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    Tought chick dead, broke egg at aircell - chick still alive

    Yes, covered it with another shell. Washed it and lubricated it with coconut oil.
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    Tought chick dead, broke egg at aircell - chick still alive

    Yes I covered it with a normal kitchen eggshell. I moistened the membrane and also the inside of the substitute shell. It creates a nice seal. I really hope this little guy survives - I will feel horrible if I am responsible for his death. Thanks for your replies :-)
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    Tought chick dead, broke egg at aircell - chick still alive

    Thank you for the reply. Yes I just hatched some chicks. I live in South Africa and it is rainy season now. Very difficult to get the humidity down. I use a home made incubator. Thanks for the tips. I attached some photos. Do you think I should keep the other egg shell on?
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    Tought chick dead, broke egg at aircell - chick still alive

    Hi, hope you guys can help. My hen was laying on 3 eggs and the one hatched 2 days ago. Today she decided to get of the other two - she pretty much abandoned them. I did a water candle test and both looked pretty much dead - no movement. Candled them with a flash light as well but saw no...
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    Hatching day and a bit concerned

    Hi everyone I build my own incubator from an old cooler box and used the whole bottom of the box as my water bowel to get the humidity up during lock down - build a little 'stage' over it with chicken wire touching all the sides of the incubator, for the eggs to lay on. At the end of the day...
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    New to hatching

    Hi Nyla, I just took an old cooler box, drill in some ventelation holes (about 5) and installed a computer fan, thermostat (I bought one for a Jacuzi) and 40 W (depending on the size of your cooler box) lamp for heat. Connected them together (except the fan, its seperately powered) and it is...
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    New to hatching

    I've been wondering the same thing. Here is a pic of the egg in day light so you can see the shape better. I'm also contemplating putting this one flat (how it would lay in a hen's nest). What do you think?
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    New to hatching

    Thank you so much for the replies. I've been watching this one closely and I don't think the air cell is going to move ... it's fixed. The chick and aircell is growing so all I can do is hope for the best. Thanks again, feel much better now that I had a replie or two. :D
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    Please help

    Hi, hope someone can give me some help. Is this a bloodring? It looks like the embrio is moving but very very slow. Not like the others.
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    New to hatching

    Hi my name is Ghisnene, I'm from South Africa and hatching for the first time with my homemade incubator. I bought 14 eggs from a local farmer and is on day 7 today and happy to report that 10 of them are growing beautifully! One I already thrown out - it had a clear bloodring and 3 others...
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    New to incubation and hatching

    Thank you so much :):)
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    New to incubation and hatching

    Hi my name is Ghisnene, I'm from South Africa and very excited to be part of this forum. My interest in chicken incubation started when the Spotted Thick Knee bird pair at our church abandoned an egg and I decided to see if I can hatch. I build my own incubator, but it was a very basic one. Just...
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