Our hatched chicks that are 3 and 4 days old got moved outside into their dog kennel brooder in the run with a heat pad cave. Everyone is doing well and wing feathers are developing fast.
@Sally Sunshine - hatch update. Lockdown today, having a bad run and only 13 into lockdown out of 46. Had incubator spike early. Pretty disheartening, not sure how or if any will hatch as 6 Of those I cant even see into, they are OE and Wellies.
Here is what I found the meaning of drawdown to be...
Draw down is when the air cell is lower on one side. This is an indication that the chick has turned and is facing the air cell. As the chick pierces the inner membrane at the edge of the air cell the membrane will form tightly over the...