I SEEK HELP
Fyi, this might be long.
2nd time bating, chicks first then ducklings.
1. I lowered my humidity, to weed out drakes also - chicks were too big and died before hatch
[Chicks day 1- 4dozen day 21- 2 live hatch 1 survivor]
2. Only started with a dozen. No Turner 98.5° f 51-54% humidity...
After reading this I may be in trouble. My bator counts the days for me and started at 28 so I may not be on day 25 after all. I just turned my eggs out of nerviousness. Dang this hatching thing is stressfull
Yeah she's moving
I candles all the other eggs. No movement and very dark. I removed them and the other live chick. (I have duckling to hatch in 4 days. So everyone is now on lock down.
Tomorrow when I get home from work I will remove lil chick and put her in the broody
First chick to pop, I waited 36 hours. Then I helped when all membranes were brown. I kept the chick moist. Now that the assist is over, 4 hrs later lil chick is still wet and not moving a bunch... should I?
1 other egg hatched within 30 min of pipping.
Day 23 of incubation
At day 18 only 17...
I have that OCD( Obsessive Chicken Dissordee)
I started with 6 (min purchase) new Hampshire reds. They are the girls 4 of them servived.
Then I wanted a roo! He's big! I bought on impulse with the only roo they had. A rainbow rooster. I googled the breed. He has no pretty colors. Just a plain...