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45% for incubation then 55-65% for hatch

I had a terrible hatch like that last year and it was because my temp was 98-99 I had chicks hatching a week late. Half of them were DIS and I had to assist the others. Maybe your thermo is incorrect?

My hatching is almost over. I ended up with broody momma #1 5 silkies Momma # 2- 4 silkies Momma # 3- still sitting but had one hatch last night and has a pip! Incubator was all shipped eggs except for silkies- set 8 german bielefelder- 6 made it to lockdown 3 hatched two boys and a girl- 2...

usually vitamin deficiency. Give it liquid infant vitamins 1-2 drops right in its mouth and put in the water. It will not hurt the rest of the chicks. Make sure you get IRON FREE. With my silkies this happens really young but last year I had 2 barred rocks do it about 6 weeks and they both...

Give them time. I had a silkie hatch 60 hours after being pipped and most of mine take 24 hours after pip to zip. I dont know why everyone says it only takes 12-18!

SOOOO happy my hatch is going fantastic. All except the silkies were shipped eggs with horrible saddle shaped huge air cells. Some of the air cells were even on the side. So far I have-broody momma #1 5 silkies,broody momma #2 4 silkies broody momma #3 due in a couple days sitting on 6 7 Barred...

Need help! I have a chick that pipped at the wrong end yesterday. It looks like it started to zip but stopped I took it out to check and it still has blood vessels BUT I swear I can hear two different peeps in there. I dont know what to do . The egg is dark so I am not sure if they were double...

So excited I couldnt sleep today is hatch day! I woke up to a lav orphington hatched in my brinsea and all the others pipped! My hovabator has 4 pips in the past hour. I am so relieved. Last year my incubator was too cool and the chicks were FIVE days late! It sucked-most had to be helped.

If they are good quality people will buy the roosters. Last year I hatched 7 show quality barred rock and 7 were roosters. I sold them all!

Every RIR banty or LF have been hateful spazzy chickens. I have tried them twice from two different hatcheries. They have all been hatchery birds so maybe that is why...sorry

I posted yesterday that I had a silkie 60 hours pipped and then hatched. So far #2 took 24 hours #3 took 18...patience is a virtue

Broody momma #1 Apricot- first time out with her chicks. They are a week old :)