Awww guys I have another update on my chickens lol

I know they’re just chickens and this is silly. But it genuinely makes me excited.

So this is Gary. He hatched today early at day 19 when they take 21 days.

What I’ve noticed is that when your chicks start to hatch and chirp and run around in the incubator it encourages the others to hatch.

So Gary (we don’t care if Gary is a male or a female like Gary could be a hen and we will still call this chicken Gary, there’s a story behind it)

But Gary’s sibling is internally pipped into the air cell and is trying to break the shell. See below. That light space is actually the air cell, and that dark spot is the beak of the chick. I feel like I should explain to those who don’t know what I’m talking about. That air bubble in every egg you’ve ever broken open has a purpose and if the egg is fertile it’s there to be ruptured so the chick can take its first breath, run out of air and be encouraged to break the shell to breathe.

I realize that I have trained eyes for that so I circled the beak

I can see it breathing.

If this booger hatches, I’ll have a 100% hatch rate out of 2 eggs and that’s pretty dang good.

I have a good feeling about it because Gary had no issue hatching so that means conditions in the incubator are perfect.

The air cell and position of the chick is correct.

Things are looking good and I’m crossing my fingers so hard that I will successfully hatch 2 babies.

Some back stories on why I have 2 eggs: I initially put 8 in but only 2 had babies in them. Can’t help that, but I’m hoping he hatches because Gary has been alone and I am having to make him a pocket baby because they will have failure to thrive if they’re alone.

Gary really be riding around with me like this.I don’t think he knows he’s a chicken. I go to him every time he wakes up and chirps so he knows he’s not alone.

I could always just go buy babies at an Atwood’s or supply or some crap but those chicks are sick sometimes and could make Gary sick. I like Gary. So I’m hoping Gary’s sibling hatches soon.

I have like severe depression right now and I didn’t intend for this to help my serotonins come up some so let me have this lol

I have an insane update. But I’m going to save it for tomorrow. I am really impressed with something I just did for this egg because it was dying, I caught it just in time and basically did egg surgery. But I’m going to hold onto that one until I know for sure it’s going to be okay.

For now, egg #2 is breathing again, and chirping. Yet still hatching.