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Do I need to help with his hatch or let him be?

I have joined the Easter hatch-a-long starting Mar 29. I am hopeful that that hatch will produce more chicks than this one. I am low on Laying hens which is why I am doubling up on hatches. Good luck on you hatch. Mary

I followed your advice to candle and after trying several eggs one was actually knocking. I guess we will see him pip before long

Thank you for your quick response. This is my first hatch so I didn't really expect to have 13 hatch successfully. The temps have always hovered between 99-102. For the humidity, not really sure. We had the troughs filled the entire time adding more water for lockdown. I will try the...

I have set 41 eggs with 9 hatching on day 22. Last night, day 22 -23, the temp fell to about 90 degrees. As soon as we noticed this, we turned up the heat back to 99-100 degrees. Today, day 23, 4 eggs hatched and 2 eggs that pipped overnight had dried membrane leading to the chicks dying...