Fingers crossed. My 8 year old would be beside herself. Weve lost two chickens in 2 weeks she needs some good news.Anytime I see something out of the norm I go into "helicopter mom" (hovering over the incubator) mode too and I'm not even new anymore. lol!
IF you need to step in I would expect it to be an easy assist. I don't think you'll need anything special other than to remember to breathe, lol. I've had chicks that pipped on the wrong end that unzipped without any trouble though so hopefully yours will too!
AAAAAAAAAAAAH. You’re better than me. Ick!
Love this.
OMG THAT SALMON BABY!
Here is what @CluckNDoodle and @LilyD suggest.
Hi Sun, I’m not nearly as experienced as you, but am also planning on shipped eggs placed under a broody at 18 days! That will be this Wednesday PM.I'm just joining in and I'm feeling really nervous. My broodies have hatched quite a bit so far this year; in fact, one more should be popped out of the shell by the time I get home from work to join the rest of Pearl's current batch of 6. However, I have some shipped eggs in the incubator that are due to hatch later this week and now I'm getting anxious lol. It's not to say I don't care about my broodies' BYM clutches... but I sure will be disappointed if my hatch doesn't go well later this week. I just have to remember to breathe (and not think about the money and time spent acquiring the eggs). Right now I am down to 10 eggs out of 24 shipped, and I have to remind myself that that is typical and not necessarily a bad sign. Heck, I've had 0% hatches on shipped eggs, though around 50% is pretty normal IME. I'm also trying to decide if I want to let my other broody raise them. She's a pretty good mama, but again I'm nervous about losses. I could pull my hair out, despite having hatched hundreds of chicks and keets over the past 5 or so years!
I'm just joining in and I'm feeling really nervous. My broodies have hatched quite a bit so far this year; in fact, one more should be popped out of the shell by the time I get home from work to join the rest of Pearl's current batch of 6. However, I have some shipped eggs in the incubator that are due to hatch later this week and now I'm getting anxious lol. It's not to say I don't care about my broodies' BYM clutches... but I sure will be disappointed if my hatch doesn't go well later this week. I just have to remember to breathe (and not think about the money and time spent acquiring the eggs). Right now I am down to 10 eggs out of 24 shipped, and I have to remind myself that that is typical and not necessarily a bad sign. Heck, I've had 0% hatches on shipped eggs, though around 50% is pretty normal IME. I'm also trying to decide if I want to let my other broody raise them. She's a pretty good mama, but again I'm nervous about losses. I could pull my hair out, despite having hatched hundreds of chicks and keets over the past 5 or so years!
Even if the hole is not all the way through? The hole goes straight to membrane
