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    Do I need to intervene?

    Its been 17 hours since a chick has pipped. I see his beak and some movement still but he is not peeping anymore. It has been seventeen hours and the membrane is white and dry. What do I do? Should I intervene and help this little one out, or wait it out and see if he can do it on his own...
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    Need Help! Do I take the new chick out of the incubator?

    I just had a chick born and it is knocking around all the other eggs...he/she is very active...I thought they slept? Anyways, do I take the chick out or let it run wild in the incubator knocking around the other eggs? Please let me know!
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    How long is too long?????

    I can hear peeping coming from the shells and that started about 12 hrs ago. I am wondering how long it takes from the first time you hear them peep inside to when they start to pip? How long is too long? Thanks for any advice!
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    Should I move incubated eggs day 17 under a broody hen? Please Help!!!

    My silkie is def broody, although this is the first time she will ever be a mother. I have day 17 incubated eggs in the bator and was wondering if I could or should put them underneath her. She is currently sitting on unfertalized eggs. I really don't know what to do. Will the temp change...
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    Can you put partially incubated eggs under a new broody hen?

    I have a silkie hen, who all afternoon has become broody! This is her first time sitting. I have twelve silkie eggs in the incubator and they are on day 15. Should I risk putting some of these eggs underneath her and see if she will hatch them? Will it make a difference on day 18 when she...
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    A new egg needing advice for incubating silkie eggs

    I am hatching my first silkie eggs and I am using a "little giant" air forced incubator. I am not sure on what I should keep the humidity on? I am going on with day four and trying to keep the humidity between 50 and 60 percent. I have had to keep sponges in the incubator to keep it at that...
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