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Well- I had to run to the store and when I got back the last one had already died. Oh, well! Like I have read in several spots here- Nature knows best! Unless I have an incubator- I won't try saving them again. The chicks that didn't hatch were so far behind(at least 4 days) in gestation from...

I pipped a small hole(as I think I said earlier. Before going any further- I wet the membrane and it still has vessels and looks bloody- so I left the chick in the towel and also left a bowl of warm water in the box. I will keep checking it to see if it gets better.... Thanks for all the help...

The one that had already hatched is dead. I pipped a small hole in the unhatched one and it is slowing down onmovement. I am going to go ahead and help it out. At this point- it is 50/50 as to whether it will survive, but the membrane is drying out FAST and I don't want to wait too long. If it...

I did place the other egg in the damp cloth. The little fella is still peeping strongly, but is still not standing. He does open and close his eyes and is kicking like crazy..... I hope I didn't do the wrong thing. I didn't want to intervene, but the membrane was stuck tight to him..... I don't...

On Saturday sometime- by bantam hen hatched out 5 chicks. She is a free range bird and left the other 7 eggs on the nest to chill while she took care of the 4 that made it(one got trapped in a roll of wire and died). I gathered the eggs that were left and put them in a box with shop lights for a...