Big air sac on day 14, hatching with a broody

[aart]

They don't always dance for us.
Veins look OK on first, not sure on second.
With cells that large on day 16 I'd bump up the humidity now.
Cells almost looks like they may be 'drawing down' ...might have an early hatch.
@WVduckchick ?

 

[WVduckchick]

Are they still with the broody? If you still see movement in all 4, I’d leave them with her, especially if you want her to raise them. If you take them to the incubator with 5-6 days to go, you could give her other placeholder eggs, but she may know the difference and decide she’s done. Broodies are kinda unpredictable.

A possible danger with shipped eggs and wonky air cells is the possibility of the chick getting tangled in the wavy air cell membrane. But honestly I think they will be fine. It looks like they reattached ok, just not fully circular like we are used to seeing in non-shipped eggs.

Good luck! I love incubating, but watching a broody raise chicks is truly amazing!

 

[lutherpug]

Are they still with the broody? If you still see movement in all 4, I’d leave them with her, especially if you want her to raise them. If you take them to the incubator with 5-6 days to go, you could give her other placeholder eggs, but she may know the difference and decide she’s done. Broodies are kinda unpredictable.

A possible danger with shipped eggs and wonky air cells is the possibility of the chick getting tangled in the wavy air cell membrane. But honestly I think they will be fine. It looks like they reattached ok, just not fully circular like we are used to seeing in non-shipped eggs.

Good luck! I love incubating, but watching a broody raise chicks is truly amazing!

This is great information, thank you so much. I was leaning towards leaving it be as well and just seeing what happens. Hopefully we hatch out some chicks this Friday!