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    Assisted Hatch getting worse....

    It's ok. She passed on her own at 3:30....leaving me in a puddle of tears I didn't know I was quite capable of. I don't know how you do this all the time. Thanks for your help!
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    Assisted Hatch getting worse....

    doing the molasses as sugar water...
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    Assisted Hatch getting worse....

    I was able to pull down the eyelids and gently saline the eye and area. We will let her rest for now....praying she goes on her own. I have mixed feelings about whether we should give her more molasses water... You guys are amazing! I am not cut out emotionally for hatching chicks. My...
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    Assisted Hatch getting worse....

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    Assisted Hatch getting worse....

    Uh. We are totally wet behind the ears at this. Any help is appreciated. We have considered culling and I feel bad that I intervened with her fate now. She was late and assisted when she was stuck in the shell. Now know I shouldn't have..we are at Day 3 She cannot stand or walk (have tried...
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    Struggling chick on day 25! Please advise:)

    Thanks for the advice! I did take the chick out and finished getting her shell off in stages....put her back in bator. The other eggs weren’t hatching and were starting to rot plus she was drying out very slowly due to the humidity, so after she was in there about 10 hours i put her into a...
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    Struggling chick on day 25! Please advise:)

    Hello Hatching friends! This is our 3rd hatch in our homemade incubator which we hand turn. First 2 batches hatched had pretty high success rates....But this batch had temps and humidity up and down throughout. We did have 2 chicks hatch out without much effort on day 21 & 22. This Easter...
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    SO new to this...4 days in with questions

    So I've been reading up and I have a few questions for the veterans or those with some experience;) Our homemade box is the Styrofoam cooler with one 25 watt bulb on dimmer and a hydrometer with probes to keep inside. We have 2, 1 inch holes on upper (left but spaced to each corner) side of...
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