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Thank you and I'm sorry about your hen too.
I'm just not good with losses like that, especially with animals. I don't have human children so I get incredibly attached to my animals... They /are/ my children. My boss at work even jokes that I'm expecting babies - not chicks - because of how fondly and excited I speak of them. I guess a huge part of my fussing about possibly killing them all is that I'm afraid if i get too attached or.. start counting my chickens before they hatch... none will.
Hmm, I do have one question for you though. How long before actual hatch do you generally hear peeps? Their hatch date is meant to be tomorrow but they're completely quiet and still. Also, for some reason the temp in my bator is trying to plummet despite it actually getting warm in and outside of my house. I had to increase the heat a small nudge on the bator because I'm not making it hotter in here. I'll die of heat stroke XD But even with the increase the temp still lowered inside my incubator. i don;t get what might be causing this. Chicks moving? Preparing to hatch? I don't get it.
Hi Rin,
I usually will start to whistle to them after I've taken them off the turner or what everyone now refers to as LD. then they will respond. My DH thinks I'm nuts but then I'll find him doing too.
He can whistle in the same tone as a baby chick peeping, it's great! It's my way of letting them know someone is out there waiting for them.
Don't need to raise with you room temperature above 70-75, depending on your comfort level. The room my bator is in is around 64 deg but the bator stays between 98-102 with it's normal cycle. Be sure your humidity is up above 75%. The heat outside the bator may be effecting it's thermostat causing it to cool down, just a theory. When they do start to pip it can take up to 24 hrs before they emerge, it's a lot of work for them with so little space to work in. They have to gradually turn in the egg to complete what it call the zip.
Hope this information helps, good luck and take a deep breath!
