please, please help me! they're hatching, what do i do???

[mstricer]

Nice you should have babies by morning

 

[GreenGoddess]

Yep! Paper towel is just fine.. And as everyone suggested, sit on your hands.. Well, unless your holding a camera!

We expect lots of pics!!

Goddess

 

[chickenmamalp]

awwwww the one facing up died
how sad it made it all that way and????
what happened????
the other down is the same
do i leave the deadl in till they all hatch, if they do /
awww so sad

 

[chickenmamalp]

the one from last night is about the same as far as progress
when do they need help??

 

[chickenmamalp]

where is everyone i need you!

 

[bantiesrule]

Just leave them be. As long as humidity is OK, they shouldn't need help. Some will start and then not do anything for a LOOOONG time. I only help if they have been at it for 48 hours or more and look like they are not going to get any farther. I have hatched quite a few and they will surprise you. The ones you think are never going to make it because they aren't doing ANYTHING will suddenly go to town and hatch out so fast you'll miss it. Just like any animal in labor, some babies come easily and some take hours or days to come out and greet the world.
I know it's been said before and I know it's very hard to do but HAVE PATIENCE. You will have fluffy butts before Easter.

 

[gumpsgirl]

Yes! Patience is the key here. The more you mess with them, the more you risk loosing them. Let them be and nature will take its course.

As I suggested yesterday, go find something to do to help keep your mind off of your hatch.

Sorry you lost one.

 

[beckymom3]

Breathe,

sleep, clean the house, get a brooder ready,

surf Backyard Chickens and other poultry sites, read about hatching and brooding, esp the first few days, get your brooder ready!!!!!

I'm a scientist, so when I'm nervous, I educate myself!!!!!

Stop staring at the eggs!

You WILL have chicks if you can just let nature take it's course. This is a critical time so don't open the incubator if you can help it. Listen to the folks on this forum, they have been right where you are and gone through all your feelings....and made mistakes you can learn from!

Good luck!

BREATHE!!!!!!

 

[atfkbattrick]

Ok ALL MY SILKIE HATCHING FRIENDS WHERE YA AT?
I have heard that most silkies won't make it to hatch at day 21 they should hatch early, is this true? I am on day 19 and I am nervous. I don't see any piped. I have them in an egg carton with the small end down. PATIENTLY *as much as I can* awaiting the hatch of my 7 silkie babies. SOMEBODY please help me. I am going crazy thinking about the bad things that could happen. However I am hoping and praying that all 7 of my babies make it out ALIVE AND HEALTHY!

 

[chickenmamalp]

well sad ending.
I cried all day!
when i came home from my swap the cats had knocked the incubator off the kitchen counter and I lost all but one who survived over night and when i picked him up yesturday morning he/she died in my palm.

lesson learned the hard way.

The whole experience made me appreciate the beauty in life and reinforced my faith in our creator and his son Jesus Christ!!

I just felt sooooooooooooooooo awful that they came all that way and it ended in loss.