day 20 two hatched...what should I do????

[chicksnducks]

two hatched, one this morning and one about 5 minutes ago. NOW WHAT??? Do I just leave them in the bator???? there are still 17 more chicken eggs and one duck egg....
I came home to check on them and God hatched it just in time for me to see!!!!
well I gotta go back to work but need to know how hot the brooder should be and when should I move the babies?

 

[chickabator]

the brooder should be around 95 for the first week and then lower it 5 degrees each week after that.

 

[LoneCowboy]

Brooder needs to be 90-95 degrees for the first week. I don't know what to tell you about moving them. Usually you don't open that incubator until all are hatched but with these being a day early, you better wait for an experienced person to tell you. However, the one that just hatched won't be dry enough for a while so you can't move them right now anyway.

 

[ksacres]

Leave it in there until you have more to pull out. Once a day opening the bator right now is a maximum. They will be ok for a day or so.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Hatched chicks can live 3 days without food or water...they are absorbing their yolks and thats what they live on for the first few days...thats why a hatchery can ship day olds...Leave them in the bator til they start to fluff up and a few more hatch...you are going to lose humidity at the wrong time if you keep opening the bator...

Everyone has told you the correct temps for your brooder set up...

 

[chicksnducks]

great! thanks...I havent' opened it since day 18 and will wait. now I have two more that hatched but one is lying on it's back and can't seem to get up....my gosh it is so frustrating ...I just want to help him.....any advice???

 

[JudyMcKinn]

Well, when I have had one hatch and is on it's back, I have been known to stick a drinking straw (or similiar) thru one of the vent holes and flip him over, if you can reach him thru a vent hole.

 

[chicksnducks]

I did flip him last nite but sticking something in the hole...he looks better but is still not looking right....thanks....there are five total and I still didn't open it....still being patient!!!
thanks for all the advice from you chicken midwives!!! LOL