I don’t want to intervene at the point it’s currently at. I feel I’ll do more harm than good. I’ll leave it be overnight (I’m in Ireland, it’s 11pm here) and see how it gets on, the others hatched late last night after pipping early in the day so I’m hoping this one is the same. Here’s a cute...
22 currently, the 3 hatched at the end of 21. The one about to zip hasn’t zipped more than one more hole next to original pip, but is still chirping, I’ve removed the three chicks from the bator because they kept turning that egg upside down. Brooder is right next to the incubator so chicks are...
hi! I’m on day 21 with 6 silkies, 3 pipped earlier today and are chirping and moving, the other 3 are still rocking but no pips. 2 of the 3 pips are facing downwards, is this okay?
They're within the air sac, just facing the floor of the incubator, I can’t get any good pics.
It is, I also double checked before locking them down. The sponge has raised it so far to 62%. There is no adjustable air port but I have temporarily blocked one of the air holes.
Is it safe to put a sponge in the incubator alongside the eggs or will chicks peck at it when hatched?
I have 6 silkie eggs on lockdown since last night, I candled them before locking down and all are looking good to go, today is day 18, two eggs are wobbling a little bit since right before...
I got a Brinsea Mini II Eco, set it up correctly etc., the problem I’m having is the temperature is dropping a LOT when I open up to turn my eggs and then taking a long time to get back up. Is this okay? How do I prevent it from dropping so much? It’s 37.7c usually, dropping to around 20c and...