Thank you! That's actually exactly what I did! I had 10 out of the 12 eggs i had set up hatch(4 ayam cemano and 6 Svart Hona. The other 2 Cemani eggs looks like they made it to day 21 but just never hatched. I honestly think the first chick rolling all the eggs around and smacking them together...
Thank you for the reply. Do you think I should take the other newly hatch chicks out too? I have about 4 that are probably half dry/half wet still. Not sure if opening the lid is going to affect them too.
That was my plan. I was more or so blindsided with the first egg hatching 2 days early and with the other eggs starting to pip. I just didn't want to risk the membrane shrinking on the other chicks. It sort of started a domino effect and now each egg is pipping and hatching one after another but...
Hello! I have a question regarding my chick. The way I was taught was just the natural way with a broody hen and letting it handle everything. This is my first time using an incubator to hatch eggs so I'm just sort of confuse and at the same time conflicted as I'm not sure what to do as I don't...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
No I'm not. My parents use to raise chickens for as long as I could remember up until we relocated to Anchorage, AK in 2008 from Sacramento, CA. After spending 15 years here in Alaska,getting married, and buying my own house. I...