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She's still just a baby, but her mom is a barred cochin and dad is a red Americana roo :-) She's just starting to sprout leg feathers. We named her Olive, because I'm hoping that she'll lay olive eggs!

Last spring (2017), I got 2 cuckoo maran chicks. They were both just a few days old when I got them. At a few wks old, I noticed that Paisley was smaller than Poppy, but didn't think it was a big deal. Poppy started laying eggs around 20 wks, but Paisley has yet to lay a single egg! She's not...

Thank you for the support and encouragement. No other broody hens. I have an old game hen that's no longer lays but likes to sit on eggs. I tried to get her to take over the first day, before I brought them in, but she showed no interest, go figure. I lifted the heat lamp a little and will watch...

First chick didn't make it :-( I feel horrible. I think it over heated, even though I was watching the temp :-( I hear peeping from another egg this morning, but I feel sick every time I think about that poor other chick :-(

This is the set up. I'm not sure how high the humidity is but you start sweating as soon as you walk in, so it's pretty high. :-) I can't hear any peeping from the other eggs yet. If none of the others hatch, I'll go to our feed store and buy another one so it'll have company. I've read they...

I removed the bowl because the room is super humid now. It feels like a sauna. I've got the temp around 100°. Is that still a good temp for a hatched chick? It's little legs are getting stronger and it's walking around the box more :-)

I've got 1 hatched chick!! It hatched this morning! It hatched around 34-36 hrs after I first heard it peeping! It appears to be doing well. Is it okay to keep it in with the other eggs for a couple days to see if the other eggs will hatch? I have a glass bowl over the eggs to help with the...

I'm worried about the humidity too. I'll definitely switch to a towel and wash cloth. Thank you for the advice!

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My husband agreed with the expansion/decomp theory, so we opened it up. It was already dead. Thank you all for your help. Hopefully whichever one is peeping will have a better outcome.

I don't want it to explode :-( should I open it and see if it's alive?

No strange smells but the only movement I see is from the liquid inside :-(

I can't tell where the peeping is coming from, honestly. Do you think this chick is already dead?

Should I break the membrane to help it?

This is my first time hatching! What should I do?!

I think it is because the shell is breaking, but I haven't seen it move through the membrane

If I keep it covered with the cloth, it's clear, but as soon as its not under it it starts to get dry

Is it "normal" that the shell is completely cracked but the membrane is still in tact? I have it covered with a damp papertowel, but that also drops the temperature of the egg :-(

I can hear peeping now.