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    Hello From Portland

    Welcome and congratulations! I hope you are settling into your new home and your flock as well ;) Sounds like you are doing a great job creating a nice space for your pullets. I am quite new to raising chickens also and I can honestly say, BYC will be helpful for sure! There are many people...
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    URGENT: Hatching Emergency!

    Thank you so very much! Your advice and guidance was so very helpful and kind of you. That is brilliant about checking humidity requirements for my area- I wouldn’t have thought to do so... I had a rough start in the beginning when I set eggs to incubate in a homemade incubator only to quickly...
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    URGENT: Hatching Emergency!

    Thank you so much. No, we lost our beautiful Silkie Roo, Pearl, to a hawk a couple of weeks ago. So I attempted to hatch about 24 eggs to start and this little one was the sole survivor. I was so hopeful because it seemed to be doing well and made it this far. We’re heartbroken. But I tried my...
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    URGENT: Hatching Emergency!

    @Broodermy, @BaaKaaawk, @Tycine1, @SunriseChickers, @Lilalienangel UPDATE: I just wanted to thank each and every one of you lovely people for helping me this morning. There’s still good in this world ;) Unfortunately, this little babe didn’t make it. It turned out that the bum was sitting at...
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    URGENT: Hatching Emergency!

    I don’t think that went too well... I am heartbroken. It turns out his bottom was located at air cell end of egg and when outer membrane tore it started bleeding, must’ve been stuck to inner membrane. I stopped it with cloth, then I slowly chipped away at shell until I found his beak and sure...
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    URGENT: Hatching Emergency!

    Does it matter if the membrane is broken anywhere because I can’t see where head or beak is currently.
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    URGENT: Hatching Emergency!

    I really appreciate your help!
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    URGENT: Hatching Emergency!

    I think I’m going to wait just a bit. I’m not confident to open the membrane with all the veins I can see. Is there a point that is obvious when to intervene further?
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    Assisted hatch - veins full absorbed?

    Hello! Did this little one make it? I’m in the same situation and panicking!
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    URGENT: Hatching Emergency!

    I see a lot of veining still on inner membrane. Am I puncturing the outter membrane only in attempt to find his head?
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    URGENT: Hatching Emergency!

    Thank you so much for your help. I will try and feel for the beak. I’m worried it may be malpositioned. I can only see a dark blob, no legs, eye or beak. But I will try!
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    URGENT: Hatching Emergency!

    I can just see movement that is more like breathing, the membrane will expand a bit and retract. There is no internal pip and I can’t feel or see a beak. I honestly can’t make out what I am looking at.
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    URGENT: Hatching Emergency!

    Hello, I’m new to backyardchickens and new to hatching. I am currently panicking. I set eggs on 9/24. On Sunday evening, 10/13 with one surviving embryo; I set for lockdown. When candling, embryo was doing well and had beautiful healthy veins but appeared to be in the small side. Hatch date to...
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    Chickens bringing Peeps together!

    @ValerieJ Massachusetts
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    Chickens bringing Peeps together!

    @FortCluck This is so true!
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