A PIP!

[BigBlueHen53]

*sniff* I'm so happy for you!

I don't think I'd ever be able to hatch babies!

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Fluctuating between 60 and 70. The baby's little sac looks quite dry though.

I usually try for 75%. Hopefully your babies will all hatch out! Also be really carefully with the umbilical site so that the intestines don't rip out.

 

[yickenscarf23]

I usually try for 75%. Hopefully your babies will all hatch out! Also be really carefully with the umbilical site so that the intestines don't rip out.

I'm trying to. I stuck her in a cup with some paper towels but she just jumped out. I'm worried about her crashing into the other eggs

 

[Ebony Rose]

Quit opening the incubator. You're allowing precious humidity to escape!

 

[yickenscarf23]

Quit opening the incubator. You're allowing precious humidity to escape!

I only opened it the once because the hatched baby was sending the eggs in there rolling all around.

Humidity is setting around 70 now. One in there is screaming it's head off still but not pipped.

 

[Ebony Rose]

Awwwww, have you tried 'screaming' back at him/her? Sometimes they need that type of encouragement.

 

[yickenscarf23]

Awwwww, have you tried 'screaming' back at him/her? Sometimes they need that type of encouragement.

Yeah I took one of my bigger older chicks and held it next to the incubator to maybe encourage her to pip. The egg is quivering and has been since yesterday so I hope we get a baby soon so #1 isn't all alone. Their dad was a bantam and I wasn't anticipating how tiny the first one was. I don't think I'll be able to mix them with the week olds for a little while.

 

[yickenscarf23]

The hatched one still has not been able to walk and the peeping egg has gone silent. I hope they're just really tired

 

[yickenscarf23]

The baby tried to pip internally from the wrong side and was found dead today. The first to hatch is the only one that made it.

His/Her name is Blue. After all this I don't think I'm cut out for hatching. Im a mortgage paying adult and lordddddd I've cried like a baby over these peeps. Blue is so tiny I'll be going to the feed store and getting an equally tiny friend for her as the bigger chicks just run her over. Edited to say she had little Band-Aids on her feet yesterday because her feet were horribly crooked but today she is moving good without them.

 

[Perris]

so sorry for your losses, but Blue is the sweetest thing
I suggest you put some marbles or suchlike in the water bowl in case she falls in