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I just had 8 taken with only piles of feathers left behind. 2 roosters gone too. What happened? I found two clumps over in my neighbors yard.

I'd say humidity is a big deal for the chicks. We've had a heat wave and the A/C makes the air dry in our house. I usually wet a paper towel and drape it over the eggs, but did not today. We lost one today that died during hatching because I think the membrane was too dry. It pipped a hole...

Wolves do not mate with their offspring.

It can be tough losing a chick...I lost my first just 30 minutes ago... the heat lamp fell off and baked one of the chicks...thankfully the other 12 were not trapped under the lamp when it fell straight down umbrella style. Does anyone have bad experiences with these clamps on the heat lamps?

We have 3 fluffy Ameraucana/Cochin chicks and 2 more that have been pipping for 10 hours now...We still have 20 eggs yet to hatch over the next 10 days..Our neighbor told us we should have put the eggs in the refridgerator and then put all the fertilized eggs in the incubator at one time...did...