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Thank you to everyone for your kind words :) chicken keeping is such a fun hobby, but it comes with hardships

Unfortunately I am the bearer of bad news. I followed the instructions in the article and opened up the air cell just a tiny bit to see if it had pipped. Sadly, I don't think the little guy made it. It hadn't internally pipped, which was strange because I was sure I thought I heard it chirping...

The photos of it aren't so great, it's really hard to see what's going on. I think I'll open it up enough to see if it's pipped, and then continue on if it is. Almost all of the veins looked absorbed in the candling.

Yeah. My camera isn't great but I'll try

In the article it says now is a good time to open up the air cell. In fact, it may be a little past that time, maybe about 20 hrs since I made the safety hole. What would you guys do? Yay or nay? I'm kind of leaning towards yay but I'm not super experienced with this.

Ruby's are pretty typey, from what I've heard. I just got home like ten minutes ago (had to run an extra errand). No progress, but I thought I heard a couple faint chirps.

I'll get home at around 4 this afternoon, but I'm getting updates from my family. So far nothing else has happened. Someone else forwarded me that article a while back when I had another problem with a chick hatching. It's really helpful, thank you.

Lol I would be doing the same thing. Good luck with your hatch! :fl:jumpy

:lol: yep, it's a good thing I'm out of the house Love that mother hen and baby duck!

Day 26: No progress yet...but I thought I saw some rocking. Is there anything else I should do, do you think?

I went with my gut and make a tiny safety hole with a screw. It took a while to get through that shell! Then I put it back in the incubator. We'll see how it looks tomorrow. Of course, I'm starting to doubt myself, but I always do when it comes to these things.

OK, so I should still make the safety hole before I go to bed tonight?

Alright, I went ahead and candled. Wasn't sure if it was an internal pip or not? It had some weird shadowing on the sides, but I don't normally candle chicks after lockdown, or ducks at all, so maybe this is normal? I didn't get a pic, but I found some on the Internet that looked similar...The...

@casportpony Wasn't sure if I should wait a bit longer, but I'm thinking of doing it now

@marthann1 so sorry your hen isn't well. Sick hens can take a while to recover, but you did the right thing. Hopefully she will be better soon :fl

20 ducklings!? wow! That's one skilled mama hen! Nothing from the egg yet. I'm a little worried, but I know ducks take a while to hatch, and calls can have trouble, so I'm prepared to be patient and intervene when needed.

They're all so cute! :love:love:love Can't wait to have one or two of my own :)

@WVduckchick aww they're so adorable! :love

:lau same here, but with chickens instead

Lol, I should have known!:lau I have so many pictures of chicks on my phone, and I'm sure I'll have plenty of duck pics soon! They're adorable!:love