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    HELP! Is this chick ok?

    This check just hatched and has this weird sac like thing attached to its leg. It seems to be moving around normally. Will it fall off or do I need to take care of it? Thank you!
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    Teacher needs help! Eggs pipped- humidity at 58%

    Hello- I am on day 21 and using a Nurture Right 306 incubator. I have 5 eggs that have pipped and I can see 2 of them moving and hear them chirping. The vent is fully open as it should be during the hatch, but I can't get the humidity above 58%. Both water areas are totally full. Should I not...
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    Question! Teacher hatching chicks in the classroom...

    I am a sixth-grade teacher hatching chicks in my classroom! Today is day 16. Saturday will be day 17, Sunday day 18, and Monday day 19. We were told by the 4H organizer to turn off the egg turner, increase humidity, and prepare for the hatch on day 17. I live further away and asked her if I...
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    Help!! Newly hatched chick has something stuck to its butt...? Is this bad?

    It is red and stuck to the egg and the butt. What should I do? I am afraid it will pull something out of the chick....
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    Chicks hatching!! So excited! When should I remove from incubator?

    I am SO EXCITED!! I am hatching eggs in my 6th-grade classroom. As you can see in the photos, I had 3 hatch overnight, 1 hatch just now, and several others have pipped. The 3 that hatched over night are getting pretty dry and fluffy already. Should I remove them from the incubator yet? I do not...
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    Help! Question about removing egg turner and increasing humidity...

    I am hatching chicks in my 6th-grade classroom. I put the eggs in the incubator at midday on April 12. The incubator says that there is 4 days until hatch. So, today is technically day 17 correct? I know it says to remove the egg turner and increase humidity on day 18. Since tomorrow is...
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    Incubating eggs in the classroom- 13 of 22 eggs alive...does this look normal?? Help!

    I am incubating eggs in my 6th-grade classroom. Today is day 13 and we candled the eggs. We started with 22 eggs. 9 of them were either not fertilized or died as a fetus. Is this normal? I am using a new incubator that I bought this year- Nurture Right 360. Last year we used an old styrofoam...
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    Baby chick- red foot and standing on one leg! What can I do?

    Baby chick is limping and standing on one leg. It seems to be something on the foot itself. It is redder than the other foot. Thoughts? Anything I can do to help?
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    Teacher hatching eggs- final days humidity

    We are on day 18 and I have prepared my incubator for hatching. My old incubator must have some sort of crack on the bottom because the water leaks out of all areas (still holds the heat just fine) so throughout incubation I just used a couple of bowls of water to keep the humidity where it...
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    HELP! Classroom chick hatching- are they all dead?

    I am hatching chicks for the first time in my classroom. I am on Day 9 and candled 4 eggs this morning and am worried about my hatch rate. I am attaching the photos of the 4 eggs I candled- I only see veins in the last two photos (Egg 4) and blood rings in the rest? I'm feeling pretty...
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