Got up this morning and one little one had hatched and was almost dry but was totally unresponsive when I would talk to it in the bator. I have been through this before. Last year I had one egg hatch out of all of them and it was not good. Put in four mirrors and a stuffed animal which did the trick besides me holding him everyday more than once for the one last year. Fortunately, with this one, I had 9 hatch from another group five days ago, so I put it in with them and started peeping continuously. The older ones were so good. The one little orpy chick kept on going over to it to stimulate it and ended up laying with it throughout the day. And since my one little orpy seems to be the leader and security for the others, they eventually all came over to meet and lay with the new one.
So, tonight I come home and I'll be darned if another one is pipping. So, now what do I do? I really was not expecting or enthused that any of the others were going to hatch. This one pipping really does not peep much, so I can understand why the first one did not hear any others. It is very quiet in the bator, so when this one comes, I'll keep it in there until it is peeping so loud because it's lonely or becomes unresponsive.
So, tonight I come home and I'll be darned if another one is pipping. So, now what do I do? I really was not expecting or enthused that any of the others were going to hatch. This one pipping really does not peep much, so I can understand why the first one did not hear any others. It is very quiet in the bator, so when this one comes, I'll keep it in there until it is peeping so loud because it's lonely or becomes unresponsive.
