- Mar 2, 2014
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Chicks were at day 23, hadn't seen any movement with candling and hadn't heard any peeps. Did float test, and even the one I knew was bad floated, so I decided to open one. Chick was dead, and backward. Realized I had put them in the incubator upside down.
read up, tried to creat a peep hole on that end on another egg, but it was obviously dead as well. I removed it and it was even larger than the first. Figuring they were all dead, I opened two more. The next was a tiny bit smaller than the first, and the last was itty bitty. It's obvious they died at different stages. I had to stop though. I was too heartbroken to open anymore tonight.
any ideas why they would do this though? Here are the 4 I opened.
I'm heartbroken. I an to hatch many more as we are going to start breeding for laying and eating, so I want to do it right. Any help, please!
*note: sorry to keep posting. No doubt this will be my last for a while (all chicks are dead from the unknown group, and assume the bantams as well as they were upside down too)


I'm heartbroken. I an to hatch many more as we are going to start breeding for laying and eating, so I want to do it right. Any help, please!
*note: sorry to keep posting. No doubt this will be my last for a while (all chicks are dead from the unknown group, and assume the bantams as well as they were upside down too)