I've got two healthy chicks (yay!), and one more that's struggling in the shell without seeming to make any progress. My gut feeling is that it is not going to be healthy, but we will see. I've got it in my separate tiny incubator ready to assist more if I need to, but I'm trying not to rush it.
Out of 52 eggs that is....bad. Really bad. My hatch rate is not even that high in general due to inexperience, and that is atrocious. It's only day twenty so I'll give them at least until the end of tomorrow (and then I listen with a stethoscope before tossing them), but don't think I'll get many more. Kind of regret agreeing to set them at all, but oh well. Had to try. Two is better than nought! I hope the seller doesn't buck at re-shipping or a partial refund now that it actually has turned out bad.
Little weirdo, dubbed Pugsly, is continuing to break my heart by being charming and active. He can't eat, though, not even hand-fed a little mash, so he is going to be put down this afternoon before he starts to go downhillI will some decent pics of him in good lighting first. It's a face only a mother could love, I tell ya what.
Poor Pugsly, that is the part I don't like about hatching. You do have some healthy babies though so that's great!
My first hatching experience wasn't so great either, I ended up with 1 chick that lived and only 2 hatched.
I learned that my humidity was actually quite a lot higher than what my hygrometer was reading, digital, so I got one I can manually calibrate. I think my temp might have been a little high too, not sure because it only reads whole numbers so maybe only a tiny bit. The second time around was a much netter experience. I still feel guilt about the first batch.
Don't beat yourself up over this batch, they started behind the 8 ball through no fault of yours. I'm sorry you have to go through all this though.
