Posts by Knittycat

I made some updates to my home made incubator! Check out the link in my siggy!

Day 23,  7 hatched and healthy chicks, all but one hatched on days 20-21, one hatched day 22 early, one pipped and died, and nothing else for 24 hours.     Time to give up on the rest?  I have more eggs to set...

Day 23,  7 hatched and healthy chicks, all but one hatched on days 20-21, one hatched day 22 early, one pipped and died, and nothing else for 24 hours.     Time to give up on the rest?  I have more eggs to set...

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I think if two more hatch, especially if one of them is from the local eggs, I won't feel like this hatch was a failure.  I guess I know any hatch that ends with live healthy chick(s) is a success, but I'd be happier if just two...

I know the heat can hurt the eggs.  I was unaware that plain light could too.  I just want to be sure of what I'm seeing!  I'm not planning on leaving it on the eggs for many minutes, just a few seconds to check what's...

Ok folks, what is the best, brightest candler out there?  I mean, I wanna be able to see my bones through my hands when I put my palm over the sucker.  

The humidity issue I've had during lockdown surely hasn't helped things.  The shipped eggs were BADLY mishandled and delivered 3 days late to boot.  I'm glad any of them hatched at all to tell you the truth.  I am very...

Le sigh.  End of day 22.  5 of 14 and 2 of 6 hatched. 1 of 6 piped and died due to malpositioning.  Not great.  I expected a better hatch rate from the 6 local eggs at least!  The shipped eggs were far...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sally Sunshine  oh no! did it drown? It doesn't look like it.  It pipped through the membrane.  The tip of it's beak was poking out, but just the very tip.