hope she/he is just resting, but i doubt it... i don't see heartbeat or eyes opening or beak either...thank you, but i think i lost my 1 buff in the hatching...was in trouble, moistened membranes and no movement at all... there are more in there and they aren't due til today, but i have wanted them so bad, just really bummed...
she didn't make it.... never even got out of the shell....
the buff had a prolapse, and i lost one of the blackstars that was born last night that had a prolapse.... didn't check the bantie, was just too sad, but another is hatching so maybe things are turning around...well i lost the 1 buff orp, and a bantie before they were hatched out of the shell....why is this happening? any suggestions? am i doing something wrong?or were they just not strong enough? i increased the humidity in case they were not getting enough....
i told my husband that but he REFUSED TO LISTEN, HE'S A DONKEY CROSS BREED (being polite)- I WAS FURIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok a repost for some who may not have read this entire thread, or somehow just missed it...
pete55 has a series of threads/articles he's written that are a MUST in my opinion, for anyone seriously interested in incubating and hatching eggs.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/595007/incubation-and-hatching-guide
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/632744/guide-to-humidity-and-weighing-in-incubation
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...t-of-damaged-and-mal-positioned-egg-air-cells
the titles for each are pretty self-explanatory. i re-familiarize myself with each one now and then, to remind myself of things i may have forgotten...
his incubation guide is also in the april/may edition of backyard poultry magazine as well, if you prefer a hard copy to go back to.
and if you're reading this pete, thanks again. you'll never know how much help you've been.
want a good one let me know....here is a sample of what I build.ty so much i am ordering MY OWN incubator so he can't say JACK!!!! then i don't have to worry or argue, and i will find a way to padlock it too lol
