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  1. cbmom4

    Need advice now, please...

    I'm going to feel so terrible if they die in their shells when I could have saved them!
  2. cbmom4

    Need advice now, please...

    Okay, so now I'm hearing no peeping, and the other eggs that were peeping this morning have not pipped the shell. Help! I'm a novice! Do you ever pip for them?
  3. cbmom4

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    The channels are all full of water, so hopefully the humidity is good now. We live in Tennessee, so humidity is not usually a problem here. In fact, these eggs that are alive probably survived from humidity in the room. I'm just concerned about the hatching process if the eggs are too dry...
  4. cbmom4

    Need advice now, please...

    I don't have a hydrometer(?) to check it. I was ignorant of all of this until I started researching. This was my husband's project, and he just asked me to keep the temp constant.
  5. cbmom4

    Need advice now, please...

    Yes, when I discovered on day 21 that we needed to be hydrating, I added water to the tray. It's been in there 2 days since then and just started peeping this morning. It's quiet now. I'm so nervous to have these little lives in our hands! I'm afraid after the last one that this one can't...
  6. cbmom4

    Need advice now, please...

    So, here's the update...I checked the egg, and it was quickly drying and matting and had labored breathing. I couldn't see the beak anymore, just a matted mess, so I couldn't take it! My husband and I performed surgery on the egg, and the chick made it out. She/he is resting under the heat...
  7. cbmom4

    Need advice now, please...

    This is our first time incubating chicken eggs. My husband set up 'bator w/auto turner. Kept constant temp of 99.5. He didn't, however, read the part about humidity. We hit day 21 Thursday (if his count was right), and I started researching myself for what to expect. I came across the...
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