What to do on hatch day

[Clucking Lovely]

I had to move them out. I actually have to get my butt back to work soon but i want to make sure all is good. Theyre almost dry now

 

[GoldenChooks]

I had to move them out. I actually have to get my butt back to work soon but i want to make sure all is good. Theyre almost dry now

I wouldn't worry too much if they were almost dry I took one out when it was almost dry to see if I could help it stand (it just layed on its back) and it's doing perfect now.

 

[GoldenChooks]

Oh and also in the brooder I put a little blanket, a stuffed animal, and a pair of old socks and they loved it. Do you have pics of the ones that hatched?

 

[sumi]

2 hatched! Can i remove them if theyre not dry? They are going nuts in there knocking around the other eggs

Oh lovely! Can we see them?

 

[Clucking Lovely]

Will post some later

 

[Clucking Lovely]

I started another post in the forum, maybe I should've kept it here - one of the chicks looks a little off, someone suggested unabsorbed yolk? Would you guys take a look? its ''Will this chick survive'' I figured id get more responses there, but its not the case

 

[BirdGirl2004]

Today is day 15! I need to start thinking about exactly what to do on hatch day. 16/24 eggs have chicks inside

How long is it safe to leave the chicks in the incubator while waiting for their siblings to hatch.

What if an egg has pipped but not hatched, can i remove any chicks that have hatched?

Im like a nervous first time mom here

How did you're eggs do? ai got 5/7! They're SOOO cute!

 

[Clucking Lovely]

3/16 so far - and one isnt doing so good. They all hatched today - i had so much trouble with my incubator. Ive already gotten my lecture about how I shouldnt bring ''sickly'' or ''malformed'' chickens to life - as if it was my intention - anyway, 2 seem perfectly healthy, the other seems to have a swollen abdomen, which im trying to get answers as to whether or not theres something I should be doing, but no responses. So much stress goes into this!!! I feel like I just bloody hatched out of an egg lol.

 

[Clucking Lovely]

4/16

 

[Rysktal]

Jumping in as I have chicks hatching right now as well. Trying to decide if I should remove the 3 chicks because I have another 30 or so eggs in there and the chicks are starting to knock things around. 2 of the chicks were born at least 8 hours ago and look dry but not fluffy and the third hatched 2 hours ago and is still wet.

A few more eggs are pipped but I haven't seen movement. (To be fair I'm not spending a lot of time staring at them, maybe I should?)