Blood around pipp

[Top Rooster]

Did you not have an incubator or did mom abandon the egg

 

[Top Rooster]

Also are you more of a guinea person than chickens

 

[The Angry Hen]

I didn't incubate Tink, well under a lamp she hatched!
And I have had Guinea fowl first, but I know and love chickens more.

I have much more knowledge about chickens and how to care for them.

-K

 

[The Angry Hen]

Here is my baby! She is actually the best egg layer!

-K

 

[Top Rooster]

She looks like a RIR. Give me all of the details of what you did to hatch tink

 

[The Angry Hen]

She's a New Hampshire. (Good guess though...)

To hatch her I set up a little shoe box that was safe enough for a living creature.
No stickers or sharp edges. With a little towel...(No strings)...And a thermometer.

I took a trouble light and safely attached it to the shoe box.

I placed the egg that officially had it's first pip in the center of the box.
Watching and watching... I decided to wait till the next day to watch.

I woke up, chirping but no new developments except a new crack in the center.

Checking a lot, waiting, waiting... I even skipped dinner due to the new cracks!
My Mom was watching the egg with me when my Dad went to get a different light...

(A regular heat lamp)... BAM! The shell feel off as the wet yellow chicken fell out onto her back!

She was precious. That is step by step! I also set up a very small shallow glass jar-thing of water with little rocks at the bottom for it.

I gave her food the next day...

There ya go! So, I think you are looking to incubate like this more often?!?!

I have videos but unless I put them on you tube I can't post.
I will try to find some pictures though.

I have to go for dinner now, bye!
I hope my info had helped!

-K

 

[Top Rooster]

Bye! Did you turn the egg? How did you get the humidity to it?

 

[The Angry Hen]

Hello! I am back.

I didn't turn the egg because it was on it's last two days.
Hm...Good question. I think the lamp didn't quite set off humidity...

But the room being closed up in a way helped.
I wasn't quite prepared when it happened, so I don't quite remember. Sorry.

How will you be incubating and what is your exact plan?

-K

 

[The Angry Hen]

Hello! Are you there?

-K

 

[Mousehog]

I am new to this forum and new to incubating. We set 15 eggs on 29 Feb and 7 of them have hatched. The most recent one had blood around the

crack, but she just hatched now. She is totally exhausted and I can see spots of blood on her. I will leave her be for now. Two pics attached. One just before hatching and one after with the chick who had hatched moments before.