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I tried not to let mine go over 80% when chicks were hatching and maintained between 65-70% when they weren't. Just because they can catch a chill. :)

That definitely sounds like your humidity is too high! Are the hatched chicks fluffing up? I'd keep ventilation open for sure, as far as I know it's not supposed to be reduced even during lockdown because of how important oxygen is to be new chicks. But I suppose your mileage may vary! I had to...

You can leave them a little longer than 24 hours if necessary :) and the gunk could just be poop from when it was hatching! And leftover umbilical residue. From what I've read anyway!

No external pips until day 21! Out of my 3 viable eggs 2 hatched within 24 hours. I had to wet the membrane on one and totally didn't see that a second egg was already zipping! She wound up being bound by the membrane and I helped her out and got her sufficiently wet. Both are healthy :) the...

None of mine hatched until almost the end of day 21! :) Keep faith! :) if you listen very closely can you hear any chirping?

I used a brinsea mini advanced with the factory settings. When I ran it for the day before I set my eggs it's temp was accurate. I don't have a good way of keeping the humidity up. All but 2 eggs were good at day 7. I didn't wind up checking again until day 18 and I only have one egg remaining...

Candled today, Day 18 One, possibly two eggs still viable. Not sure what or if anything went wrong. Quite upset about it. :( I suppose it is backup chicks for me in March when the local breeders start selling.

I can't wait to catch my eggs a wiggling!!! tomorrow is lockdown!! So excited. :D

Welcome and good luck!!

I candled and I have 3 potentially 4 viable eggs... Somewhat disappointed. :( I was really hoping for at least 5/7

That's so hard! I'm anxiously waiting for day 14 tomorrow! GAH.

Day 7 update. 3 viable eggs 1 possible blood ring (fairly confident will monitor over the next three days) 3 that might be clears, but it could also be my amateur eyes and not strong enough flashlight.

Oh my GOSH so cuuuute!

Never too late!! Welcome. :D

Good luck to you both! I will likely candle again at day 7 and 14 and then leave them alone until they hatch! As long as the air cell progression is going well I don't think I'll be able to rectify much in the last 4 days...

I definitely candled on day 3... And now I am impatiently waiting until day 7! Haha. SO tempted to try again tonight (day 5) to see if I can see anything vascular... But I don't want to over handle my babies!

Oh No! Best of luck!!

Beautiful birds! My first time hatching too. I am hoping for a great outcome!

That's so great! I hope you got your eggs in in time And they're due to hatch around the same time! Let me know how it goes. :)