Beating myself up.

[Outpost JWB]

I SURE Wish you could E-mail all of them to me---LOL. I would take a 100 a week!!

Wish I could too!

I think the advice @bobbi-j gave you
@beegirl4 , is very good about the temps. I have made my fair share of mistakes in the chicken business. That is for sure. We learn everyday.

 

[bobbi-j]

That's the thing about chicken-keeping. It's a continuous learning experience. I'm sure even the veteran chicken-keepers here still tweak how they do things now and then. I know I do, although I don't consider myself a veteran.

Keep hatching, keep reading, keep learning.

 

[scflock]

If they were that late developing, don't feel bad. One thing I have learned is it is much easier for them to die in the shell than to have to cull a fluffy little chick with deformities later. We've all been there. Sometimes we've made mistakes, sometimes it's natures way, but if it was that far behind you had no choice. It's never easy, but you get more used to it. It comes with the territory

 

[PD-Riverman]

That's the thing about chicken-keeping. It's a continuous learning experience. I'm sure even the veteran chicken-keepers here still tweak how they do things now and then. I know I do, although I don't consider myself a veteran.

Keep hatching, keep reading, keep learning.

I am a Newbie----I seem to learn something new about every day.

 

[bobbi-j]

I am a Newbie----I seem to learn something new about every day.

Me,too!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I think a good share of us have gone to do an eggtopsy on what we thought was a quitter only to find that it was still alive. I know I did my first hatch. I was removing what I thought were quitters between day 10 and lockdown, and one was very much alive, (well, until I opened it.) After that I decided I would pull the clears at day 10 and any bloodrings, but everything else was staying as long as it wasn't stinking!

At the end of a hatch when I eggtopsy I put a hole in the air cell big enough to get my little finger in to touch the membrane and feel for movement before I proceed to actualy opening them up. I figure if I am wrong and one is alive it will at least have a chance to hatch. I can't stand the thought of killing another by being mistaken.

You can't help but feel bad, no matter how many other people share your experience, but don't be too hard on yourself. It's a learning process.