Hopefully he/she turns out okay.
It's clear. I am very obsessive about making sure... I think I am irritating incubation mom because I check multiple times a day. But vent is clean and the stink is mostly gone. I dont want to wash the baby for obvious reason but you cannot smell anything foul unless your nose is all up in the featherlettes. I am going to clean out the nest once I am sure no one else is hatching, which seems sad but likely. It was an experiment. It's her first broodiness, it was Richard's first year of mating, it was Ruby's first few eggs. There are 5 total in the nest, 4 now that this one emerged. I do not want to use an electric incubator. We lose power a lot and for long periods of times. Sometimes days. I am in a rather rural area. I wanted to see if silkie was up for the incubation and nanny job. It seems she is, with a few small adjustments needed.
