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    Hands on hatching and help

    Good luck indeed!
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    Hands on hatching and help

    All of mine hatched, but the last few days were so nerve-wracking that I know I don't want to hatch for a while again! I can't inagine how I'd feel if most if them hadn't made it. Hope you are able to rest and recover!
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Have you candled it? Are you sure it's internally pipped? If you've had problems with all of them, I'd probably make a pip for it myself at that point. But I've also only done one hatch total, so take my thoughts with a grain of salt.
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    Hands on hatching and help

    All the ones I just hatched over yesterday and today were at day 24 and 25.
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    Hands on hatching and help

    My seven have all hatched out now! Little concerned about the last one and watching it closely, but so far it's pulling through. I wasn't there when it hatched, and it pulled pretty hard on its own umbilical cord. But I think the navel is closing up now. It's just sleeping a lot and seems to...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Nope, the white egg is unzipping now. Guess it heard me and decided to prove me wrong.
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    Hands on hatching and help

    @RubyNala97 Thanks for the hygrometer rec! I wasn't even sure where to start on those. (Especially since I was hoping my own hen would raise these eggs and the incubator was back up. REALLY GLAD I bought the 'back up' now.) As of 11:30 last night, 5/7 have hatched. All but the very first...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    @jenniferlamar70 It's completely relaxed under the heat lamp at the moment. Unfortunately, all my stuffed animals are in the attic at the moment, and I have a migraine starting (combination of the stress/anxiety of hatching, along with stupid weather systems moving through. My head HATES air...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Okay. My baby #1 that hatched has been very energetic all day long and knocking the other eggs about insanely. I just had #2 hatch, and I had to help a little tiny bit because membrane was starting to dry out. I just pried a little of the membrane apart where it was having difficulty (even in...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    We have external pipping! #1 pipped about midnight last night, hubby heard it and woke me up. It hadn't been able to break the shell completely away, just loosen it from the membrane, so I made sure it had a small air hole before going back to sleep. For two hours. And then I was up every two...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    @dotknott Ok! I will attempt to sleep tonight...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    @dotknott it is in the air cell. But the starburst is only visible when candling. Wondering if the eggshell is too tough for it to get through on its own. :/
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    Hands on hatching and help

    @dotknott Maybe 1/4" across from edge to edge. Hubby also said he thought he saw the egg rocking and heard scratching noises (his hearing is way better than mine). Edit: Also, I know it may not be reliable, but I do not see ANY visible veining when I candle this one. Everyone else still has...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    *sigh* okay. Just candled the eggs before (possibly) going to bed. #1 has a new fracture in the shell that I'm 99% sure was not there earlier - and it's shaped like a starburst type pattern, and not the thin crack that I know WAS there before. Could it be trying to pip through the shell and...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Mmk, well in that case, the little peak and such is where I see the most movement from the chick, but I do see SOME movement from all around the edges of the air cell when I candle. The high side is solid chick and I can't see anything but body mass there.
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