I'm almost through my first egg incubation! I've got 8 eggs in my Brinsea 20 Eco incubator. Today is day 18 of incubation. I've been really good about keeping the temp/humidity where it should be. I took them out briefly last night to candle them for the last time. everything looked good, but then I woke up this morning to one with a tiny hole in the blunt end and some liquid that looked like it had oozed out overnight and congealed to seal the hole. Thinking it was bad, I took it out of the incubator for a few minutes. When I thought about it more, I decided maybe it was alive and trying to hatch, so I put it back in.
There is no foul odor - the egg isn't rotten. Could it be pipping this early? I read somewhere online that they can accidentally punch holes in their shell with their beak or toenails - maybe that's what happened? Should I leave it in the 'bater, or take it out? I'm nervous that it was alive and perhaps I doomed it when I took it out this morning. When I put it back in I took the bater off the turning cradle, took out the dividers, and put some water in to increase the humidity.
Thanks for any advise anyone can give!
There is no foul odor - the egg isn't rotten. Could it be pipping this early? I read somewhere online that they can accidentally punch holes in their shell with their beak or toenails - maybe that's what happened? Should I leave it in the 'bater, or take it out? I'm nervous that it was alive and perhaps I doomed it when I took it out this morning. When I put it back in I took the bater off the turning cradle, took out the dividers, and put some water in to increase the humidity.
Thanks for any advise anyone can give!
