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So we have 2 chicks from the incubator, now 6 weeks and in a brooding box. The b.box is inside one chicken coop which is also housing one (part polish) hen and her 2 chicks (now nearly 2 weeks) . The plan was to let the2 older ones out with mum and chicks today in the coop (which is about 5 sq...

Well it's all happy here. Chick 1 is 24 hours old. Hubby came home at lunch to check and found another hatched in the incubator. Chick 2 now moved into the brooder and they're happy together, with mirror just in case. Might add mother figure tomorrow when they're stable. I wouldn't say they are...

In the end I pulled him / her out and into a smaller brooder box with red heat lamp and checked every couple of hours in the night. I was doubtful but before leaving this morning she was ok. Drinking water too. Good ideas for making her not so lonely thanks.

Oh it's excruciating ! 3 hours from hatch and our day 24 chick is not on his feet or dry so I can't move to brooder. Have to go to sleep and hope he makes it through the night. I'm sure he's gonna be an only child so I can't risk moving him into the brooder box overnight alone and still wet. I...

No progress from this mornings egg but in the afternoon another started. First pip to hatched was 2.5 hrs, and now we wait to see if it pulls through.

Well much to my 3 kids' delight we have action in the incubator! 1 chick has begun to hatch. I'm not holding out too much hope as to survival, but we'll see. Just about to set up the go pro to film it while I'm at work. Maybe just not having humidity and temp right just delayed things?

Thank you so much for the detailed reply. I will follow up the links and get the extra kit sorted. After a few days should I open eggs and see what happened do you think?

It's looking like we've failed at incubating our first ever batch. This is day 22 ( we put them in on a Wednesday and today is Wednesday) and no pips at all yet. I tried to candle mid term ( day 15) but thought I was doing it wrong. Couldn't see much development in the few I did ( not as much...