Recent content by SweetieChicken234

Wow thanks for this reply!! The chick in pic 3 was from another rooster and hen. I was mostly interested in the Delaware mixes. I had some Delaware x Delaware and Delaware x GL Wyandotte crosses. The plain yellow/white chicks are the regular Delawares but the interesting ones are the white/black...

Well on day 18 I raised the humidity slowly. I closed the AC vent, kept my bathroom door closed and let my shower run with max heat to build up humidity. It was in the 40s on day 18. Day 19 I saw pips and then added about 2 tablespoons of water to the A slot. I kept the B slot closed with the...

Looking good. That's where I had my success. I think between 30-35. The air cells grew great but not overly large.

Oh no!! I'm so sorry to hear that!! That is as devastating as the one I had die just before pip. I am so sorry for your loss and I hope the rest stay healthy and strong.

Oh gosh.. I do hope you make it in time!! I just sent 13 of my chicks to go live with my neighbor. She's very happy to add more chicks. I kept 6 of my own.

I may be wrong but maybe it's a vitamin deficiency? Do you have those little vitamin packets?

Now for some photos

Incubator: Nurture Right 360 2 Govee hygrometers: bathroom and inside incubator Eggs set: 22 Temperature: Bathroom stayed about 72-73 Incubator bounced from 98-100. I found cold spots but the eggs were rotating so it seemed fine. Humidity: Bathroom stayed around 56% and incubator stayed...

My hatch is complete on day 20. 19 total hatched and the last egg did die. Was not internally pipped. Not sure what happened. It had absorbed the yolk too.

I just saw this and had to say I never thought about this in the same sense as extra frozen water bottles in the freezer for hurricane season. I do the exact same. I keep extra frozen bottles in the freezer to keep it cold in power loss for hurricanes.

My 19th chick finally hatched. One more egg to go but no pip. Pretty sure it's a late quitter.

Where is this chipmunk type pattern coming from? My Delawares were all yellow or white as chicks and the Wyandottes were black with bits of gold as chicks. The roo is Delaware and the hens are Golden Laced Wyandottes. Some of the chicks came out with a bit of red color on the back of the neck...

That's good he made it out. I candled the one that hasn't pipped yet and I see no movement. There's one more that pipped but nothing since. I'm really hoping that one hasn't died and is just slowly absorbing yolk. By tomorrow I will assist both eggs and see if they are alive or dead.

Oh boy you have a sideways zipper? I don't know how to help that situation. Maybe he will figure it out. I have 18 hatched today. Only 2 eggs left. One of those 2 has internally pipped and the other has externally pipped. No movement beyond that on either. Might need assistance tomorrow. The...

I think I have 11 out now but not everyone is fully dry so I'm leaving them in the incubator for now. I have another 3 or 4 pipped. One I see is still making the chewing motion with the beak so must still be absorbing yolk. I think I'm going to have a whole second wave of hatches.. the pipped...