Thanks, Bubbles...
It's usually when they've pipped internally.At what point of development does a chick begin to Chirp in the egg?
I candled the last of the eggs following Sally's video on how to do that One was Chirping I could see the beak moving in the shell So that was cool. one was moving. 3 I just saw dark with the air sack and 2 were empty. I set the 5 eggs in front of her and she took them back.
The chicks are no longer in broken shells and stinky poo.
There are 6 live chicks with her now I took a pic but it is fuzzy and hard to see.
Might be best to move them to the other bator so they're not on the egg turner, and the extra humidity won't affect the less developed eggs. You have to do it quickly, and get the humidity up really fast in the hatching bator. Damp sponges, mist the sides of the bator, etc... you know the drill.Ok, I have 2 incubators, the first ones I put in are hatching now. The ones' I put in for the HAL and the ones I put in on Christmas eve are in the first. I didn't label them very well. I missed one of the first group and it's still sitting in the other incubator, with the auto turner, low humidity etc. It's pip'd. Do I take it out and move it over to the other 'bator? Or do I turn off the egg turner and up the humidity?
This very scenario is the main reason I won't do staggered hatches...