Thank you all.
I ended up with 13 hatching out of 16 eggs! 2 had no growth at 12 days, 1 never hatched then I lost the last one to hatch within 24hrs of pipping. I did intervene on each of them except the last one (made sure the external pip hole was open at least 3mm without membrane covering...
I've got 3 external pips. One happen yesterday afternoon (at the narrow end) but has gone no further. 2nd one halfway up the shell, 3rd within the aircell.
I've recently realised that the humidity reader on my incubator is broken so I could have had the humidity too high all along. The humidity in our city is currently 65% so this could be a factor too.
If you were in this situation would you create an air hole in the out shell (within the air...
Hi,
Hoping someone can help me. I'm on Day 19 of hatching some chicks and the humidity reader on the incubator is not working. I've added a damp cloth and an analog hygrometer (though cheap and unsure of the accuracy) in to the incubator, it is reading about 40% but I have condensation on a...