HELP!! Chick hatching!

[808mom_of10]

That purple spot is where I gently touched a qtip soaked with Olive oil. I got scared and stopped!

 

[sylviethecochin]

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Weird. I have never seen that before. I admit that I don't use olive oil, but I've seen it used in other threads and no one has reported results like that. What kind of olive oil are you using? Can you use vegetable oil?

 

[808mom_of10]

ok, I wont mist, and yes, I get it about the wet chill. I'll put a wet cloth in a little container, so it doesn't wet anything else, and put in near the egg, under the heat lamp. should I try the vegetable oil?

 

[808mom_of10]

That's why I freaked out! i'll try veggie oil now. stand by!

 

[808mom_of10]

Ok, vegetable oil, same thing. The OUTSIDE membrane, right under the shell, does NOT change color with the oil. But the INSIDE membrane turns purple!

 

[808mom_of10]

and I have the heating pad on, in a small box, a dishtowel over the heating pad, and three other suspect eggs that my daughter just brought in. The heat lamp is suspended about 2 feet above the box. Will that be too hot?

 

[sylviethecochin]

The heat lamp is suspended about 2 feet above the box. Will that be too hot?

I don't know. I suspect that that's too cool. But I don't know your local temp, I don't know your airflow, I don't know your wattage of bulb. And even if I did know them, I wouldn't be experienced with them. Your best bet is a thermometer.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Ok, vegetable oil, same thing. The OUTSIDE membrane, right under the shell, does NOT change color with the oil. But the INSIDE membrane turns purple!

Weird. @Pyxis might have some input. Though I think it's pretty late at night.

 

[808mom_of10]

ok, I'm in Hawaii, so right now, at 832pm, the temp is 73 degrees. it wont get too much colder now. The eggs are in a shallow box, in my bedroom. Good airflow, but its next to my bed, so not a drafty area. I only have a thermometer to check for temps on a human!

 

[808mom_of10]

How do I message @Pyxis ?