No idea in afraid. This little chick did not make it sadly I just went downstairs and he/she has assumed the dead chick position and not breathing. As sad as it is I'm glad it got a chance to play with the other chicks.
Since we had gone 24 hours I popped back in and re moistened the membrane and popped back a bit more shell. ( edit to add I had been keeping the membrane moist anyway just the shell I left alone for 24 hours)
Went out for 2 hours and came home to him/her zipping however the dried parts of the...
I have left it well alone since first checking it.
Still alive in there this morning, still moving its beak so happy to leave it sat there, if it starts to stop being so alive and active I will get it out.
I have a chick that pipped today it's membrane is dry but it's pipped the wrong end the air sac is still completely intact it's beak is where the hole is.
I've moistened and chiped away a bit more of the shell for it, put it back in the incubator as still chirping.
Well after my first hatch being a complete loss we had some silkie eggs due later today.
2am we had had one pip and 1 hatch
9am the pipped one is zipping and egg 3 pipped
Well nothing survived..
We cracked some open and it appears a lot where malposistioned with beaks tucked well and truly in the middle of everything.
The one who pipped died before zipping.
Hoping for better luck on my next batch.
Although I've been given some eggs that have the air sac...
Scrap that!!! I just blew another bulb shattered it... I had to go in so I took the chance to candle a few in the bator while cutting my hands to bits and found this guy has pipped upside down!!!
Another looks internally pipped... The rest just look full apart from air sac but no movement
Well it was for an hour tops as the light was on at 6:30am but my 7:30am the bulb had blown, by 8am I got it back up to 80f and when I got back from the school run back up to temp
Came down this morning the temp had dropped to 76f as the bulb had blown.. Humidity was sat at 80%.
This eggs are all dead now I would guess? Or is there any hope for them? Day 21 today
Well I changed a few things around we go into lock down next week I have candled 5 out of 13 eggs..
First egg... Not sure about
Second egg... Had an eye
Third egg.. Saw veins
Forth egg.. Saw veins
Last egg... Saw chick moving around inside
Going to do the rest later
Temp is between 92-102...
First time building an incubator and trying to hatch eggs..
So far we have covered the outside of the tank in a reflective emergency blanket, got my hygrometer (exo terra), sorted out my pc fan connected to a USB lead and plugged in, using the fish tank heater inside a small tube of water and...