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Well this was a lousy hatch. Only 3 chicks hatched (out of the original 36). I just opened the unhatched eggs at the air hole (today is day 27) and all seem developed but dead. What happened?! It's so sad to see all thses tiny would-have-been chicks. I am about to buy a Brinsea Octagon 20 for...

I tried candeling today but only 4 of the eggs are light enough to see through. All 25 looked like chicks were developing/ had developed. The humidity's at 70%.

Well today is day 25 and only 3 of the 25 remaining eggs have hatched. I left the eggs in the bator in hopes that we're still just running behind but I'm doubtful at this point that we'll have any more chicks

Thanks everyone. The chick was up & about this morning so we put him into the brooder. No other pips though! Today is day 23. Should I candle? Sit on my hands? I'd hate for them to have internally pipped & die in the eggs. And yes, the kids did see the hatch last night and they're quite excited...

Here's our one & only chick

Well today was day 22. One chick had piped (pipped?) about 11am and hatched at about 6pm. Never having seen tbs before, I'm worried. First about the chick who was a bit bloody and laying down when we saw him last. Is this normal? When do they start walking around? Secondly, I'm worried about the...

Today is day 19! I went into school yesterday and put sponges in the bator to up the humidity. I wasn't able to stay long so I hope that it stayed consistent and didn't go too high. Hopefully we'll get some activity tomorrow or Tuesday. Last week (day 15 I think) I went through with the kids and...

Thanks for the advice. I did calibrate the hygrometer (twice) and it runs about 4% low, so I'm adjusting for that. I am using an LED flashlight I just don't think it's strong enough. I can barely see through the light brown eggs!

Day 10 Check-In: The egges seem to be doing well. I have caught the incubator dropping a bit (it was down to 97 when I arrived this morning) but I still think that we're ok. Out of 36 eggs, I have 9-10 eggs that seem fertile (air pocket at the big end) but do not seem to be developing (no veins...

I'll keep you updated rikku_03. Here are some pictures of us setting the eggs Tuesday night.

I run an after school porgram in Napa, CA & as part of a month-long program on sustainability, we are incubating 36 chicken eggs. 24 of them are from a free range farm near by & are mostly mixed breads. These eggs are an assortment of green, brown, white, & pale blue. I also picked up a dozen...