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Yay for all the new chicks!!!!! They are so cute!
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Okay, thanks for the tip and good luck if you do!it could be oodles of different reasons...
but with me in the past when i have had that happen, it is because the chick was set up incorrectly. So, when the chick was ready to pip, it didn't pip into the air pocket, and instead drowned.
Super sad to see such a perfect chick that didn't make it.
Because of stuff like that, i haven't hatched any myself for years, can't stand the deaths that seem to always happen.
But I am going to try again I think Monday or Tuesday.
Congrats on the rest of your new flock!
Okay, thanks for the tip and good luck if you do!
Could it have been something I could have prevented for future hatchings (turn egg more, set up differently, etc.)
Also my humidity was REALLY high though the whole incubation, but anytime I openned the vent my still air incubator (purchased not made) would drop temp so I ended up leaving them closed.
I am TOTALLY with you! It just breaks my heart! I hate it hate it!Drowing is my worst fear in the world, so that makes me sad the baby had to go through that![]()
I was having such issues with temp and humidity I was surprised anything hatched really, so I guess 11 chicks is good. The ones I opened that never started developing was no big deal, but the fully developed ones was heart breaking!
What a great delicate blue!Hey everyone~!
I'm excited to start posting about my Blue Ameraucana babies soon! I'll post a video of when they start hatching and maybe some candling pictures when I take a look on day 14 and 18!
They were put in the incubator May 16th and are due around June 6th! I cant wait to introduce my first babies into the world and hope to share my experiences with the rest of you!
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I am new to this! 10 days ago I put 4 eggs from my hens ( not sure what the rooster is with golden comets) My friend who also has a mixed flocked gave me 10 of her eggs. I don't know what I am looking for, only what you tube has shown. But I did see tiny little dots today! So I guess I am doing something right. My humidity ran a little high at first which concerns me, I had to throw out one today because it was smelling bad, and I think I might have one that has a blood ring around it I am not sure. I am going to be double checking everything again in a few days. If everything goes as planed I am hoping to purchase some different kind of eggs to add to our flock.
What a great delicate blue!
When you said "Blue Americauna" did you mean that the chickens are Blue, or that you got Americaunas with really great blue eggs?
I think the blue color is one of the prettiest, and I still don't have any of that color!