katie_94
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- Oct 14, 2021
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Yesterday on day 17, 13 or the 19 eggs I have incubating hatched and were causing chaos for one egg that I could tell would take about 24 hours pip to zip. Today on day 18, I moved everyone else to the brooder and this 14th chick finally hatched without interruptions about 2 hours later.
The reason why I'm leaving it by itself in the incubator (besides it needing to dry off) is because two of its toes are bent on one foot whereas the other foot is bent inwards in a way that it's walking and running on the flat top of the foot. I assume it'll resolve itself in a day or two on the flat floor instead of the sort of uneven pine shaving floor of the brooder. If not, I can make little shoes to correct it. Everyone else have no issues with their toes or feet.
Incubation was a dry hatch and humidity was bumped up during lockdown 50-60%.
Do you believe it will resolve itself?
Also, since it's alone it's peeping its head off very loudly which I'm worried about it waking up my dad when he comes home from work to sleep. If I leave it in the dark, will it freak out more or will it be quiet? I left a nightlight on yesterday night for the 13 that hatched and they didn't peep because they had each other.
The reason why I'm leaving it by itself in the incubator (besides it needing to dry off) is because two of its toes are bent on one foot whereas the other foot is bent inwards in a way that it's walking and running on the flat top of the foot. I assume it'll resolve itself in a day or two on the flat floor instead of the sort of uneven pine shaving floor of the brooder. If not, I can make little shoes to correct it. Everyone else have no issues with their toes or feet.
Incubation was a dry hatch and humidity was bumped up during lockdown 50-60%.
Do you believe it will resolve itself?
Also, since it's alone it's peeping its head off very loudly which I'm worried about it waking up my dad when he comes home from work to sleep. If I leave it in the dark, will it freak out more or will it be quiet? I left a nightlight on yesterday night for the 13 that hatched and they didn't peep because they had each other.
