We also change everything every morning as they love thrown the fluff(shavings) around ( it's what our feed store recommended to use for now (can they use straw?)
Lucky number 7 is doing great, she was able to integrate with out 2 week old chicks that we picked up. I know it wasn't the best choice but it better the it being by itself and dying. I am hopefully she will be a green egg layer but only time will tell, she has the markings of an Americana.
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So they were in an incubator for about 25days, the temp was 99.5 and sometimes flucuated down to 98 (as we did take the living chick after 2 days of waiting (she doing great by the way) the humidity hovered about 50-55(I used one of those zoomed humity temp checkers it's got like a metal prices...
We did have one oddly do that but died roughly 2 days after. We did a second batch and the blue egg did hatch extremely healthy ( my husband happened to hear it peeping very loudly) on its own. As for our other eggs they did not hatch after the 25days.
Doing alright, ( the others are a few days after this blue one as I had written 21 on the other egg meaning this one 17th/18th of last month since I put them in day of collection)
peeps more quietly now but I haven't really seen it eat at least (I usually work 10am to 10pm) so I don't really...
Sure do have one ready, I hoping the other hatches tomorrow so it's not by itself too long. Definitely got some strong lungs way louder than my other chicks. Also so thick legs.
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We got rid of the other one because he would attack my legs all the time when I'd go to check their food and water. This was about three weeks ago.
Currently the have their scratch and egg laying mix.( I'll post photos once I find the bag) I also had it mixed with oyster shell and a big bag of meal worms. Is there anything else I can give them to help. One of em looks very bald on the back I'm a bit worried as here in Apple valley it is...