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    My gluey chick needs help!

    My incubator runs 9% low and my extra hygrometer seemed pretty accurate but I'll have to test it again. I've still got 3 eggs in there that I don't think are alive but I'll check again tomorrow. One was internally pipped but I don't see any movement and two I think are definitely dead. I candled...
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    My gluey chick needs help!

    Thanks! I'm going to pick up one of those thermometers! Our humidity varies a lot here and I had it perfect judging by the air cells then it just kept getting way too high during lockdown and hatch, 86% at one point! I'll get it figured out but I'll probably hatch a few more batches of barnyard...
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    My gluey chick needs help!

    Thanks! I put him in a box with the heating pad and towel and am just letting him rest until he's strong enough to go into the brooder with the first 3. Was going to put him back in the incubator but I have two pipped eggs in there that look like they may turn out like this one. It's gonna be a...
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    Hi, I'm new here and am still figuring out this site. Could you help me with a question about my...

    Hi, I'm new here and am still figuring out this site. Could you help me with a question about my new gluey chick? I did post a thread I think. Thanks!
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    My gluey chick needs help!

    My little Orpington just hatched about an hour ago. He was pipped for around 26 hours and it took him 3 to unzip. He is really gluey and has a somewhat bloody navel and green goo that looks different than the others. I took him out of the incubator because he wasn't drying and was shivering. I...
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