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I have one that pipped the shell but not the membrane… any thoughts?

I learned that lesson the hard way! Two hygrometers this round 😅

I’ve got 3 pipped chicks but I’m wondering if the membrane is too dry?? My humidity is honestly probably too high at 78% so I’m not sure why they look so dry. Help!

Odd to me too! Never candled an egg that looked like this but all 15 eggs in this batch look the same.

So I got a new horizontal incubator, meaning you lay the eggs on their side. It’s supposedly turning them every 2 hrs. However when I candle (day 8), half will be clear and the other half dark. What’s causing this separation? Is this normal for a horizontal incubator? I see movement in all the...

I’ve got 8 eggs in an incubator. I’m on day 24. 48 hrs ago one of the chicks externally pipped but has still not hatched. It’s peeping and still looks like it’s eating the yolk. Should I try to help it or let it be? Its hole is definitely larger today than it was last night when I checked. This...