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    Should I intervene at this point

    They are speckled Sussex from a seller on Ebay. Two of them that have hatched have the right coloring but a third one looks to be mostly black so I'm assuming that one was a mislabeled egg..the other two that have been sitting in the eggs will hopefully make it
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    Should I intervene at this point

    I have a few that were due to hatch this morning and a couple have zipped wide open but remained that way since midday yesterday. Should I help them out at this point?
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    November hatch along

    Final Results of the first hatch: 7 out of 8 welsummers hatched 6 out of 7 easter eggers hatched blue andalusian hatched rhode island red hatched buff orpington hatched black australorp hatched 17/21 in lockdown hatched, the lavender orpington I had doubts about before lockdown so there was...
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    My first hatch

    It's been a busy couple of days, but I have the results of my hatch. The last lavender orpington never made it, not a single pip. They are great looking birds so I was disappointed but oh well. Out of the 22 from meyer hatchery, 20 went into lockdown. 7 out of 8 Welsummers hatched 6 out of 7...
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    November hatch along

    Today is day 20, well just turned to the beginning of day 21, a few have pipped and one hatched! It is an easter egger. I know that before I left earlier this afternoon at least 3 easter eggers were pipped but this one seems to have moved them around, if the holes are facing the floor now do I...
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    My first hatch

    Here is a link to a thread I just found by googling your situation https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/egg-pipped-with-blood-oozing.205632/ It seems like the advice given is to just wait and let it be, don't interfere
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    My first hatch

    This is the welsummer group, the one at the top left is the one that cracked The row near the top, second from the left is the random egg whose stamp is unreadable is the one that pipped This is the first hatched chick from my first attempt at hatching eggs! This is the easter egger group and...
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    My first hatch

    This morning I discovered that in the middle of the night 1 of the easter eggers had pipped. It was between 2am and 630am. Throughout the day a couple more had pipped and then around 1pm I had to head out and when I got back right now 5:30pm one of the easter eggers was out! It is a loud little...
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    November hatch along

    I just went into lockdown last night. My eggs from Meyer hatchery did well so far. Out of the 22, only 2 welsummers for sure died during the early stages (blood rings). 20/22 eggs are in lockdown and they have all filled the egg so that when candling it's dark inside. Some of the welsummers have...
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    My first hatch

    Just went into lockdown tonight. Out of the eggs I started with, the lavender orpingtons fared the worst, most never developed and a couple quit out. I have 8 welsummers, 7 easter eggers, all of the individuals and 1 lavender orpington in lockdown. They are all showing movement and have filled...
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    Turning eggs

    Hey! I just saw this thread. I am close to the end of my very first hatch, tomorrow is lockdown, saturday is hatch. At first I did not have the money to buy an auto turner and decided to just do it by hand, I work from home so I can do it throughout the day. What I did was wash my hands and walk...
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    How to handle lockdown

    Hey everyone, so my eggs are currently on day 10. They were all shipped to me and most had detached air cells. I've been incubating them in an egg carton, fat side up and a surprising number of them are showing life. I was wondering how to go about setting them up for lockdown when the time...
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    My first hatch

    Hey everybody just wanted to give a little update! Today (Monday) marks the end of day 9! Of the original eggs from Meyer and a homestead, I have only taken out a few. This was due to a couple of clear blood rings, non development while showing the stretch mark look while under light. Most of...
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    Nervous for arrival for my first chicks ever! Help!

    Hey Siri, just wanted to give you an update. My order from Ideal came a day early and I just picked them up a little while ago. They were all alive and chirping, including the extra males they sent, I was pleasantly surprised they all made it. They have been in their pen for about 45 min now and...
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    Nervous for arrival for my first chicks ever! Help!

    Hey Siri, it's really funny that I'm a first time chicken raiser as well, AND my chicks from Ideal Poultry are arriving Friday! Apparently we ordered from the same hatch date. Since I'm new to the chicken world as well all I can contribute is that with Ideal you had to click the little cog...
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