To early to feed leave them in the incubator for at least 24 hours they do not need food or water they survive on the yoke for the first 24 to 48 hours.
To take the tape off i start at the back of the foot and slowly peel it apart and use some soapy water (very little soap) to keep it from sticking back together. slow and gentel and you will get it apart and the chick will thank you. If you do not have any one help you i put my chicks under a...
An easy fix for the curled feet is to use masking tape.What you do is use two peaces of tape the first one goes sticky side up and place the foot on it and spread the toes out into the shape they should be . The second piece of tape goes sticky side down to form a boot to hold the toes in place...
I am not 100 % sure of the breed of pheasant . I got the eggs from a friend and he thinks that they are Chines ring neck ? They are teardrop in shape and are brown with hint of green and very random white specks. Any ideas any one ?
Wishing you the very best of luck on your next hatch. I to have learned allot by reading all of the responses to your post. I did not know about the salt test and i have learned that my humidity was way to high i will fix that and hopefully i will have better hatches myself.