Air sac

[ChickyChickymamma]

What temp have you been at? My method might be a little unorthodox, but I usually wait until they pip internally before I raise humidity.

I have been at about 101

 

[LikeTurkeys]

I set 30 and we have 21 so far. 7 were not fertilized and the others had blood rings. I marked them all as I was candling, the ones that were doing good. That's what those marks are from. A couple others I put question marks on because I couldn't tell if I liked what I seen or not. That way I could watch and make sure they were developing and know which ones I was unsure of.

Ah, I see. Makes sense now

 

[ChickyChickymamma]

Right, and some of those air sacs do look a little on the small side to me.

What would you do in this situation

 

[ChickyChickymamma]

Ah, I see. Makes sense now

Just me over thinking

 

[casportpony]

What would you do in this situation

I would wait until I saw an internal pip. But let's ask a couple other members what they would. @WVduckchick, @Pyxis, what would you do?

 

[ChickyChickymamma]

What temp have you been at? My method might be a little unorthodox, but I usually wait until they pip internally before I raise humidity.

should I wait to raise the humidity until I see internal piping and give the air sac a chance to grow a bit more

 

[JaeG]

It won't hurt to give them a bit longer at a lower humidity. The 18th day you see on egg air cell charts shows where the air cell is at when it draws down in preparation for the chick to pip into it. If your eggs have been a little on the cool side they may take a little bit longer to do that. Being a bit cooler also means the egg loses a little less moisture than they would at the ideal temperature.

 

[ChickyChickymamma]

I would wait until I saw an internal pip. But let's ask a couple other members what they would. @WVduckchick, @Pyxis, what would you do?

Just seen your comment. I appreciate you tagging others for input!

 

[Pyxis]

I think waiting until at least draw down to increase humidity would be fine and would give the air cells a bit more time to grow. Waiting until internal pip is also a good plan.

 

[Fluffyflufffluff]

I just need a little piece of mind and possibly some advice. I am scared my babies air sacs are to small and we are on evening of day 17th. I took these pictures just a couple of minutes ago. Are the air sacs okay or do I need to do something quick so they don't drown on hatch day? I have them in a homemade still air incubator and I had terrible terrible luck with thermometers and hygrometers. I did all the calibration stuff with the salt and they all were within a descent range and I took note of the differences but once they all went into the incubator they are all over the place as in 5-10 degrees difference and sometimes 10-20 percent difference. What do I do?

I think they are gonna be just fine. I dont see anything wrong. Keep up the good work.