Ok, here's what's going on in my bator.
I candled the eggs and 2 of them were completely dark, while the other 3 had spaces of blood vessels. I opened the 2 completely dark eggs and moistened their membranes. They were both mal-positioned, but because of the horribly saddled air cells, their beaks were fairly easy to find. Both of them were very weak. There was very little movement and it looked like their blood vessels were already beginning to subside. I had always thought the they don't begin to subside until the chick internally pips. Anyways, I carefully avoided blood vessels and I managed to free both of their beaks. Both started breathing instantly, but they are still very weak. I'm glad I went in when I did, because these 2 wouldn't have made it otherwise.
I looked at the other 3 eggs and starting thinking. I lost every single shipped egg from the NYD hatch-a-long and all of them looked like this, so I might as well try something. Especially after seeing the condition of the other 2 chicks. I choose one of the eggs to open. I removed part of the shell and moistened the membrane. This chick is also mal-positioned, but because the air cell extended all the way down to the small end of the egg, I was able to find it's beak. This chick has a lot of fluid left. I'm not sure what do to with this baby. I know that I can't internally pip for it because it's not ready and there is too much fluid, but from my experience, chicks like this don't make it.
Even though the first 2 are weak, I'm very hopeful. They are breathing and their blood vessels are subsided. As for the other 3, I have very little hope. Sally, what would you do? I don't understand why those 3 (as well as my NYD eggs) have so much fluid left. Temperatures were spot on so they shouldn't be delayed.
