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Yay!!! Anymore pips?

A malepositioned chick will pip the middle/bottom of the egg. (Not in the air cell.) A chick that pips into the air cell is right on target and should be given 12-24 hours to start zipping. Between pip and zip the chick and nature are doing a lot of work that we don't see. Absorbing any yolk...

That is a perfectly fine and in the right place zip. Nice and high in the air cell. No maleposition. As long as teh membrane stays a nice white and papery and he is active when motivated he should be just fine. Stop worrying. As long as your humidity is up things should go smooth. Now, if you...

Yes, how is it going? Are you seeing anything yet?

You won't hear chirps or see egg movement from all of them. There's movement, that's a good sign. The best thing you can do right now is leave them alone. Commence with lockdown, up the humidity and leave them be. You are only going to stress yourself out over things that at this point you can't...

During the fall my incubator averages 40-45% w/o water. Plus if you took the water out, but didn't completely dry the water wells...that moisture will still cause humidity.

Good luck and keep us posted on the progress.

Yeah, I would say the hygrometer is off, usually the bator ones are. When you get the new one, make sure you test that though. There are more than one thread on here that tells how to test the hygrometer with the salt test for accuracy.

Yeah, that's small. The problem is, you said that you have 6 other eggs in there that are on day 5. That have different humidity needs. I would go ahead and run dry for 24 hours, check the other 6 eggs and make sure they look ok. If they do, go ahead and run dry for day 18-19 as well (as long as...

The best way to show how big your air cell is is when you candle it, mark the air cell (with a pencil, by tracing it) and then take a pic of the egg withe the air cell marked. It's easier to see in the pic than an actual candling pic. It s also easier to judge the size based on the percentage of...

xs 2 The only thing you can do at this point is run dry for a couple days and if there are no pips push lockdown back to day 19 and give the egg(s) an extra day running dry. Exception:If you have more eggs and the majority are where they need to be and there is a single or minority amount that...