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[AnimalLover99]

help!!!!! on the third day of incubating, our incubator got unplugged for the night but since it was so early we thought they would be ok. a lady we talked to said to restart the 3 weeks from then so we did. we were going to take them out of the turner today because they were supposed to hatch tuesday. 3 weeks ago was the day we originally set them in the incubator, but like i said we restarted the time. when i went in to take them out of the turner, i heard peeping and 1 had hatched and 2 were pipped. the one that had hatch had a lot of blood on his head and i think he hit the motor of the egg turner. i know you're not supposed to open the incubator but i had to to take them out of the turner. should i take the one chick out and try to clean his wound or something like that? and are all the rest of the eggs ruined? dont know what to do,

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

You shouldn't have restarted the three weeks, the eggs that survived the cooler temperatures would have hatched late, but not three days late. I would have just noted that however many made it to lockdown would probably be late hatchers and leave them in for an extra day or two.

The chick thats injured I would just leave for now, theres not much you can do for it other then wipe the blood off and see how hurt he is. When you open the incubator I would add the water needed for lockdown and some extra papertowels or a cloth soaked in warm water to get the humidity up ASAP, you are going to lose a lot of it when you open the bator. Good luck.

 

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[chickenlover89]

sorry i haven't been on for so long!

 

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