*CHICKS are HERE!!!* Egg Candling Pics: Progression Though Incubation

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sktlmt

sktlmt

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Zelda2121 said:
So when I see that they are trying to get out of the egg do I pull the egg out and set it on some paper towel and under a heat lamp? It's my first time hatching so I'm a little concerned.
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No leave them in the incubator and keep the lid closed. They need the humidity to hatch
 
sktlmt

sktlmt

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Zelda2121 said:
On day 28 do I need to be close by so I can watch and see if it peeps or anything? I’ve heard they hatch sometimes at weird times. Thank you
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They will generally hatch all on their own. I stay close and watch them cuz I think it is fun. I do not open the lid unless necessary as the loss of moisture can shrink wrap the chicks.
 
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LoriAnn69

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I have 7 silkies and 12 assorted other chicken eggs that I set. The incubator has been working fine until today and then today the temp. Dropped to 78. I'm not sure for how long the temp was down but I had looked earlier in the day and the temp. was fine. I immediately moved the eggs into the other incubator. The eggs were defiantly cooler. I candled them and they seem ok but I did not see allot of movement. They are on day 8 of incubation. Do you think any will hatch? I'm super sad because they were doing so well.
 
ScottKelly1974

ScottKelly1974

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I've been though this before. Stick with it. They're bound to be just fine. My first eggs were given to a brooding hen. One day she left the eggs for several hours and still ten of the twelve fully developed.
 
aaggjg

aaggjg

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LoriAnn69 said:
I have 7 silkies and 12 assorted other chicken eggs that I set. The incubator has been working fine until today and then today the temp. Dropped to 78. I'm not sure for how long the temp was down but I had looked earlier in the day and the temp. was fine. I immediately moved the eggs into the other incubator. The eggs were defiantly cooler. I candled them and they seem ok but I did not see allot of movement. They are on day 8 of incubation. Do you think any will hatch? I'm super sad because they were doing so well.
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I had my broody switch nests and I had no idea how long they had been left un attended definitely over night and not in a nice insulated incubator.... and they hatched just fine. So they should be okay!
 

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