Okay, I figure that this is the place I will find the most fanatical lovers of all things chicken. I have to ask, for although I love this new adventure, I would not personally go this far...
Do any of you use "Chicken Poop" Lip Balm?
It's available here...
Well after our chicks hatched in the bator with 2 duck eggs that weren't due for another week, I had pretty much written them off, since I heard bacteria from the hatch can invade the eggs. Also the woman I got these from has never had a duck hatch they are all DIS.
I just went to turn them...
Thank you all so much! This board has been a true life saver. I did lose a chick (the first one) that was upside down. It cracked the egg but never got a hole. After almost a whole day with no progress I tried to intervene but it died. It seems oversized. I mean after it was gone, I...
My chick went for about 5 hours now with no progress, not even a hole, just the original crack. No sounds coming any more.
I picked the shell away from the crack where a pip was started. Dry membrane! Almost no blood vessels remaining, just 1 visible with about 1 sq inch of membrane exposed...
I am so nervous! I read all these people saying they hear cheeps and see the eggs rocking and all my eggs are just sitting there! It 2:32 am here and I have to work in the morning and I can NOT sleep because all I want to do is stare at the dang incubator!
Can you tell this is my first hatch...
I have 8 chicken and 2 duck eggs hatching as a homeschool project with my sons. They built a wooden incubator with a plexiglass front with dad, and as of last night, at 16 days gestation for the chicks there was movement visible in all 8 eggs; at 23 days gestation there was movement in both...