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    Day 26 Slow chicks....

    Rather than talking about my next hatch, I would really love input about anything I can do for the chicks at this point. Should I try assisted hatching, or open an egg up, should I just leave them longer? I'm at a loss for these eggs
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    Day 26 Slow chicks....

    I am at a high altitude. I live in Colorado. 65 is the humidity the chicken farmers here use. Also, the air cells were all a good size. And still are. That's why I'm confused. The eggs pass a float test, air cells look good, no bad smells. There is no indication that the chicks are dead, but...
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    Day 26 Slow chicks....

    Yeah the humidity was around 65 until day 18, and I bumped it up for the hatch. I could not get the temperature up after I took the turner out
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    Day 26 Slow chicks....

    I'm using a still air incubator. A Hova-bator. I have two thermometers and the temp started out high,and I had a hard temp getting it down. It got to 101-102, and I got it down to 100 for most of the incubation. The only time they got cooler was when I opneed it to candle. I lost two eggs in the...
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    Help! New to chickens... Day 26!

    Yeah I am.
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    Help! New to chickens... Day 26!

    What's weird is that at the beginning of incubation, I had a hard time keeping the temp down. It kept getting warmer. Then when I took my egg turner out, the incubator cooled to low 90s and I've been doing everything I cn since then to keep it warm
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    Help! New to chickens... Day 26!

    I posted on another forum here, but I'm concerned about my eggs. It's day 26 and I have had only 2 hatch and that was yesterday. Both needed some help to get out, the membrane was really thick. I have floated the others and they seem viable, but no movement, no internal or external pips. Is...
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    Day 26 Slow chicks....

    So I have an incubator that I started with 24 eggs. 22 of them made it to day 18, and I locked down after candling to check for movement. I didn't have any hatch until day 25 (yesterday). I have one little guy who is pretty happy and healthy, and one that hatched last night and is still fluffing...
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