im going into lockdown tonight and i need some info... when the chicken hatches what do i need to do? i have a small incubator and most of the other eggs didnt make it. do i need to take them out when the chick hatches so that it will have room to move around and when do i need to feed and...
They should be ok as long as they didn't get too low. I have some in the incubator now and over night the temp gets to 95 and everything is still going good.hope they hatch out good for you.
It got down to ten degrees last night and when I went out to feed this morning I found my hen laying on the ground. I picked her up and brought her inside and wrapped her up then she died. I didn't notice any difference in her behavior the last few days and she didn't act sick. Could the Cold...
Well I did the float test and it sunk so I opened it up and it looks like it failed at day 10. Thank you for all the info maybe next batch will be better.
Well I just candled it again you can see the air pocket and you can see some light going through the egg and I tapped on it and no movement. I think I will do the float test and if it fails then I'll open it up to see what went wrong
Ok I think I'll leave it for a few more days then go from there. This is the first time I've ever tried to hatch eggs but I guess its just trial and error.
I've had a lot of trouble keeping the temp up. It stays around 95. You can see the chick inside the egg but no movement and you can still see some liquid. Its day 20 and I was wondering if it might take a few extra days to hatch
i candled my egg and have not seen any movement at all since day 1 and now it is day 19. you can see that it was growing but now i think it is dead. should there still be any liquid in the egg at day 19? the temp in the bator has dropped a few times and at one time it got up to 120 for maybe...