Incubating and discouraged

[RosieR]

She’s out! One of her feet appears to have curled toes. Hopefully that will correct itself by the time she gets fluffy? Is that a thing? If not I’ll make a shoe if she pulls through. She’s very tired.

 

[cosmosue]

A lot of mine have curled toes at first but 99% of them correct themselves within the first few hours to first day.

Only 1 I had to correct and he’s fine now. yay! Congrats!

 

[le_bwah]

She’s out! One of her feet appears to have curled toes. Hopefully that will correct itself by the time she gets fluffy? Is that a thing? If not I’ll make a shoe if she pulls through. She’s very tired.
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Yay! I think it's normal to be tired after that kind of struggle. I wouldn't be surprised if she isn't interested in much else but sleeping and eating the next few days. And don't worry about her toes; you already know about the shoe method. Two of mine had curled feet that self-corrected in a day or so (one's still got a wonky toe, but they walk fine).

 

[RosieR]

Awesome, thanks
I’ll let her rest till I get home from work tonight. Hopefully she’ll have a friend by then!

 

[Sara L]

If the curled toes don't go away after at least half a day of being fluffy and active, then you might need to make a shoe. Usually it corrects before then. If you have vitamins add them to the water as that can help the toes correct faster. Congrats on the baby!

 

[RosieR]

Well friends, one chick hatched, 2 died in shells. They were in the same condition as the one I helped but had been unable to externally pip. The rest are a range of partially developed-never developed.
I had to leave for work so I decided I’d put safety holes in anything that I had deemed viable at lockdown just in case there were any more struggling.
What I learned:
Everyone is awesome and helpful!
My temps must be ok because the ones that developed were essentially ready Day 17.
I have a sticky chick problem, from what I’ve gathered it can either be a humidity issue (not enough) or an air exchange issue (too much ventilation)
I may have a fertility issue
I may have a bacteria issue.

So I already picked up a plastic cooler to move my components to. I’m going to dip my eggs and be extra vigilant about keeping everything clean. I’m also going to keep a journal as was suggested to keep track of settings and things that may effect hatch. I’m going to do more research on where/how many vent holes are needed. And I’m going to set up an egg turner so I don’t need to handle the eggs as much. This time I’m also going to put my heat source above the eggs as I read somewhere that works better than having it below them as it is now.
Just trying to stay positive and hatch out a game plan

 

[cosmosue]

So just the little one? Awe

 

[Sara L]

Well friends, one chick hatched, 2 died in shells. They were in the same condition as the one I helped but had been unable to externally pip. The rest are a range of partially developed-never developed.
I had to leave for work so I decided I’d put safety holes in anything that I had deemed viable at lockdown just in case there were any more struggling.
What I learned:
Everyone is awesome and helpful!
My temps must be ok because the ones that developed were essentially ready Day 17.
I have a sticky chick problem, from what I’ve gathered it can either be a humidity issue (not enough) or an air exchange issue (too much ventilation)
I may have a fertility issue
I may have a bacteria issue.

So I already picked up a plastic cooler to move my components to. I’m going to dip my eggs and be extra vigilant about keeping everything clean. I’m also going to keep a journal as was suggested to keep track of settings and things that may effect hatch. I’m going to do more research on where/how many vent holes are needed. And I’m going to set up an egg turner so I don’t need to handle the eggs as much. This time I’m also going to put my heat source above the eggs as I read somewhere that works better than having it below them as it is now.
Just trying to stay positive and hatch out a game plan

Sounds like you have a great plan. There's a YouTube video by Rush Lane Poultry that was really helpful to me for creating a DIY incubator, you might want to check it out.

 

[RosieR]

So just the little one? Awe

Yes just the one. I hope she makes it till I get home. She wasn’t very active by the time I had to leave for work.

 

[RosieR]

Sounds like you have a great plan. There's a YouTube video by Rush Lane Poultry that was really helpful to me for creating a DIY incubator, you might want to check it out.

Thank you I will have a look