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Please tell me you got eggs too and are going to try again??

Sit down tonight before you get your eggs, research out your incubation plan and write it down. Stick to it. Temperatures, humidity levels, days for candling. On day 18 lock them down, and do nothing more than top up with water. Get enough eggs that you can nearly fill your incubator, chicks...

Sounds genetic to me so. I'm so sorry for you, but please realise that even if you helped the chick(s) out last night, they were unlikely to make it. Don't throw away the incubator yet though, try again.

If temperature and humidity were fine, then it's most likely genetics. Try getting eggs from another source and try again. As fresh as possibe, and fill the incubator up to it's maximum capacity. They work better that way. Is it a homemade incubator or a bought one? Is it new?

It's the sad truth that if you have to help them out, they most likely would not survive anyway. Clean out your incubator and try again. Check the other eggs first though. Do you know where your incubation went wrong?

Good idea. Try an un-pipped egg first, and knock a small hole through to the air sac. If the chick is dead, practice getting it out first before going for the live one.

Is it dark enough to candle them? Check for movement?

There's no harm in having alook at this stage. If you're in day 23 you need to think about what you are willing to do: either save or lose this chick. Aer any others looking likely? Or hatched?

If you really thinkyou should at this stage, then maybe it's right to. Please, look up on you tube the video of the double yolker egg that was hand hatched by a BYCer. It will show you how to do this without killing the chick. Maybe just opening the bator, taking out the egg and hold it in a...

How many eggs are in there? And be honest - have you been opening the bator?

My money is one two hatched by now...

I didn't hear a peep over my two year old daughter running around all day when mine started. My dh thought he heard tapping a peeping and turfed me out of bed several times the night the first pip appeared though. For a non-chicken person he was more excited than me!

It is half one am here so I'm off to bed shortly, but like I said earlier, I bet you have chicks by the time I get up tomorrow morning!

Think I should have a cuppa too. Friend of mine came over for dinner so we opened a bottle of wine at the back of the cupboard. I know nothing about wine,. and halfway through while we were saying 'yum this is lovely' she realised we were drinking sixty euros worth of expensive wine with...

what time is it over there? edit: excuse the spelling, am enjoying more than a couple of beers!!

Well I'm going off to candle my day 7 eggs, will post pics if I can take them. Hubby in Scotland until tomorrow, may need his help when he gets back. 11/11 wiggling away, although one eggs is now 50% wax on the outside due to excessive craking, but a very very precious egg

Hate cleaning more than straining your eyes at pips? Is the brooder ready and warm? You got all your things together incase you need to step in? You got your heat lamp on? Your celebratory drink? If not - SOMETHING TO DO!!

Please, walk away from the bator!! You put tape over it yet???

Ha ha ha!! Your excitement is contagious!