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I couldn't either...lol I have 4 silkies and two silkie mixes and dreading the day they decide to be broody....lol. I prefer to do the hatching myself...lol I will say though, seeing a baby chick with it's "momma" is heart warming, at least in pictures...lol

That's egg poo and goo..and a lot of it! Yuck! lol

I don't go by "lockdown rules" so it's not a worry of mine, but many people do "let nature decide" and many times it surprises us and everything works out just fine.

Yup, that's malepositioned. I can't give you a set percentage, but they have a good chance. Many make it out just fine w/no assistance, (usually taking a lot longer than those who pip into the air cell first) some will need assistance to make it out if they are going to survive due to the...

It doesn't take much when it's something you enjoy.

Check out the video in this link: http://www.theeggfarm.com/blog/2011/11/02/wry-neck-in-baby-chick-video/ Is that what he was doing??

Is it possible that the egg started as a double yolker and one yolk didn't develope an ruptured and that's what you were seeing?

xs 2 What kind of duck was it??? The majority of the duck breeds hatch on day 28.

Star gazing is a description for wry neck. Selinium and vitamin E are two of the big "fixes" along with the electrolyte. I use sav a chick in my water the first two days after a hatch regardless. I have never (knock on wood) so far had any problems with that. Lots of people use the poly vi sol too.

Wry neck??

Those are aweome.

#4- Wouldn't have been pushing it, most likely the little guy would have died. But I don't believe in leaving chicks in the bator 3 days, no matter when they hatched, so

My second hatch I had gotten barnyard mix eggs from my sister. All my "standard birds" hatched first. My last three hatchers were all nn. One of the 3 needed to be assisted. They all seemed to do good but after 24 hours I noticed he head extreme runny poop and it was causing pasty butt. He...