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Ok thank you for the input! I increased the humidity and turned down the heat a little. I hope that helps.

Today is day 25 and I have 2 Guineas out and 3 more pipping. The problem isn't with them hatching early, it is the fact that they are shrink-wrapped! One was out by itself this morning when I got up, but it's shell was dried and stuck to it's back. The other one had zipped all the way, but was...

Yeehaw!! Happy to have joined the club! I love BYC as much today as I did when I joined :)

Hi I wanted to update you on my hatch- It's been a couple months and Im sorry its taken me so long to write, but I wanted to thank you for the amazing experience with your eggs! They arrived right away and the packaging was just AWESOME. Not one egg broken or even cracked- shipped all the way to...

Im sorry, Im somewhat of a newbie myself so I cant help much, but does it stand up on its own at all? Can it bear any weight on the foot?

Im sorry I didnt respond earlier, and thanks so much for the input, but when I checked on chickie again, he/she had passed :( I did end up breaking it out of the shell to see if I could figure out what went wrong- but there was really no indication. It was fully developed, had absorbed all the...

I removed the shell where the aircell was, but not any of the inner membrane. Then I wrapped the egg with a wet warm towell and put it back. It's malpositioned because I can't see its head or anything at the air-cell side up. It's curled in there upside down.. Here it is after I wetted the...

Im not a professional here (ive only hatched out a handful of times) but I read in Gail Damerow's book- Incubating and Hatching Eggs that they can survive up to like 107 in still air incubators, and I think it was 102-104 or somewhere in there in a forced-air incubator. I know someone here will...

all my eggs hatched out on Sunday/Monday and I have one egg who I could see was alive. No pipping though. I left it alone. Last night I decided to help it out because I could clearly see it was alive, but it was in the shell upside down. I removed the portion of the egg where the air cell was...

oh good you've given me hope then! I just checked it again, thinking for sure it would be dead, but no it's still moving! I hope he/she hurries up and makes their debut, I can't wait to get the bator cleaned and sanitized.

The chick is definitely alive (I just candled this morning and I can see it moving, making movements that look like breathing), but no pipping, even internally. All the others hatched 2 days ago. My concern is that the incubator is starting to SMELL to high heaven from the hatch debris .....I...

I am sorry :( I was really sure you would have had lots of little cheepers now. I have 3 that Im still waiting on, but pretty sure they died. The rest hatched yesterday and in the night last night. I didnt start with as many as you did though, I only had 16 alive on day 18. For some reason I...

what brand was your incubator? I know some people say they experienced temp spikes which in their bators which unfortunately, caused losses with the eggs :( Im sorry about the catastrophe with your temp! I hope your 4 viable eggs hatch.

I want to upgrade from my LG, and Im looking at the Genesis 1588- I was wondering if my LG turner will work in that or would I have to buy a turner specifically for the Genesis?

Hi, I am on day 21 today as well! I had 2 hatch so far, and absolutely nothing else happening (besides one egg that I saw rocking a little). I believe you and I will both have some activity tomorrow, I'm definitely not getting stressed yet :) Hang in there, it's not over by a long shot! Good...