Ok guys, I'm making an artificial incubator for chickens.

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One of the chicks have being born successfully, it's umbilical cord got loose and cut itself without any difficulties.

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>>1227977

>>1227978
The problem is, that another one tried to get out of it's egg, but the umbilical cord seems too thick, it doesn't cut and its bleeding ( the yellow one in pic related ) Should I help him and cut the cord?

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This little black guy was the first one to get out without difficulties.

The temperature inside is 36,7 Celsius, don't know the humidity cause I don't have a humidifier. I just put a cup of water inside. The temperature is maintained by a 220 volts and 40 W lamp, and it's distributed by two computer coolers 12 volts each. The incubation process took 22 days.

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>>1227985
Pic related, coolers and lamp.

>>1227982
This is the main issue right now.

>>1227982
How much bleeding? If it's not much just leave it but if it doesn't detach soon you might have to intervene. Either way be prepared to lose a few of them

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>>1227994
Is this too much?

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>>1227996

>>1227996
Yes he going to die.

>>1227996
>>1227997
That's not too much but he/she doesn't look very healthy. Don't be surprised if he/she doesn't make it

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>>1228067
Op here, If you are referring to how it looks, it's just a naked neck.

Op again.
Update, he survived, has a little scar, but walks and eats normally.

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>>1228499
>pic related.

>>1227985
My chicken wrangling sister raises these little bastards, with the brooder area- drop it about 5-8C every week until it gets to room temperature after about 5 weeks and then they'll be fine for most anything. There's a couple of trains of thought on how much they should be handled but generally with young animals if its quiet and stress free they do a bit better.

>>1228510
Wow, I never heard of that metod, what I do is put the in, and raise the temperature to 37,7 +/- 1 Celsius, and put a cup of water for humidity, and after 21-22 days they are ready to go. This is my first time doing this, and i noticed that the humidity isn't enough, so I'll buy a sensor and figure out a method to raise the humidity to 50-60% and 4 days before the 21th day raise it even more to 70-80%. Do you guys have an idea to increase, control, and maintain the humidity?

>>1228674
Electric blankets are a bit better in some ways, they're fairly inexpensive, adjustable and have a robust power supply that doesn't drain too much, as well as being less of a fire hazard than a lamp. About a 1000 different types of brooder boxes out there though and most of them work.

Humidity, I guess if its an issue you can get humidifiers from anywhere between $50-150- normally a medical thing for babies, but running off ambient heat and a damp wash cloth in a bowl to the side should help.

>>1228713
Nice suggestions but those are too expensive for me, the temperature aspect is fairly well covered. The humidity is my problem, I'm planning in using a bigger cup, with more surface area and less height. But will consider humidifiers, the problem is that I live in third world country where those things are pretty expensive.

>>1228984
Put a paper plate with a very thin layer of water on the bottom. Refillthis layer constantly as it evaporates. Fill a spray bottle with water and mist it. Put some plants in there with it to absorb and rerelease moisture. This should be free.

>>1227976
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That is sorta normal. It happens if the humidity is a bit too low and/or you've not been turning the eggs every day like you should be. Double check the humidity next time around. For turning, I draw an "X" and "O" on opposite sides of the egg. Then I can tell if they've been turned at a glance. I also keep a chart that has the Xs and Os on the days one or the other is supposed to be showing. Looking at the chart lets me know instantly if I messed up something.

Get a Hygrometer. They are a must for hatching chicks. For increasing humidity, you can put a tray of water in the incubator and stick a wash rag half in and half out of it. The moisture level in the incubator should be about 50-55% relative humidity, with an increase to about 65% for the last 3 days of incubation.

>>1228499
>>1228501
:)

>>1227976
>artificial incubator

That's called a box. A box.