Intervention: Helping Your Chicks Hatch

[casportpony]

Question. I'm going into day 22 and no pipes no noise, is this normal? Should I help out even if there is no hole from the my chicks. I still see some with veins but some look like there gone. Idk what to do and its driving me crazy??

What type of incubator do you have? What temp and humidity did you use?

 

[Agathas]

We have helped two hatch (the first one we lost) and one came on its on. So, I am glad that I did help the first two. I htink I was two late with the one which died.
Today they are all dried out and fluffy. I was in the process of moving them to a brooder and cleaning out the remiaing eggs when I heard a cheep coming from one of them. So I immediately put he two reamaining eggs back in. One has pipped but not broken through the membrane. I am worried that I let the humidity go down while the two hatched chicks were coming into their own. I have put a damp cloth in the incubator and have put damp cloths loosely around the eggs base hoping to help them get moist. What do you think?

Could you tell me on what day did you start helping? Was they already piping? Mine were due last night so it's not bu t.c a half day over and my temp stayed at 99.5 and my humidity was kept at 45% till late Saturday as I brought it up to 72%!! Am I still good not helping or should I start late tonite??

 

[Agathas]

What type of incubator do you have? What temp and humidity did you use?

 

[Agathas]

My temp stayed at 99.5 and my humidity stayed at 45% till Saturday when I locked them down then uped it to 70 -75% fluctuates between there

 

[Agathas]

Put them in incubation January 21 late at night. Maybe I'm just becoming inpatient for no reason and my babies are still good.

 

[casportpony]

Put them in incubation January 21 late at night. Maybe I'm just becoming inpatient for no reason and my babies are still good.

Do you have a separate calibrated temp/humidity sensor?

 

[Agathas]

Do you have a separate calibrated temp/humidity sensor?

Yes

 

[casportpony]

Let me see if I can get some more people to help you.
@Pyxis , @WVduckchick , @Kiki, can you guys help?

 

[Agathas]

Yes

Humidity was at 45% till lock down and temp was 39.5 switch is 99°

Let me see if I can get some more people to help you.
@Pyxis , @WVduckchick , @Kiki, can you guys help?

I've kept the temp inside at 39.5 Celsius. Was that to high. They were fine on lockdown. Oh I'm frigging out.

 

[Agathas]

Humidity was at 45% till lock down and temp was 39.5 switch is 99°

I've kept the temp inside at 39.5 Celsius. Was that to high. They were fine on lockdown. Oh I'm frigging out.

I'm using the HHD mini 24 with a fan.