hatching started, yippee

1 of my eggs has a tiny hole and 1 has a v shaped crack, so so soooo excited looks like things are getting under way.
after all the little problems these eggs have gone through and all the stresses they have given me looks like at least some success is on the way.

Congrats! Hope to see some chick pics soon

fantastic news! ...and I was suggesting chucking them out at one point just as well you didn't listen to me

Hi again. Did you say your eggs are late hatching?. just interested

If these are the eggs that went awol in the post and came on the 14/08 they'll be due tomorrow 01/09 if set on day delivered.


Fingers crossed for a good hatch, Sam

Congratulations!! Yay!!

hi all,
yes these are the eggs being turned manually by a first timer,
yes these are the eggs that went awol in the post.
yes these are the eggs that had some go bad and stinky.
and i thought they were due today as i didn't let them settle for the full 24h as they were late arriving but may have counted wrong ?
and yes these are the eggs that are likely to turn me grey through worry,lol
no further progress yet except i heard a little cheep and nearly cried,lol.
andoy i would have taken your good advice to save the stress but i have a stuborn streak and kids pestering for success. you may have been right, afterall they are not out and in the brooder yet but fingers crossed.

Don't want to contradict you Sam .... but if the japs were set on the 14th there only due tomorrow Monday 1st (18 days after setting) ..... bobs take 21 - 22 days after setting.

Well done! Post some pics when they hatch please.

Sam

feel free to condradict me i am new to this and bound make mistakes.
as i was wrong in thinking it was 16-17 days so thanks for you putting me right on that my eggs stand a better chance of me not giving up too quickly.

Thankyou everyone for holding my hand and advising me through this hatch and to suz for letting me know i got the dates wrong. here is a pic of what i woke up to this morning, 6 gorgeous very lucky chicks

well one Sam

Just or my own curiosity .... are those white Jap eggs or bobwhite eggs?

to be perfectly honest i haven't a clue but one is marked 'butler' and one has either a 'w' or an 'm' so my next question would be what happens if some eggs aren't ready to hatch but the babies are ready to be taken out, do i do it quick as i can and hope or do i leave the chicks in longer than 24 hours?
i will make sure next time they are all the same.

The white ones are bobs then! They take 3 days longer to hatch

oh dear, that gets complicated then.