Pipped!

[MrsC]

How exciting Kirsty! Let us know as soon as and lots of piccies please!!!!!

[RichmondHens]

More coming soon too! God i need the electric bill like a hole in the head but hey, its almost as much as you can have whilst still being legal!!!!

That's why I use broodies Bramble, much cheaper!!!!! But seriously, I know you are producing on a much larger scale than me so have to use incubators.

I haven't started "the process" yet this year, but soon, soon .............

[kirsty b]

I had to help mine as one of the chicks had been pipping for so long and the membrane had all dried up, I just put a few drops of warm water in the egg every now and then to make the membrane still moist.

So exciting. Ive got some eggs arriving tomorrow

Thats what we had to do with this one - with heart in mouth I might add. Have felt queasy with worry that I would harm it all day, or that it might die.
Water pan in incy is topped up, and to prevent others drying I have a damp cloth in there too to keep humidity.
Both of other eggs have tiny holes in them now, so I'll go to bed soon and leave them to it. Tomorrow was hatch day, so this one was early, and I was worried that yolk would not have been absorbed, but it has. I'm a basket case with baby animals of any species - when Boo had pups I didn't sleep for 6 weeks.

Its yellow, and still looks rough. Will take pics tomorrow when its dried out and had a rest.

[RedThorn]

resist the temptation to keep opening the incubator too, to keep the humidity up.

It's tomorrow now, where's our pic's!

all the best and a complete mix of surprise eggs too! Brilliant.

[Bramble-Poultry]

we do hatch on a large scale, but especially this time of year you put loads in as the fertility is unproven. so you hatch (or try to hatch) loads to ensure you get a good rate.

this year we are concentrating on "pretty" large fowl such as several colours of cochin, some orpingtons and utility birds like Dorking and Sussex. Then the fun really starts with the bantams as we are going into the belgians with a gusto after hatching a few last year. We currently have various sablepoots and barbu in the incubators to bring in fresh blood, and a few "special" birds for some outcrosses to bring in new bloodlines and colours.

[RedThorn]

Nice BP, cannot wait to see the pic's of all your hatchlings

[matthew2riches]

Good to hear! Glad your having better luck than my first bunch this year lol.