I candled my eggs around noon today, which should be day 19. My auto-turner stopped turning the eggs yesterday morning, as Thursday is supposed to be my hatch day. (I set my eggs on Thursday the 29th.)
When I candled egg one, I saw the chick had broken the internal membrane and was moving around in the air sac. I was psyched! I was nervous that they were "early," but I was still really excited.
Egg number two shows a big chick, and a big air cell, but nothing really happening yet.
When I picked up egg three to candle it, I thought to myself, "Wait ... why is there eggshell on the ... OH MY GOSH!" I put it back into the incubator really quick ... it had already pipped!
I filled a spray bottle with hot hot water, put it on the "mistiest" setting there was, and quickly sprayed down all the eggs which helped bump the humidity up. I use an R-Com mini digital incubator, which is sold as being fully automatic, but it doesn't automatically adjust the humidity at hatch. It has a water reservior, but the humidity is dependant on the outside humidity, which is why I moved the incubator to the bathroom tonight and filled the tub and sink with hot hot water, then closed the vents and the door.
Around 6:30pm, I went in to check one more time, and EGG ONE HAD PIPPED! I know you're wondering when yours might pip ... all I can say is that I *noticed* mine had pipped internally around noon, and it pipped the shell at almost 7pm. I'm not exactly sure when it internally pipped though.
Here is a link to my little machine: http://www.pfstar.com/rcommini
PS: This is not where I purchased my incubator from, so I have no experience with this company. I just Googled for a link of my incubator.
When I candled egg one, I saw the chick had broken the internal membrane and was moving around in the air sac. I was psyched! I was nervous that they were "early," but I was still really excited.
Egg number two shows a big chick, and a big air cell, but nothing really happening yet.
When I picked up egg three to candle it, I thought to myself, "Wait ... why is there eggshell on the ... OH MY GOSH!" I put it back into the incubator really quick ... it had already pipped!
I filled a spray bottle with hot hot water, put it on the "mistiest" setting there was, and quickly sprayed down all the eggs which helped bump the humidity up. I use an R-Com mini digital incubator, which is sold as being fully automatic, but it doesn't automatically adjust the humidity at hatch. It has a water reservior, but the humidity is dependant on the outside humidity, which is why I moved the incubator to the bathroom tonight and filled the tub and sink with hot hot water, then closed the vents and the door.
Around 6:30pm, I went in to check one more time, and EGG ONE HAD PIPPED! I know you're wondering when yours might pip ... all I can say is that I *noticed* mine had pipped internally around noon, and it pipped the shell at almost 7pm. I'm not exactly sure when it internally pipped though.
Here is a link to my little machine: http://www.pfstar.com/rcommini
PS: This is not where I purchased my incubator from, so I have no experience with this company. I just Googled for a link of my incubator.
