So in total, I had 5 chicks hatch today. I had five remaining eggs that are still in the incubator. One chick passed away in the shell as I could tell when I candled. I didn’t candle every egg. But I did candle 3. 2/3 had veining in the shell still. So I quickly put all back in to the incubator. I don’t have much hope for them as the bantam that did hatch today was extremely wet. When he hatched, I could see water coming from its beak, thank goodness another chick bumped in to him, and the egg was moved. When the egg moved, I could see a water mark on the paper towels under him that was about 1.5”x3”. Now that he is hatched he seems to be doing okay. Sleeping and catching up on rest like he should be! I will update again if we get some more hatchers!
I plan on trying for silkies again in the coming week as I would love to add them to my flock. I was thinking about a dry hatch. I will be using my calibrated thermometer, and will be weighing my eggs when I candle them. I have honestly learned so much from my first run at incubating eggs. Any thoughts on a dry hatch vs wet hatch? Was hoping this would decrease the chances of “drowning” l. And thank you everyone for helping me with all of my many questions.
