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    Day 21 - no signs of pipping... teacher here - help!

    Like hold it with the air cell up like how I did it before they went into lockdown? Will that harm it?
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    Day 21 - no signs of pipping... teacher here - help!

    I have a video too, but it won't let me attach it.
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    Day 21 - no signs of pipping... teacher here - help!

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    Day 21 - no signs of pipping... teacher here - help!

    Hello. Today is day 21. This is my fourth year doing egg incubation. Two years ago, I had a slow hatch and didn't have any chicks hatch until day 23. Last year it was right on time. Trying to keep my firsties under control with their excitedness and high hopes. Someone please remind me it'll be...
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    Day 23... Two pips... bloody veins?

    Two pips this morning top one has been going since 7 am and the bottom about 9 am... what is the blood??? Veins??? Anything I can do? Why is this happening?
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    Day 21... help!

    Just odd because some of the other eggs take up the whole shell right now.
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    Day 21... help!

    There wasn’t much movement... you think they are okay?
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    Day 21... help!

    Well morning of day 22. I couldn’t help it, but sneak some chicks out to candle. I have a couple with lots of movement still and air cell looking normal. A couple where the shell is too dark to tell right now and a couple that look like this pic. Should I be intervening in any way?
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    Day 21... help!

    I had three thermometers in there at one point. kept the two more reliable. The traditional mercury thermometer and a digital one with the humidity on it. I'm hoping for some pips tonight or early in the morning!
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    Day 21... help!

    Oops yes I meant April 13th at 8pm they went into the incubator.
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    Day 21... help!

    Thank you! I sure hope so. I keep checking on them every hour at least!
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    Day 21... help!

    Yes. Egg turner for that. Temp right at 99.5 with humidity around 65-70. My equipment is all new thanks to a fundraiser we did last year.
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    Day 21... help!

    Today is the much anticipated hatching day. I'm a first grade teacher in Iowa and brought my incubator and all other chick related things home. The eggs were put in Monday, April 13th at about 8 pm. I candled the eggs on day 18 right before lockdown and had 8 chicks alive on the inside. Someone...
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