How successful would I be putting a 3 day old lone chick I hatched in an incubator under a broody hen sitting on 4 eggs which I think will hatch in 5 days/
I've just hatched my 2nd lot of eggs - the 1st was a disaster with 1 live chick as I ran the humidity too high at 55% and I had 11 perfectly formed chicks fail to turn and drown
This time I did a dry run and 1 hatched on day 21 all by itself, had to help 2 on day 22 and I had given up on the...
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elation has turned into despair as after Hardy survived, 1 chick easily hatched all the others which were pipped failed to zip
They were chirping away and tapping at the shells when I went to bed but awoke to it being dead quiet
Has a quick peek and the 2 hatchies woke and started...
ALTHOUGH THE HUMIDITY IS STILL 70% THE MEMBRANES ON MY PIPPED EGGS ARE DRYING OUT...
WHEN REMOVING SOME SHELL I NOTICED THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE BEING BLOW DRIED!!!!
NEED TO LOCATE THE FAN AND DISCONNECT IT ASAP
SUCH AN ANTI CLIMAX!!!!
:yamy egg set just went 22 days with absolutely no action - everyone said dead do eggtopsy...
just took an egg outside after candling with noi movement and when I cracked it saw a MOVING CHICK!!!!!
WHAT HAVE I DONE _ I FEEL SICK!!!
bolted inside and put back in but I can see some blood so I...