"If it ain't broken don't fix it" has never been more appropriate. What you was doing was working...go back to that.Thanks. This is very helpful. I had a chick pip for 30 hours, I finally helped it out. It died a week later. It was sick on and off the whole time. I considered never helping agiain because maybe there is a reason they can't hatch on their own. I think if I had left it for another day or two it would have developed more. He was so tiny. I loved that little guy. This time my chicks were 4 days past due, still hadn't pipped by the way, and 2 eggs looked dead. I thought I could figure out what to do by opening them. One was dead the other very weak. The chick died while I was trying to save it. It had a narrow head like the one that died after a week, but smaller. I know now what the problem was. Sad part is that I didn't have a problem until a few people convinced me I should always have a 90-100% hatch rate and I needed to change a few things. Those changes completely stopped my hatches. Stunted the growth of the chicks in the eggs. Their changes lowered the temp and messed up the way I was checking it but I believed them because they 'had experience' and there were three of them and one in-experienced me. I have learned a lot in the last few weeks. I think that thing will be looking up from here. My homemade incubators are far better than the store and I can get 3 bags of feed for returning it. I am also investing in expensive batteries for my thermostat/hygrometer. I wish there was one that plugged in. And trust myself a little more. Overall, people on here are wonderful and very helpful. Thank you.I will have a good hatch! Despite the wanna be soccer star, postal workers that use my eggs as their soccerball. Despite the no experienced, non-chicken owning advice givers. Despite my own brainfart mess ups. I will grow an Army of chicks to take over the neighborhood!!! Given lovers unite!!!!![]()
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