That's it! I'm officially worried!!

[FridayYet]

Sadly we've lost this one. It stopped breathing and died.

Gutted.

Sorry to hear that. Remember, it may not have hatched on its own anyway, no matter what you did or didn't do. (Even if that doesn't help how you feel now.)

 

[scflock]

Sadly we've lost this one. It stopped breathing and died.

Gutted.

Don't beat yourself up, it happens, especially with your first hatch. My first hatch was a total disaster. You have a good incubator, and you learn more with each hatch

 

[scflock]

Thanks for the confidence...lol

I've told you before, I don't do what you do, but I respect your results

 

[malkered]

I am totally gutted, especially if I contributed for it's demise. I started off in this chicken game because I rescued a badly treated hen and have since bought one and rescued another two.
Now I've managed to help kill one before it even had a chance.

HOWEVER - This egg had been incubating for 23 days, I've carefully removed the dead chick from its broken shell and, unlike it's sibling who hatched today, perfectly formed, having incubated for the same period it wasn't as well developed, it's eyes were sealed shut and it hadn't taken in the yolk completely. The chick never peeped.

BUT - there was movement and if I hadn't touched the egg it may have finished developing after another couple of days.

CONCLUSION - I'm a hamfisted IDIOT who clearly has a lot to learn about chickens and I've certainly learned a lot today.

 

[WalnutHill]

I am totally gutted, especially if I contributed for it's demise. I started off in this chicken game because I rescued a badly treated hen and have since bought one and rescued another two.
Now I've managed to help kill one before it even had a chance.

HOWEVER - This egg had been incubating for 23 days, I've carefully removed the dead chick from its broken shell and, unlike it's sibling who hatched today, perfectly formed, having incubated for the same period it wasn't as well developed, it's eyes were sealed shut and it hadn't taken in the yolk completely. The chick never peeped.

BUT - there was movement and if I hadn't touched the egg it may have finished developing after another couple of days.

CONCLUSION - I'm a hamfisted IDIOT who clearly has a lot to learn about chickens and I've certainly learned a lot today.

Don't knock yourself so hard. Something was wrong for the chick to be so far behind schedule. That in itself puts the chick at a disadvantage going into life. Quite likely it would not have hatched on its own, or would have been weak or damaged and died later or even worse, required you to take its life to relieve suffering. Some things are not meant to be, and some are meant to learn by.

 

[scflock]

I am totally gutted, especially if I contributed for it's demise. I started off in this chicken game because I rescued a badly treated hen and have since bought one and rescued another two.
Now I've managed to help kill one before it even had a chance.

HOWEVER - This egg had been incubating for 23 days, I've carefully removed the dead chick from its broken shell and, unlike it's sibling who hatched today, perfectly formed, having incubated for the same period it wasn't as well developed, it's eyes were sealed shut and it hadn't taken in the yolk completely. The chick never peeped.

BUT - there was movement and if I hadn't touched the egg it may have finished developing after another couple of days.

CONCLUSION - I'm a hamfisted IDIOT who clearly has a lot to learn about chickens and I've certainly learned a lot today.

You're not an idiot, and it gets better. After 23 days, I don't want anything to hatch. The ones that take that long invariably have problems. What you need to focus on for your next hatch is why they didn't hatch until day 23. Sounds like a temperature problem. It's never easy to lose them, but with each hatch you learn from your mistakes, the first hatch just happens to be the worst. Hang around the forum, join some threads, and ask people to help you figure out what went wrong. I have learned tons on BYC

 

[malkered]

Thank you for your kind words. I still have guilt though.

Meal worms all round for my adult flock tomorrow to make up for my crimes against chickenkind.

However. There is one thing that makes me feel a bit better.

This little one drying out in the incubator.

With everything that's gone on - we've names him/her Lucky.

 

[WalnutHill]

We all have guilt, else we wouldn't have compassion. Enjoy the experience and do your best, as without your efforts they would be named Omelet.

 

[scflock]

Thank you for your kind words. I still have guilt though.

Meal worms all round for my adult flock tomorrow to make up for my crimes against chickenkind.

However. There is one thing that makes me feel a bit better.

This little one drying out in the incubator.

With everything that's gone on - we've names him/her Lucky.

That's a very common name, and there's a reason why. We have all been there. You will do much better on your next hatch

 

[malkered]

Ha ha. Thank you.