I hatched my first chicks. The first came out at 45% humidity fine. Someone here told me to raise it to 65%, so I did. Now the chicks that hatched have that hard goo on them someone posted about last week! And another can't hatch because of it and is now stuck!
HELP! What do I do now? Their feathers are matted down and they can't walk! They act brain damaged. The first one is fine, he hatched at 45%.
I'm getting my humidity DOWN! This is bogus! The first hatched fine at 45%. I'm not touching it next time.
So now what do i do for my matted chicks?
<<< So I took paper towel and rubbed them till they fuzzed up a bit and lowerd the humidity back to 50%. They still can't walk but seem a tad better now that they aren't covered in hard stuffs. More are hatching. All have zipped and one has piped and the other may be dead or piped. Can't tell. Stuck chick was finally able to struggle out and is very tired. He had less crap on him sense I lowered the humidity.
HELP! What do I do now? Their feathers are matted down and they can't walk! They act brain damaged. The first one is fine, he hatched at 45%.
I'm getting my humidity DOWN! This is bogus! The first hatched fine at 45%. I'm not touching it next time.
So now what do i do for my matted chicks?
<<< So I took paper towel and rubbed them till they fuzzed up a bit and lowerd the humidity back to 50%. They still can't walk but seem a tad better now that they aren't covered in hard stuffs. More are hatching. All have zipped and one has piped and the other may be dead or piped. Can't tell. Stuck chick was finally able to struggle out and is very tired. He had less crap on him sense I lowered the humidity.
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