Air Cells and Failure.

[Tooshay89]

Okay, so I'm going into day 19 of my first egg hatching extraordinaire. So far I think I'm failing epically, but that's beyond the point. In incubator #1 I had 6 buff Orpington eggs (shipped.) I'm down to one lone egg. It was moving yesterday when I started lockdown on day 18. I marked the air cell so I could figure out where to look for a pip, but um... it looks large. And saddled, which I've heard could be okay - but definitely large. Am I doomed to fail with this hatch? Is this air cell way too big? Should I crawl in a hole and curse the day I ever decided to incubate eggs?

 

[Golden Brahma 64]

Well you can’t do much now!
Leave them be. Let’s see what you get. Keep us posted

 

[cowboy bob]

Okay, so I'm going into day 19 of my first egg hatching extraordinaire. So far I think I'm failing epically, but that's beyond the point. In incubator #1 I had 6 buff Orpington eggs (shipped.) I'm down to one lone egg. It was moving yesterday when I started lockdown on day 18. I marked the air cell so I could figure out where to look for a pip, but um... it looks large. And saddled, which I've heard could be okay - but definitely large. Am I doomed to fail with this hatch? Is this air cell way too big? Should I crawl in a hole and curse the day I ever decided to incubate eggs?


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what is your humidity during lockdown? what was temp in the first 18 days?

 

[Tooshay89]

what is your humidity during lockdown? what was temp in the first 18 days?

It's currently at 65% - when I first added water to the second water well, it was more 70-75%ish, but not for more than an hour. It's been 99.5 degrees throughout incubation, with humidity at around 35% up until day 18. No big fluctuations in temp or humidity. I will say that the air cells started out a pretty good size - the size of a quarter or slightly bigger - when they came in the mail. 5/6 had blood rings in the first week. The lone egg is the only one that's made it this far.

I do have a second batch of eggs in another incubator due next week that looks MUCH better as far as air cells go. (Both Brinsea Maxi II incubators.)

 

[cowboy bob]

well that sounds good. I'll have to agree with GB64. Good luck.

 

[Tooshay89]

Okay, so it's now about halfway through day 20 and we have movement and a pip. BUT the pip is on the bottom of the egg, AND it's not even in the air cell. Do I need to flip the egg? I assume he can breathe but how in the world did he end up pipping through the wrong end?

Unpipped air cell

 

[cowboy bob]

If it’s an external pip leave it the chick knows best. Don’t open bator.