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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Ron says he remembers it taking a whole day to complete hatching.  My 
memory wasn't that good.

B, who loves the sound of chirping babies

EarthNSky wrote:
> It is day 20 of incubation, and I heard some chirping-not pipping, but
> chirping..so I looked and I have 6 eggs (of 28 in the 'bator) hatching.
> One chick has his beak all the way through and is chirping and breathing
> air.  The other five have just busted off part of the shell, but the
> membrane still is intact.  It has been 50 minutes since I first noticed
> the chirping, and I haven't seen any change.  I'm worried.
> I have forgotten so much and it's been quite a number of years since I
> hatched eggs in the house.  Refresh my memory on how long this is
> supposed to take, to go from breaking the shell to walking around?
> I've misted and even though I don't have a way to measure humidity, I
> think it is pretty high, in the 90's as I have condensation on the
> hovabator window.
> Bev, excited...


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