vrsilver
In the Brooder
- Apr 26, 2018
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Hello BYC! This is my first time posting, although I’ve read a lot on the site prior to tonight.
I am hatching chicks for the first time. I rescued them from a local university- they were left over from a developmental class and were going to be destroyed :-(
The eggs I got were at varying rates of development and I was certain the oldest would arrive in about 4 days. I planned on removing them from the egg turner when I got home from work but when I arrived home from work I found I was wrong on my days and I had a chick! I removed the eggs from the egg turner, and sprayed the incubator to return the humidity level to 72-74% (its fluctuating a bit).
Anyway, long story for this one question. My hatched chick seems to have knocked off quite a bit of shell off of one particular egg but I don’t see any hole in the membrane. Should I be worried? I wrapped it in a moist paper towel because the membrane looked a little dry to me.
I am hatching chicks for the first time. I rescued them from a local university- they were left over from a developmental class and were going to be destroyed :-(
The eggs I got were at varying rates of development and I was certain the oldest would arrive in about 4 days. I planned on removing them from the egg turner when I got home from work but when I arrived home from work I found I was wrong on my days and I had a chick! I removed the eggs from the egg turner, and sprayed the incubator to return the humidity level to 72-74% (its fluctuating a bit).
Anyway, long story for this one question. My hatched chick seems to have knocked off quite a bit of shell off of one particular egg but I don’t see any hole in the membrane. Should I be worried? I wrapped it in a moist paper towel because the membrane looked a little dry to me.
