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My staggered hatch is done. Phew. 7-day spread. Two incubators worked perfectly. I moved eggs as they internally pipped and I could hear clicking. Thank you to the posters who shared their knowledge in this thread! One malpositioned chick died at pip. 20 babies are happily bopping around the...

@HeritageFan thank you for your kindly worded and informative post. The egg I pictured had that big chip pop off then nothing. I missed that action. When I came upon the egg, the chick did not appear to be breathing. I stayed up late and was able to watch the next one zip. I discarded the...

This guy appears to be dead. Greenish-tinged yolk seeping slightly around cracks. Another egg is zipping. Guess I’ll see what tomorrow morning brings and remove it. Not sure why it would die at the start of its zip. Humidity is good. I did not interfere in any way (no emergency hole, no zip...

We have our first pip.:fl

Awesome video. Thank you! I have now moved 7 to the “Hatcher” bator. Larger air cell even from yesterday, I clearly see a triangle shape, and now I hear clicking or cheeping. Those 7 are known dates, eggs were stored correctly, incubated correctly. Due to hatch Thursday. While those were in an...

I’m reading and reading the forum and getting confused. So I guess I’m doing the one incubator, one Hatcher thing. When do I move the eggs to the Hatcher? Do I wait for external pip or internal pip?

I need to do a staggered hatch. Most eggs appear to be within a week of each other developmentally. I have two incubators. Do I turn everyone and hold everyone at incubation-level temp and humidity? Then move eggs to lockdown bator as I see external pips? I’m less confident identifying...

Several more have hatched. I’ll find one live and one dead in the nest. Like the live one may be sitting next to or on the dead one. So how come one lived and one didn’t? Dead keet is fully formed, dry and fluffy, and well covered by hen. Is there something I can change to reduce these...

I have been taking the chicks, usually in the morning. Hen goes back to setting. This afternoon I spied another one so I took it and discovered another dead in the nest. So after that initial hatch of 10, there’s been a ratio of 1 live and 1 dead in the nest. Total count is 12 live, 4 dead...

One more live chick and one more dead chick in the nest. I don’t understand why they are dieing.

First-time hens, eggs have been candled, staggered hatch I guess. Ten live chicks so far. But one dead yesterday morning, and a second dead this morning. Both were fully formed, fluffy, warm, and under hen in the nest. First chick’s body was stuck to the bedding. So I’m guessing yolk wasn’t...

Ten hatched so far. One dead in the nest. Two lavenders! 💜 We also have slate, Royal purple, and classic pearl gray. I stole them, as you can see.

Yes, that all makes sense. Decisions, decisions. Thank you! I value your input. The brooder is ready if that’s what I decide. I have a very small batch in an incubator with 12 days to go. I will see what [keets] the morning brings and make some decisions. There are two hens sitting on about...

Ok, @R2elk first couple keets have hatched. Do I leave them with mom or steal them? They are inside the coop. The coop is shared by the whole flock (20).

Thanks to this thread, I bought the Maticoopx from Amazon on sale. It was unavailable a few hours later. Score! But I’ll have two NR360s and 1 maticoopx for my little flock. Thats 74 eggs! Craziness!! I’m obsessed. I need to rein it in. Well, wait a sec… @The Moonshiner has collected HOW...