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I helped one of mine out. was zipped for a long time. I could see the membreane drying so i took it out and wrapped it in a warm wet paper towel. used cosmetic scissors to chip away a little more shell. Wound up cutting some membrane away let it push out the rest of the way itself. Little...

Sorry about the egg turner, I have one that is trying to zip out... it's been 12 hour or more. still trying though. i upped the humidity by dropping some water in a vent hole. All the other chicks are still in there..about 13. Just trying not to open incubator. I am holding out for the egg I...

hooray !!!I have a bunch now. it's been it's been 29 hours since my first one hatched. Not sure if I should move some to the brooder to make room . I have two more pipped... but really slow going. I don't want to jeopardize the rest of the eggs.

What will happen if i open it just to add some water? How long can the original hatchling be in there without dehydrating? Sorry about your egg turner. ;(

Hi everyone... congrats on your good results so far. I need some information please. I have had ten haych! Yay! The first one hatched at 4 pm yesterday. Its crowded in there and i cant tell if there are anymore pips. One started to unziip then stopped, No change in about 7 hours. When co I move...

I Am a nervous wreck. ! Mine are due to hatch Sunday. I took out the egg turner and laid them ll on the wire floor. I tried to angle the large part of the egg upward. Hope I wasn't too soon. it is 72 hours away from what would be day 21. How closely do you need to watch them while they hatch...

Wow ! hopefully I am right behind you!

cloaking .... not getting me off track... not on a track to begin with! Just sounded like a good idea. .

I like the towel idea. I think i will borrow it. I wasn't sure what people meant about chicks drowning. I thought they meant the humidity was too high, but now I think they may have been talking about the water in the incubator trough. Does your incubator have a built in hydrometer? I can't...

I Hope i don't mess things up right at the end. I've never done this before I haven't been keeping a close eye on the humidity . do you start lock down 72 hours before they are due to hatch? I tghink I will candle one more time to see if there are any I can remove so there is more room in the...

Sounds like it's going pretty well. !!

I only candled one egg because I just don't want to risk messing things up! It's a good one!! Leghorn and Ancona mix.

Hope they make it! That's scary when the equipment goes haywire.

Wow ! seems we are all hitting hurdles and still having success so far! I am so excited to see what I get. it's better than Christmas! Ha

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Sorry if this posts twice. technical difficulties...the cockateil was stepping on the keyboard. I have a question... I set my eggs seven days ago today. At what point do you know fore sure an egg will not develop? is it safe to discard the ones that look like duds or is it too soon?

gwendalynn28..... such great pictures. I love seeing all the different chickens!

Did some candling today. I wasn't very organized about it... will give it a better effort when I can dedicate some quality time to it. Very exciting to see developing chicks!!! Some are too close to call and some of the brown eggs are too dark to see. was glad i did though.. found one that had a...

Wow! what a great picture!

Wayandotte96.... hope it all goes well!