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I have not checked to see if she has an egg stuck. Im fairly new to raising chickens myself. How do I check?

I live in Memphis so it isnt very cold yet. Still no changes in behavior. Ive noticed that she doesnt roost with the others at night either.

One of my hens has been acting weird lately. She hasn't laid an egg in about a week, doesnt want to come out of the coop, moves slower than normal, and her comb is a little purple. And I havent seen her eat but I dont stay out there and watch her all day so she might be but just not with the...

I tried to assist a little last night midnight but I just didnt feel comfortable because the membrane looked like it still had bloodvessels. Woke up this morning to a hatched chick :)

But making no progress

Still chirping

Yea it is at the fat end. At least im pretty sure. The egg is actually pretty symetrical making it kinda hard to tell...

Ok thank you for your advise! Im just gonna let it do it's thing. Hopefully it will turn out alright

What does MHO mean?

Ok. Yes it is still chirping moving

I just got home from school to find that one egg has started to pip and it is only on the 19th day. And the membrane is bloody. Im sure this is not good. What should I do?

Thank you, yall have been very helpful! I actually just bought a second incubator to put my lockdown eggs in. Hopefully that will help a little since I am hand turning my eggs and having to open the incubator 3 times a day. It sounds like I need to just wait a while before I try to hatch again...

What is the hatch rate for a hens first eggs? My hen started laying a month ago. She only lays one a day and I have been putting them in my incubator. So, they are not all at the same stages. That may not be the correct way of doing it but this is my first time incubating eggs. So far 1 out of 6...

Actually it didnt smell. I didnt open it enough to see if the yolk had been all the way absorbed. I should have though. I just didnt know what the green stuff was so i didnt mess with it. I have another that should be hatching anytime and I dont want the same thing to happen to it if it can be...

So I just got home from school and the chick had died :(. I opened the shell to look and everything looked fine untill i got down close to the bottom and there was green stuff on the chick. I quit at that point because i didnt want to get it on me. Has anyone else seen this before and know what...