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I have 23 babies at the moment tho. I has bought some polish & crested and silkies but there was something wrong with all the silkies. They actually had to replace every baby from that batch the folks had bought so I have almost 4 wk old polish & crested (6) and have 6 new baby silkies, 4...

Just got the notice for this reply for some reason so sorry about the late response.....he didn't make it 😔. He acted like he was gonna make a turnaround, kept trying to push his way out of the egg I put him in so I took him out amd let him run around which he was actually able to do for the 1st...

You may not be a chicken expert but everything you've advised thus far has been right on the money....after you mentioned the vit E I started looking that up specifically and found exactly what you were talking about. They need the selenium to absorb the vit E so I'm gonna go out first thing in...

I've been giving him water with ACV tiny bit at a time, hadn't seen anything about the vit E helping neuro issues in poultry so I'll definitely start giving the little guy some...what you described is exactly what he's been doing so that gives me a little hope that he has a chance at recovery...

They're finally all done, lost 2 more...they just never finished absorbing their yolk and eventually died without ever hatching and had another survive that I had to help along although I'm not sure it was the best thing to do. He seems to have some neurological issue. He just wants to keep...

Pretty sure my incubator is junk at this point....Definitely returning it after this. Lesson learned tho, next time I'll have a better incubator and will keep back up thermometers and hygrometers. One of the others that had pipped this morning, died within 4-5hrs of doing so. It somehow managed...

Just had another hatch and it also still had a little yoke left. The others that hatched just had umbilical but I've had 3 total now that still had some yolk left, not a huge amount but definitely yoke......something must have been off this whole time for them to be at day 23 and still not...

He just finished coming out on his own, you can see he still had a tiny bit of yolk left stuck to him. One of the others that hatched yesterday had a little as well that I ended up having to snip with some scissors once it got up and started running around the incubator and dragging the yolk...

Also, I still have several unmatched eggs, one pipped overnight. Starting to think I may some late bloomers...maybe thermometer hasn't been accurate this whole time and slowed some down...not sure yet

Not yet, I got up around 6am to check progress and he was just screaming and it looked like there were no longer active blood vessels so I went ahead and help him out some more and put him back. I'm not sure why he's not just coming out on his own. Still not 100% what position he was in when he...

Can't see any yolk so I think it's been absorbed. I think I'll wait, just wanted to hear someone else say that's what they would do as well....I really appreciate all your help

He's chirping and has moved himself further down in the right direction but seems to be struggling. Blood vessels have gotten a lot smaller...should I try to help him now or give him some more time? He can obviously breath so I'm thinking he's ok to leave but not 100%

Yes, I've kept watch and he's still not ready. Can still see veins so it's gonna be a while it looks like. Starting to think he wasn't trying to pip at all when he cracked the pointy end, maybe just cracked from him being crammed in the little area or something. Have 3 that hatched so...

Had several pip and start trying to zip a little throughout the day yesterday. One just finished hatching and my little "breech" baby is still hanging in there. Membrane is staying moist and it's still moving in there. I'm waiting a little longer to try to give him a chance to come out on his...

Just took one. Got humidty at 79% amd temp has stayed at 100 ....still not sure it'll be able to get out on it's own later but will keep a close eye and help it along when it's absorbed everything if I need to....whew! Thank God and you for your help!