Surprise!!!

I am really, really new to hatching eggs. In fact the ones in the incubator are my very first batch. I was supposed to take the turners out tomorrow, and I was supposed to see my first home-hatched chickies on Monday.

Well - I guess those eggs didn't read the manual. I did my usual peek throught the lid about noon, and was sure I heard a "peep, peep". As I still have turkey poults in the house, I shrugged and thought nothing of it.

Well, I heard it again - so lifted the top a bit, and YES!!!! There is a chickie struggling to get out of the shell. Now I am on pins and needles to know if s/he is going to make it OK.

I took the turners out, raised the humidity and lowered the temp a tad so now I am just waiting. More on this exciting development when there is "Breaking News"