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Well the chick was not alive. I poked it with the q tip and it was hard with no movement. I continued to peel the shell off and the chick was swooshing around inside the membrane. There was so much fluid inside. I'm wondering if my humidity was too high. Ugh. Well, this was definitely a learning...

Oh gotcha! I am going to try it.. Wish Me luck!

What exactly do you mean by scoring an x on the egg?

Well my chick hatched about 1/2 hour ago and seems to be doing well! Very lively!! I'm so relieved... The only other question I have is ..my last egg has shown no sign of life. I tried tapping on it as you said and didn't hear anything inside. Should I give it more time or do you think it's...

Well the chick had made no progress at 3 am so I decided to try and help it. It seemed very weak and didn't make it. This is so sad! I have one more pipped that's moving around and peeping so hopefully this one pulls through. I'm a little worried I shrink wrapped it though from opening my...

It's been about 12 hrs so I decided to try and help the chick. It looks like there is a membrane over its beak? There also looks like a lot of blood vessels around it. Should I try to poke a hole in it or leave it be? I'm worried it'll bleed to death if I do

I appreciate you trying to help! I am not aware of any diseases in my flock. All of my chickens are happy and healthy as far as I can tell. I have 3 hens a little over a year and 5 hens who just turned 1 year old this month. The eggs in the incubator are 3 from the younger ones and 2 from the...

matt - I have the brinsea eco mini ..thanks I am crossing my fingers sumi - thanks for replying ...I have a forced air ventilation incubator which takes care of the ventilation on its own. I just assumed it was doing it's job since it did so well the last time? My incubation temperature...

I'm feeling a little down. Today is hatch day 21 for me. I incubated 5 eggs and candled them all before lockdown and they definitely had chicks in them. On day 19 I had one pip and it hatched on day 20. Yesterday another one had pipped and was so active before I went to bed I thought for sure...