1st time for kharki Campbell’s and a million questions please ! Xx

[Michshell1]

Ok, the pics help. I think you should knock the humidity back to 45% for a few days. The air cells look ok, but ideally they should be a bit bigger. You don't have much time to change the air cell size, only until day 20 or so. I think if you knock it back to 40s that would be good.

Ok great thanks will do! Il update with pics on day 20!

 

[MGG]

Sounds great!

Ok great thanks will do! Il update with pics on day 20!

 

[Michshell1]

What temp for lockdown? 26.5? And higher humidity like 75? Jus so I’m prepared!

 

[MGG]

What temp for lockdown? 26.5? And higher humidity like 75? Jus so I’m prepared!

The temp should stay the same as it has been all along. 70-75% should be good.

 

[Michshell1]

Hi so it’s past midnight so I’m day 20 do these look better now ?

 

[Michshell1]

The temp should stay the same as it has been all along. 70-75% should be good.

I replied but not sure it tagged u so just incase!

 

[MGG]

I replied but not sure it tagged u so just incase!

All of them look perfect!

 

[Finnie]

I’m just curious, isn’t it dangerous to turn the eggs upside down to candle them? As in, if it happened to already be internally pipped, couldnt the fluid run through the pip hole and drown the chick?

I’ve not seen it done like that before. I always hold mine upright and shine the flashlight down onto the top of the egg. When I want to check what the bottom side (pointy end) looks like, I shine the flashlight upwards to that end. Sometimes I will hold the egg horizontal. But only if I’m pretty sure it’s a dead egg will I start turning it every which way in hopes of seeing something, anything, move.

 

[MGG]

I’m just curious, isn’t it dangerous to turn the eggs upside down to candle them? As in, if it happened to already be internally pipped, couldnt the fluid run through the pip hole and drown the chick?

I’ve not seen it done like that before. I always hold mine upright and shine the flashlight down onto the top of the egg. When I want to check what the bottom side (pointy end) looks like, I shine the flashlight upwards to that end. Sometimes I will hold the egg horizontal. But only if I’m pretty sure it’s a dead egg will I start turning it every which way in hopes of seeing something, anything, move.

I don't usually do it, but it doesn't hurt anything. There isn't enough fluid in the egg once the chick has internally pipped to drown it. I've seen a lot of people do it like this and never have any problems. In fact, I've asked this same question before and everyone said it is totally fine. I can't remember which thread it was on though.

 

[Finnie]

I don't usually do it, but it doesn't hurt anything. There isn't enough fluid in the egg once the chick has internally pipped to drown it. I've seen a lot of people do it like this and never have any problems. In fact, I've asked this same question before and everyone said it is totally fine. I can't remember which thread it was on though.

Ok, that’s nice to know. However, I have found that if humidity is high throughout incubation, turkeys and chicks have been known to pip and drown during the hatching process when too much goo oozes out of the membranes. My hatch rate improved when I started incubating at lower humidity. I had fewer pip-and-drown chicks.

I haven’t hatched very many ducklings yet, but I imagine they would be subject to the same possibility of pipping and drowning. Maybe not. Maybe waterfowl are better suited to more humid conditions.