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    day 22 incubating chicken eggs. NEED HELP!!

    well im sorry!!! I have a crushed leg and on a lot of meds. by the time I realized it I didn't really want to go back and fix it. if it makes it hard to follow then don't read it!!!!
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    day 22 incubating chicken eggs. NEED HELP!!

    IN THE HATCHING PROCESS THE AIR BUBBLE YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING THEY PIP THROUGH THAT FIRST. THIS IS CALLED THE INTERNAL PIP. AT THIS POINT YOU CAN HEAR THE BABYS CHIRPING BUT MAY NOT SEE ANYTHING. UNFORTUNATLY THIS IS ALSO THE POINT THAT SOME BABIES WILL DIE. THEY NEVER FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO ANY...
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    day 22 incubating chicken eggs. NEED HELP!!

    hi lockdown should have started very late on day 18. this Is when u add sponges or rags or bowls. to raise the humidity in the incubator. its called lockdown because if you open the incubator (even Briefly) it greatly effects the humidity you have built upside. u have to have the humidity so...
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    how do add my first batch of new babies to the coop?

    thanks, I think I am going to wait until the other chicks are born. then separate the older babies from the old hens.
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    how do add my first batch of new babies to the coop?

    thank u
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    how do add my first batch of new babies to the coop?

    hi I had my first hatch. they will be 4 weeks old this Saturday. I am wanted to put them in the coop with the other chickens. I have 7 hens and 1 rooster out there. I have 17 new babies. I live in Missouri so it is 80-90 degrees during the day and 50-60 at night. is it ok to go ahead and move...
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    2 day old chick head scratching till blood

    new hatchling 2 days old (SCREAMING) AND USING BOTH FEET TO SCRATCH BACK OF HIS HEAD (EAR AREA) small blood droplets shaking head also. any ideas??
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    12 hour old chick cant stand

    i found the problem. I pulled him and and sprayed him with warm water. he was all dried and and sticky. his wing was stuck to his leg. now he is up and moving. he is small but waking around. however he has started scratching his head with he feet now. (to the point of lil blood) any ideas on...
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    12 hour old chick cant stand

    just hatched a group of chicks. the last one wasn't zipping was just making a bigger whole. so after 24 hours I zipped for him. I let him push the shell off tho. but now 12 hours later he still cant stand. stays on his back or flipps to this side trying to stand. I found him stuck to the bottom...
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    removing from egg turner

    wow,I have 16 babies so far and 3 more zipping right now. its going well so far. I did help one out but I wished I hadn't of cause he just lays on his side :( doesn't look well.
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    removing from egg turner

    I got 2 pipps!!!!
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    removing from egg turner

    Hi, Melabella. maybe we can keep in touch and learn from each other. my first set I started with 6. had 3 at lock down. after they didn't hatch I didn't have the heart to crack them open but I did make a whole in the air cell. 1 had pipped and then died. the other 2 weren't even close. and I...
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    removing from egg turner

    does help thanks. I just layed them on the bottom. got humidity up to 75%. I have seen a few wobble :) today is day 19. cant wait for babies!!!
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    removing from egg turner

    ok so when I lay them in the bottom is there a certain way they should be layed? I have 36 eggs it would take a while to candle the air cell to see which way it is slanted. I have read about raising the humidity I had planned on raising it to 75% but if it goes higher is it something to be...
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    removing from egg turner

    Hi, I am on my second batch of eggs. my last batch all died so I am hoping for better results this time. I am on day 16 my question is....I know to take them out of the egg turner late in the day of day 18. but should I just lay them in the bottom on cheese cloth or should I place them in an egg...
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