ,i cant get anything done when a hatch is on  ::)can keep away from my incy .My dad sat there for an hour tues night and refused to leave until one hatched,which it did eventually

10 out now - 2 leghorns, 3 marans and 5 legbars. Sadly 3 of the legbars are boys, so there may have to be a quiet word with them while my daughter isn't looking. Not much eating on a legbar cockerel, I think! 2 are still working on getting out - if I end up with 14 chicks from 17 eggs I will be very pleased indeed!

I have been reading allabout your hatching chicks and i just want to say how jealous i am  i wish i could persuade my hubby to let me do it but it is no go