I am hatching my first chicks ever and out of 8 banty cochins 4 hatched. One of the four kept violently flipping over backwards in the incubator, really knocking the unhatched eggs around. After about 24 hours the chick seemed to be walking normally so I moved it into the brooder with the other...
Thanks for the info, makes me feel better. When you say you put them in an egg carton, do you mean you put them in the top to lay down flat or the bottom with the large end of the egg up?
I am hatching in a 1588 (I incubated in a brinsea octagon 20 and moved to the hovabator from day 18 forward to be able to see the hatch with the nice window). I would definitely get a separate thermometer/hygrometer, my machine's temp said it was running around 100 degrees and the humidity is in...
This is my first time incubating eggs. I got 8 lavender banty cochins. All 8 appear to develope and today is day 21, so far 2 have hatched and another one is working on unzipping? My question is, the two hatched chicks are knocking the unhatched eggs all over the incubator, will this hurt the...
Hello, I am new to byc, I keep reading posts from here as I look for info on the web about my chickens and decided to join. I have had chickens for about 3 years and really enjoy them. I enjoy all aspects of chick hood, from feeding, cleaning and just spending time with the girls (right now I...