Hey guys, I really need your help, and this might be long, but just bear with me please.....
I had 14 eggs starting out, 4 White Leghorn/Buff Orpington crosses, and 10 Buff Orpingtons, all from my flock. I had hatched out both varieties before with no issues, and have also shipped 12 to SC, 8 of which hatched.
These eggs started out in my Incuview, and were there for 11 days, and then they needed to go to my Styro, and all was going great, on day 18, all 14 eggs went into lockdown, and I was 100% sure they were all alive.
On day 20, I came home from swim to find many of the eggs rocking, and I had 2 pips, and by morning I had 7, but nobody else zipping. I have been hatching quite a bit, and have gotten to the point of not being super freaked out and just leave the eggs alone and don't jump the gun and do premature helpouts, so when I didn't have any zips yet, I left them alone, a slight fear in the back of my mind, but told myself I was just being paranoid.
Later that day, I had to leave, my mom would be home to take out hatched chicks, and nobody else had made progress, but I tried to tell myself only 1% of chicks need help, and left. On the morning of day 22, my mom texted me with pictures, and no one else had hatched. She helped 3 by zipping for them, and after an hour, they couldn't get out, so she pulled off the cap and they finally got out on their own.
I got home later that evening, and nobody else had hatched, the ones that were hatched weren't doing great, and one was deformed in the leg, it was twisted. I immediately helped the remaining 3 that hadn't helped, and the other 8 had pipped, and died.
WHAT WENT WRONG?!?!?!?
The chicks are having a rough start, but I splinted the deformed chicks leg, and I have noticed some chicks pecking at some food with sugar water in it, but I just can't get over it. TIA
~Cuz
I had 14 eggs starting out, 4 White Leghorn/Buff Orpington crosses, and 10 Buff Orpingtons, all from my flock. I had hatched out both varieties before with no issues, and have also shipped 12 to SC, 8 of which hatched.
These eggs started out in my Incuview, and were there for 11 days, and then they needed to go to my Styro, and all was going great, on day 18, all 14 eggs went into lockdown, and I was 100% sure they were all alive.
On day 20, I came home from swim to find many of the eggs rocking, and I had 2 pips, and by morning I had 7, but nobody else zipping. I have been hatching quite a bit, and have gotten to the point of not being super freaked out and just leave the eggs alone and don't jump the gun and do premature helpouts, so when I didn't have any zips yet, I left them alone, a slight fear in the back of my mind, but told myself I was just being paranoid.
Later that day, I had to leave, my mom would be home to take out hatched chicks, and nobody else had made progress, but I tried to tell myself only 1% of chicks need help, and left. On the morning of day 22, my mom texted me with pictures, and no one else had hatched. She helped 3 by zipping for them, and after an hour, they couldn't get out, so she pulled off the cap and they finally got out on their own.
I got home later that evening, and nobody else had hatched, the ones that were hatched weren't doing great, and one was deformed in the leg, it was twisted. I immediately helped the remaining 3 that hadn't helped, and the other 8 had pipped, and died.
WHAT WENT WRONG?!?!?!?
The chicks are having a rough start, but I splinted the deformed chicks leg, and I have noticed some chicks pecking at some food with sugar water in it, but I just can't get over it. TIA
~Cuz
