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It looked like they were shrink wrapped to me because when I pipped through the shell with tweezers both membranes were very tight to the chicks. It was obvious they had all been dead for a couple days and I think that accounts for all of the fluid seen in #2 and another silkie egg that I didn't...

Well, all my chicks were dead. I think they were shrink wrapped? I'm not sure. I'm pretty upset. This whole experience has been just awful and disappointing for me. I feel terrible for the chicks. Maybe I fussed with them too much? My humidity was sometimes VERY low during the beginning of...

It's the 22nd day for me and still nothing! When should I start thinking about assisting/investigating?!!

So cute!!! I STILL don't have anything happening with my eggs! Day 21 started at 6am for me today! Should I be worried? Is there anything I should do? I candled them earlier today already and I don't want to mess with them but I'm scared that nothing is happening...My temp and humidity have been...

I know I should have left them but I couldn't resist! I candled them QUICK in my steamed-up bathroom. Here's a pic I took of one of my blue silkie eggs. EDITED VERSION Two of my three silkie eggs looked like this! It's like the veins are gone (yolk absorbing?!) and the chick is maybe to one...

This morning started day 21 for me! Nothing yet!!!! I am kind of freaking out because I know I should not touch anything but I am dying to know what's happening in there! I am home quick for lunch.

Here's what I rigged up for my incubator when my humidity wouldn't stay up (my house is super dry!): I just ripped a paper towel in half, twisted it up and poked it through the air hole! Whenever my humidity drops I just put a drop or two of water on it and it wicks down and increases the...

That's so exciting!!! I have been staring down my eggs all morning. Nothing!!! I have to work all day tomorrow I am really hoping I get to see SOMETHING happen today, even if it is day 20. There is a lot of today left though I suppose...

I know I can't stop looking at mine!! Hands off for me though. I have been watching them all day to look for any movement or to hear any peeps! Nothing so far...

I can't wait to see everyone's pictures! Hurry up!! :)

That's so exciting!!!!

Thank you for the advice I will be MUCH more careful in the future! I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't sure that it wasn't very developed. Many of my Maran eggs didn't develop at all and it was hard to see in them when candling so I really thought it was just another one that hadn't developed...

The egg I culled had a long u-shaped egg sac lengthwise across the egg and I couldn't see veins where as the day before I could. Leave it!! You never know! As for the brooder box, you probably don't have to turn the light on until you see them hatch. They need to stay in the incubator until they...

Yeah! That's so great I can't wait for my silkies! Thank you all for being so nice, I'm still really bummed. An egg-topsy is when you crack your egg in a little sandwich bag so you can inspect it and see what possibly went wrong. I knew as soon as I cracked the egg a little it felt wrong. I...

Guys, I really messed up. I am so upset. I candled my eggs quick to set them properly and pulled out one of my maran eggs I was unsure of.. It looked like it had a weird air sac and I couldnt see veins and the dark spot just didn't look right to me. I thought it was a day 13 or so quitter like...

I candled them last night quickly, my three silkie eggs and one maran egg look great, I am unsure about the other two marans... I didn't set them down specifically and now I am kind of freaking out! I hope they will be okay.

My 6 eggs are in lockdown as of this morning! I wasn't sure how to place the eggs so I just sort of rolled them around a little and let them settle. Is there a specific position I should have placed them in? Besides the obvious on their side? Will the chicks move around enough so the large part...

Bummer. I was so excited to put them in lockdown today! Tomorrow it is. I guess we are expecting them to hatch Friday then? That's the one day I can't be home all day! The egg carton is probably a good idea, the only thing I can think of that would have caused my Lavender Orpington to stop...

I candled my eggs again last night and decided to cull my ONLY Lavender Orpington! It was a tough one. The egg-topsy revealed a day 12-13 quitter :(. I am SO sad, I was really hoping that one would hatch. The three Blue Silkies look great, one Maran looks great and the other two Marans are...

I candled my day 15 eggs last night and tossed the ones I was unsure of. I have 7 eggs left! So much for shipped eggs. 3 Blue silkies, 3 Blue copper Marans and my 1 Lavender Orpington! I did little egg-cropsy's on the culled eggs and one of them was a day 8 or so quitter and that was kind of...