Day 18 incubating

I thought I’d heard a chirp earlier but wasn’t certain.
I’ve now set up the cage I’m putting them inView attachment 2854107
Just something I like do in brooder for a few days is use a towel on floor instead of bedding. You can sprinkle a little of there chick starter on ground as they have a natural instinct to peck at it and they usually start eating a little sooner until they get the hang of using the feeder. Plus chicks can sometimes peck and eat the bedding and get impacted from it. You can just put a towel or paper towels over top your bedding since you already have it in brooder and just remove towel in a couple of days. By then they should be eating and drinking and getting around much better. Also when you first put hatchlings in brooder dip there beaks into the water and then into feeder to let them know what it is you may have to do that a few different times to get them eating and drinking but they usually pick it up pretty quickly. If you have any questions don't be afraid to ask if I can help I will. PS keep me posted on how things are going.
 
Just something I like do in brooder for a few days is use a towel on floor instead of bedding. You can sprinkle a little of there chick starter on ground as they have a natural instinct to peck at it and they usually start eating a little sooner until they get the hang of using the feeder. Plus chicks can sometimes peck and eat the bedding and get impacted from it. You can just put a towel or paper towels over top your bedding since you already have it in brooder and just remove towel in a couple of days. By then they should be eating and drinking and getting around much better. Also when you first put hatchlings in brooder dip there beaks into the water and then into feeder to let them know what it is you may have to do that a few different times to get them eating and drinking but they usually pick it up pretty quickly. If you have any questions don't be afraid to ask if I can help I will. PS keep me posted on how things are going.
Thank you for this, I might have to give this a try. And will definitely do the dipping their beaks part.
It’s now 9.30 and around an hour ago I heard very loud chirping. I looked at the egg and saw it had made more progress
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Thank you for this, I might have to give this a try. And will definitely do the dipping their beaks part.
It’s now 9.30 and around an hour ago I heard very loud chirping. I looked at the egg and saw it had made more progress
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Hopefully it will zip out soon for you it is an amazing thing to watch.
 
Thank you for this, I might have to give this a try. And will definitely do the dipping their beaks part.
It’s now 9.30 and around an hour ago I heard very loud chirping. I looked at the egg and saw it had made more progress
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Its looking wonderful! That is exactly what ours looked like, a bit of a orgami square shape
 

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