They were pecking but I stopped them by tapping on the incubator. I quickly opened the incubator and removed the bloody egg and it has seemed to help. She’s sitting on her bloody bum/tummy so I figured the egg removal would help. They seem to be leaving her alone and I hope she heals!!
I have a chick that was born bleeding. I’ve researched some other post but need to know if I can help! I’m watching so the other 7 leave her alone! What’s my best bet here? I don’t wand to take the others out too soon but can’t stand to see her pecked either!
I monitored it so close it’s hard to imagine a temp spike but it could have been at night or while I was out running errands. I had 3 thermometers and a hydrometer all calibrated. Our humidity here kept it at about 30, so I ran dry or with little water in the beginning. We opened the eggs last...
Thank you for your quick responses! We had only 1 air plug in until day 10 then both were out the rest of the time. But the incubator is sitting on a table top, I wonder if this is what happened Would this stop them from even internally pipping? What should the incubator be set on?
Hello, first let me start by saying we appreciate this forum all the time! Our backyard flock is happy and healthy and a lot of thanks to our answered questions here. We’ve recently tried to incubate and hatch 7 eggs, on two separate occasions. I Wanted my 4 year to see the process as she loves...