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    Should I help my chick pip?

    I just candled my egg now and I saw that it is still in the same internal position as it was yesterday. I saw that I piece of the air cell is filled with darkness and assumed it was an internal pip. The darkness in the air cell is a bit bigger but it still hasn't pipped. Its been more then 16...
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    How long it does it take for a chick to internally pip?

    Hi guys. A few hours ago, more or less 4 hours ago I candled my chicken egg. I saw a very small piece of the darkness in the egg fill the air cell and I suggested it to be an internal pip. Could someone correct me if I'm wrong? I'm not hearing any tapping, peeping or see any rocking. How long...
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    Hi. I'm at day 21. no pipping, peeping, wiggling or anything. should I be worried?

    Yesterday, day 20, the electricity went out for 2 hours. Could this have maybe affected my chicken eggs? Please help, so scared!
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    help please help. I'm at day 20 and the electricity is out for almost an hour. I did put a blanket o

    How long are they able to survive? Will they hatch or shrink wrap??
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    Hi. I have a still aired incubator. I am at day 20 and the temperature has thus far been between 99.

    Its my second time hatching and I'm a little freaking out lol. Thanks
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    Hi. I opened my incubator twice yesterday and once today while on lock down. will this affect my egg

    I had'd to open the bator because one of my eggs rolled over continuously and I haded to intervene. I'm so scared because I've heard so many scary stories! Please help
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    should my humidity remain at 75% when hatching is done?

    I've heard of many stories that chicks don't survive due to too high humidity?
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    I'm at day 18 and my humidity is 80%, is this fine or too high?

    Hi, I'm at day 18 and my humidity is 80%, is this fine or too high? Also, one of my chicks hatched and its running towards the light bulb any ideas what I can do? He/she is fluffy yet
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    PLEASE HELP!!! I'm at day 16 and the aircell of the egg is very round and not skew shaped

    Hi. I candled my eggs now and there's movements inside the eggs but the air sac is very round a bit small I think. I'm at day 16, should the air sac be skew in shape?
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    Does making holes at the lower/lowest end of my bator make a lot of humidity escape?

    I want to provide enough ventilation for my developing chicken embryo. I don't wana make holes at the top so I thought I should make holes at the lowest end of my bator. I'm almost at lock down and I just wana find out does this make my bator lose a lot of humid? I'm asking this cause I've heard...
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    I'm at day 14, in one of my chicken eggs I see movement. in the other one there is complete darkness

    In the one egg I can see inside, I can see the veins and how it develops everytime but in the other one is complete darkness. I can see a few reflections of light but mostly like a huge dark blob is inside of it. No veins whatsoever is visible. I'm so scared that it could be contaminated or it...
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    during lock down, is ventilation a certain time of the day on top of my styrofoam bator fine without

    Hi. during lock down, is ventilation a certain time of the day on top of my styrofoam bator fine without harming the embryo? The reason for the ventilation is to control the temperature. The ventilation is in the form of a long hole. Thanks
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    can I stop turning my chicken eggs at day 14?

    Hi, I'm new to the lockdown stage and I am aware that it starts at day 18. I just wanted to find out, can I stop turning my chicken eggs at day 14? I'm not lazy or that lol, I'm just preparing for a proper lock down and want to start practicing from tomorrow (day 14)!!! Will this decrease hatch rate
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    On day 18, in what position should my chicken egg lay?

    I have an x and a y marked on my eggs, can I let them lay in any one of these positions?
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    can I use cardboard egg carton to put my egg flat laying in there?

    I'm getting ready for lock down and I'm inventing silly yet helpful things so that I can handle everything from the outside inside (if it makes any sense). I have cut the carton so thin so that the whole egg is actually open, its just a very tiny part of the egg that is covered at the bottom...
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    omg. Help please. I per accidently dropped my thermometer on one of my eggs. it has a huge dent and

    Just now, I wanted to meet the temperature so the thermometer per accidently fell hard on my chicken egg. There is a huge dent on it and a few more haired cracks. I immediately put some nail polish on, it was see through nail polish because I was too shocked so I just grabbed any nail polish. I...
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    Please help. my thermometer fell on one of my chicken eggs and it has a huge dent and a lot of crack

    Just now, I wanted to meet the temperature so the thermometer per accidently fell hard on my chicken egg. There is a huge dent on it and a few more haired cracks. I immediately put some nail polish on, it was see through nail polish because I was too shocked so I just grabbed any nail polish. I...
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    please help I'm devastated. I'm at day 9 and the power went out

    its around 35 minutes now. I placed a blanket over the bator and I'm panicking. The embryo was moving earlier and this incubator is made out of shoebox carton
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    I am at day 10. is it normal if the embryo inside is moving?

    I candled two eggs today to compare the two embryos. The one eggs embryo is moving quite a bit fast and the other one is just standing still and is much bigger then the moving one. I'm scare that its abnormal. PLEASE HELP!!!
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    omw. please help. The temperature of my incubator went SUPER low during the night. I'm not sure for

    Do u think the embryo could have survived? I'm at day 8. Can my chick (if it survived) be deformed?
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