Recent content by cmveason

My four little chicks!

I absolutely did take pictures and videos! They got to see 3 of the 4 hatch. I obviously did not video the one that I helped! Yes! I uploaded pictures of all the pips and made loom videos. Since the project was already paid for by my school, we had the program drop the equipment at my house so I...

Hello! Thank you all so much for the positive feedback and help! Yesterday, I did start attempting to help the chick because it seemed like it was panting, kept picking at the same spot, but wasn't moving at all. I watched several videos and read tons before my attempt. Last night, I peeled the...

So, I have 3 healthy chicks. However, the one that I think pipped at the wrong end hasn't started to zip yet. I noticed the pip at 5:30 this morning. I know it can take 24 hours. I just worry more because it doesn't seem to be "rocking" the egg like the others would, so I wonder if it is too...

Update: one of the chicks hatched and I now have another pip. So, I am hoping 4/5 eggs hatch. I think one of them died in the egg during the outage.

Thank you! None of the chicks have unzipped at all, but I know that could take another day or so aft that 1st pip.

Thank you! I just saw pips in two more eggs, so now I have 3/5. One seems that it may have pipped on the wrong side though...

I am hatching chickens through a company for my kindergarteners. Luckily, we aren't in school due to covid. However, everything was going great until day 17. Somehow the plug was unplugged and the incubator was without power for - in my estimation- somewhere around 20-21 hours from Saturday...