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well I checked the 8 eggs I had in the bator (in a steamed up bathroom, thanks for the tip!) no movement, no chirping. I float tested them and they were barely breaking the surface. I eggtospied and some looked I guess shrink wrapped, I have a few that hadn't absorbed the yolk and was turned a...

Sorry Paula! I'm not sure about the shrink wrapping. Hopefully someone with more experience can tell you. I can empathize about this hatch being more difficult. I feel the same way.

I think I had some beginner luck last time. I set 10 and hatched 8. This time I set 30, 20 went into lockdown and so far I"ve had 9 hatch, 7 living including the sickly one. I had 2 that had pipped but I think they quit cause last night they quit peeping and no movement. It's so hard cause I...

How do you cull the babies?

After watching it for a minute I think that it's actually it's intestines hanging out and not the yolk sac like I originally thought. Will this chick make it? Can I help it?

I have a chick that hatched and it looks like it's egg sack and stuff is still attached. What do you do about that? I am getting nervous about the other eggs. I think I have more gray hairs this time around too! I noticed two that pipped yesterday haven't made it. They were peeping and stuff but...

I only had the water in there cause I was having trouble with the humidity staying up with my sponges. I honestly didn't think it was deep enough for them to drown but I guess it was. I feel so awful that it happened. However I do have 5 babies hatched and 1 more almost out. Plus I have 9 more...

I'm so mad at myself I can't stand it right now. I had to leave to get some things for my daughter's birthday party tonight and when I came back 2 chicks had hatched out and climbed in the water bowl I had in there and had drown. I apologized to them and prayed for forgiveness cause I feel like...

Here's a few pics. 2 have pipped on the bottom but seem to be doing fine cause the one has it's beak out and the other I can hear peeping. Then one of the little fuzzies!

2 babies so far! Couple more have pipped.

2 pips!

I hear peeping through shells! I should hopefully have fuzzy butts by morning!!

Congratulations to those who have little fuzzies! I seem to be having a humidity issue today. When I came back from the store it was in the 40's. I've covered it with a blanket now and it's back to the low 60's. i hope the chicks are okay.

I made a mistake today. I checked the eggs before I locked them down and I took one out that was kinda sloshing around and hadn't moved the last 2 times I had checked it and plus it had a clear spot on the opposite end of the air cell and on the side. Well my son knocked it off the counter and...

On my first hatch after they pipped I didn't move from in front of the incubator all day and most of the night. My hubby actually ordered me to bed because I was falling asleep sitting there!! I'll probably be that way this time too. I'm hoping everything turns out alright on this hatch. For...

Candled again last night and had to get rid of 3 more. I'm down to 21 eggs. For some reason my brown eggs didn't do too well this time around. I only have 6 and I started out with 12. I have 15 white leghorn eggs. I plan on selling this batch.

I like the mutt chicken. I have them too.

I checked the ones I was unsure about and had to get rid of 5. Down to 25 eggs.

I candled tonight as well. 26/30. I ha one that looked like it had quit early on. Like day or two ago. First picture here; just a dark spot no real veining. This egg it just had this red vein around the egg but nothing else so I figured it was a quitter too. I left them in for a few...

Last time I only candled 3 times but last night I just wanted to see about a few of them and ended up doing all of them.