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Well. No more hatched from my batch. Mr.Active is doing great. There was a local lady selling chicks, so I got three from her so Active isn't alone. Got two speckled sussex and one white crested black Polish. The flock is shaping up nicely. The three new chicks are normal (lol) and sleep all the...

Well. The hatch isn't going so well. The early chick just doesn't sleep. Weird chick! The little thing was using the other eggs as billiard balls. Running around and around the incubator, looking me right in the eye when he could see me and screaming at me then hopping up and down and trying to...

Thanks for the reply about the eggs getting knocked around being ok. I'll keep the lid closed and wait out a few more days.

So far, no one else has hatched. Day 21 starts at noon today. The first chick is dry and cheeping up a storm.

The pics of chicks under the Mom chicken are so cute.

What do you do with an early hatching chick? The first chick seems to fall around and knock the other eggs around quite a bit. Does that hurt the hatch of the other eggs?

I'm an addict, too. I want some silkies and quail, too.

Got an "early bird" that hatched this morning - a few minutes ago. She/he is cheeping up a storm.

Yep. I know. I changed out the wire mesh for a plastic mesh one from another incubator. The plastic is very rounded and soft for little feet. And it doesn't get super hot.

Went into lock down this afternoon. Should have Silver Laced Wyandotte chicks by Thursday afternoon. The main incubator is one of those Chinese made yellow plastic ones with a digital readout. It has circulated air with a fan and an egg turner. I leave the vent plugs out. The temperature stays...