I have been including dandelions, cucumber and tomatoes with the lettuce, they don’t appear to be eating much at the moment.
I will remove the paper.
Thank you for your guidance, certainly a learning curve here.
I had to name it Creasy :) the others just have numbers at the moment. They are all lively and keep trying to escape the the glass dishes they are in in the incubator. Dishes are lined with damp kitchen roll and shredded lettuce. Some I think are eating, they will be easier to monitor once they...
Thank you, I’ve kept it in the incubator in its own container with damp kitchen paper and shredded romaine lettuce. Bathed it twice today and definitely improving.
The other 4 that have hatched so far, had all absorbed their egg sacs by the time they hatched. This one does have more egg sac...
Yes, it’s still in the incubator in its own tray on damp kitchen towel. I have now read they are folded in half in the egg and it’s the straightening out that causes the egg to break open. Clearly it was too big for its egg and broke out before fully unfolding. Fingers crossed.
There is a clear gap between the egg sack, which is almost absorbed, and the crease which is in front of the sack. I have given it a soak and at the moment is looking stronger and standing up.
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Thank you, unfortunately I can’t find any experts in this area. It hasn’t started to fed yet. I washed it off when I moved it into its own tray in the incubator on damp kitchen roll and have had to make a nest as it falls on its back trying to move.
I will give it a good soak.
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I have incubated 7 spur thigh eggs, 5 have hatched within 72hrs of each other, 4 look healthy but one took a little longer than the others to get out of its egg and it has a deep crease in the underside of its shell.
Is this a deformity or will it straighten out now it’s out of the egg...