This was my first run with an incubator so i learned alot along the way. I had temp issues and humidity issues early on but eventually figured it out. The hatch was due on saturday but only one had hatched. SUnday i got 9 more babies thru out the day. All never dried completely and have this crunchy hard layer covering some of their feathers. This morning a chick that had pipped last night hadn't made ANY progress so i left it alone until 9 am this morning and still clearly struggling it appeared to have been glued inside the membrane. I quickly grabbed the chick out of the bator and ran into the bathroom to wet the membrane and help it hatch. I got it out quite fast but it was sooo sticky more so than the others so i ran it under warm water to get the goo off and managed to get it most of the way or so i thought. This chick has been in a basket inside the brooder wrapped in a warm wash cloth for 2 hours and keeps peeping really loudly. It can't lift its head at all and is full of the dried on goop. Because it is sooo fragile right now i don't want to mess with it too much. Is it gonna be harder to get this crud off of its head once it completely dries on or should i try and get it off now? The rest are doing pretty good despite the hair gel look on a few of their heads and feathers. Brooder is 100 degrees right under the light and 95 off to the sides, it is a rubbermaid tub. I really want this lil chicky to make it but from the looks of it may loose the battle. To be honest because of all the issues i have had trying to figure out this bator (lg) I expected a horrible hatch. I started with 26 eggs and ended up with 10 bad eggs half way thru leaving me with 16. 5 more eggs in the bator yet and only one with a pip which hasn't changed since last night. Should i give it another day? Quite a few nights the temps had dropped to 97 degrees but picked up again during the day, I am assuming that is what delayed the hatch. TIA for any advice
