Recent content by JackieDohoney

Lol, well, we have six now as of last night. Talk about a staggered hatch! The first one is still separated because it keeps picking on the others, so I’m pretty sure it’s a rooster. The rest have hatched at least a day apart each, with the sixth four days later. That one is still in the...

🤣 Thank you Debbie! I felt like the cheese was sliding off my cracker today! #4 is out and cheeping LOUDLY. #5 is pipped. My husband called from out of town to check on me. I told him the whole story (including the staggered hatch) and he started laughing hysterically. We started trading soap...

As far as I know the humidity is reading correct. It is at 68%. The coconut oil on the membrane seems to have worked. I haven’t helped beyond removing those couple of chips and lubricating the membrane. She perked up after a bit and is now almost fully zipped and cheeping away. Another egg has a...

Thank you so much. I did as you suggested and pulled off the little chips. The membrane was totally dry but had a tiny sliver in it. I started putting the coconut oil on the membrane and a bit of it pulled off. It was over her beak though, no blood vessels attached. She was moving and cheeping a...

I might have some coconut oil in my RV. I did rub warm water on the area where she pipped but tried to close it right away because I already caused so much damage. I can’t tell but it doesn’t look like there’s a hole in the membrane. But you think I should go ahead and pull it out and get the...

Thank you. I’m hysterical right now. I’ve done probably twenty hatches and never had anything like this happen. They’ve always been smooth sailing, and this time I’ve had every possible issue pop up. I’ll be devastated if I killed the rest. Nature is nature, but this time it was totally my fault.

😭 This is the worst hatch I’ve ever had! My first chick was attacked and hatched two days early. Two other chicks hatched yesterday and when I put them in the brooder with the first (Rocky) started attacking them. She just wouldn’t stop, even with toys, drawings on the brooder, and me playing...

Rocky is doing well, but I have a new problem. Two other chicks hatched later than her and now that they are all in the brooder she won’t stop packing at them. I do t think she’s curious, she’s bullying them. Heat is fine, they have clean bedding, food and water. I have a little teddy bear and...

Well, it looks like there was no permanent damage to her! Buuuuuuuut, she now thinks I’m her mama since she was alone in the incubator for two days. (One other egg hatched this morning). She will only stop crying when I’m holding her and she climbs into my hand on her own. She also eats out of...

That’s the only thing I can think of. She’s still locked down in the incubator since the other eggs haven’t hatched, but I can’t see any damage to her. I’ll check her more thoroughly when I take her out.

Thank you! I’m honestly shocked with the amount of blood I saw. I still can’t figure out where it came from. Still nothing from the other eggs, but I feel like she hatched at least a day early.

Rocky finished hatching last night at 10:30pm! So far she looks great! A little small but she’s a tough little chick! It looks like she absorbed all of her yolk and I can’t see any damage from the attack. None of the other eggs have pipped, but I think she hatched a tad early because of the...

I pulled the membrane off of her face but that’s it. I normally don’t ever even attempt to assist, it’s that attack that has me really worried. I’m going to leave her alone for a couple of hours though to see how she’s doing. She already seems better with it off her face. She’s a little fighter...

Thank you so much for that. I went ahead and removed the membrane from her face and she seems to be breathing better. I’m hesitant to pull it off of the lower part of her in case she’s still absorbing, but she’s got a pretty good cheep going every few minutes. She’s making the nibbling movements...

Well, it’s been a couple of hours and she’s still trying. You can see the blood on the membrane, but the bottom part is still dried out. Wondering if I should try wiping more water on it. Every 15-20 minutes or so she’ll start cheeping again and push really hard, but she can’t seem to get the...