INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

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Happy lunchtime folks. Birds are really liking my addition of a solid divider to their nest box. I've changed their feed to one with sunflower seed in it, they didn't have our usual feed and this one is apparently more targeted towards laying flocks than the old kind. WE SHALL SEE.

Edit: Also, I'll be buying the Horta red mite killer and I'm still on the fence about that Novital Covatutto 16.
 
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Hi all----my chickies need help!
This is my first hatch and I am on day 23. One hatched day 21 and 3 more hatched out. My problem is that the chicks aren't fluffing out. They are dry but crusty and have bits of shell stuck to them! I know now by reading previous posts my humidity in incubator was set too high. (I followed incubator directions!) But what do I do for my little chicks now? I am tempted to wash them off! How can they stay warm in a brooder if they don't fluff out?
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Hi all----my chickies need help!
This is my first hatch and I am on day 23. One hatched day 21 and 3 more hatched out. My problem is that the chicks aren't fluffing out. They are dry but crusty and have bits of shell stuck to them! I know now by reading previous posts my humidity in incubator was set too high. (I followed incubator directions!) But what do I do for my little chicks now? I am tempted to wash them off! How can they stay warm in a brooder if they don't fluff out?
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I have had this issue with the late hatchers too. They will fluff up in the brooder. Give them a full day, and any spots that are still real sticky try lightly brushing with a dry paper towel before you take any water to their fluff. I've never bathed a chicken before.
 
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