sorry you are going through it too... but nice to commiserate.
It looks like maybe the two I helped were positioned wrong (because rotation stopped way too soon), but truthfully, it is super hard to tell... the little things are so tiny.. it is hard for me to really tell.
Anyway.. of the two that I poked at a bit.. one was completely hatched out this morning, the other one I helped out this morning. The one I helped.. navel was perfect (always a giant fear with me), but it is right now drying off, so now I am worried about feet.. those tend to curl up if the chick is mashed in the egg too long... as long as I stretch the toes out and tape them, he should be fine in a day... but anyway, I don't know yet if he needs help... I need to give him at least an hour, if not 3.
I saw 2 more pips...
I wonder if because the turning stopped too soon, and with the too high humidity for too long... that that is why they are all hatching so slowly?
maddening!
So, 3 out, 2 more pipped... not sure how that will add up to 12maybe more will make it...
@campingshaws
very frustrating that the mixes are hatching better for you. Is it just due to hybrid vigor? Or, are your mixes on a better diet?
I have been having such a stress with the diet of my birds... I need to go buy some more nutritional yeast to add to their diets, but it is mind blowingly expensive and I ran out maybe 2 weeks back....
I need to find something less expensive to help enrich their diet... I am going to the next biggest town nest Wednesday, I guess I will check to see how much their Calf Manna runs (don;t have any down here)
My flock is only 14, so they aren't separate. They share a feeder and coop and yard. I only have the one sussex roo, and the sussex hens lay a creamy white egg. All my other hens lay brown eggs, so it's easy to tell the difference. Anyways, the mixed eggs that are hatching are from a marans hen, so I wonder if color or shell thickness contributed? One hatched totally unassisted. Two I unzipped 3/4 of the way and they hatched on their own. I started unzipping the final chick, a pure sussex, but encountered blood so I had to wait. My buyer decided to wait until the Easter hatch, so that relieved some pressure.
I don't envy you hatching quail.
I have 3 Rhode Island Reds and 3 Mottled Java, all born March 3rd.
. It really needs it after the rain we have had. We are making some adjustments and improvements.
