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When I did it, I left it on for a day, then I took it off and checked it. It was looking good, so I reapplied and left for 1 more day just to be sure, and then took it off. But if it hadn't looked fixed, I'd have continued 1 day on, check, 1 day on, check, until it looked fixed.Question: how long does the tape have to stay on? today it was two days old, so it was let go two days another just hatched tonight at 8:30, looks like its having the same problem. right leg sticking out and flipping it over its wing. is there something I'm doing wrong while incubating that causes this? got a little giant still air incubator, temp about 101.5, humidity 50-60%. (70-80% for hatch) turning three times a day as close to 8 hours apart as possible. had the incubator at 99.5 and no chicks were hatching... fixed it by raising the temp and now they are hatching but hope not all of them have this problem.
So usually how long does the tape have to stay on to fix the legs?
As for the incubator, if they weren't hatching at what looks like appropriate stats, there's a good chance your thermometer and/or hygrometer are off in some way. If it's not the incubator causing the problem, it could be a bird diet problem (what goes into the birds goes into the eggs, so if something is off with their nutrition, the yolk's nutrition may be off). I vaguely recall someone saying that something like this was happening to them and they changed something in their birds' diets that lessened it. But I'm useless because I can't remember who or what, or if it was just a dream.