DAY 18 SMALL AIR CELLS PLEASE HELP

[shelbylewis]

When they start internally pipping, you could try to make a safety hole to compensate for the air cell being so small.

How is that done?

 

[Matieus27]

Well day 22, no internal pips but the air cells are drawn back more than they were. Starting to lose hope and might just have to come to terms with the fact that this hatch isn't going to happen. Thank you everyone for the support, advice, and stories that you shared over the last 4 days. I am not sure I will try incubating again as it is too heartbreaking to put in so much work and excitement only for heartache at the end. I hope this can help someone else not make the same mistake that I did...

Don’t give up yet at the very least you could candle the eggs if there are no lips yet and check for blood vessels and movement and go from there

 

[Matieus27]

Did we get a hatcher?

 

[Matieus27]

I can't wait to have that feeling!

We can’t wait for you to have that feeling also

 

[Matieus27]

How’s wiggles doing

 

[Matieus27]

Anything going on with wiggles at all?

 

[shelbylewis]

What’s your humidity at right now

The incubator says 50% but the hygrometer that is in the incubator says 70%, I'm going to say somewhere in the middle of both of those

 

[Matieus27]

I am going to candle Wiggles when I take this chick (Pipsy) possible name lol, out of the incubator. I will let you all know what I see and try to get a pic for you if there is anything to see! @Matieus27 the baby is doing fine, chirping away and trying to figure out how to use it’s legs! haha, starting to fluff up now too

Awesome

 

[shelbylewis]

Might be good to leave the first chick in incubator until another hatches.
Will stimulate other hatchings and a single chick in brooder can be 'lonely'.

hmmm good idea. i will do that

 

[LoveMyChickenBabies]

Well everyone we have a chick!!! Sorry not a great pic but i’ll get better ones when he/she is all dry! Thank you all so much for your kind words, help, advice, and stories over the last 5-6 days. I seriously can not express my gratitude!