Crazy chick playing soccer with unhatched siblings

[BajaBink]

Chick just hatched an hour ago and has not stopped trying to get out! He/she has moved every egg in the incubator to a new location and even wore it's egg as a hat or might have been trying to climb back in...very tempted to remove and place in brooder that is warmed and ready. Room temp is warm and 60% humidity so won't be letting dry air in. Don't want him to have a nervous breakdown or harm the others - 4 pipped and 5 viable and holding...help!!

 

[Alaskan]

Ak!

So, what happened?

 

[BajaBink]

Moved them as they hatched and glad I did - great incubator but too small for all that activity! Babies doing great!

 

[Alaskan]

Yeah! I love baby chicks!

How many ended up hatching?

 

[BajaBink]

8 made it out - one with help since it pipped the wrong end. A 9th died in the shell with no pip at all - when I opened it later it might have not had eyes or an egg tooth. The other was not farther along than the black blob of the eye stage but was hard to accurately candle due to the dark shell (Maran). So for shipped eggs and my first incubation it went pretty well.

 

[BajaBink]

(+2 eggs that didn't look far along but I put them in anyways just in case.)

 

[Alaskan]

Yep, it took me forever to take out the eggs that I knew were duds.....I kept hoping that they would spontaneously grow little chicks