Okay, so today is hatch day! We set 11 eggs. One was unfertilized, one was an early quitter. The rest have developed well.
Only last night, one of the eggs pipped at the wrong end. This morning, she hatched without any problems - and she's gigantic. Like.. head brushing the top of the incubator when she stands - just huge. She seems perfectly healthy, and has spent the morning "helping" (IE grabbing the exposed skin of another that was finished zipping, but resting prior to the final push).
This morning, of the 5 eggs so far that pipped, 3 of them are pipping at the wrong end. I've never had this happen before - but with so many of them, I'm thinking it has to be something environmental.
Info: mixed breeds - mostly Ayam Cemani, with a couple of SLW, and a couple of Barnvelder/Cemani mixes. 1 is possibly a bantam mix, not sure. Dry hatch, with humidity sitting right around 35%, measured on two hygrometers, until lockdown, when I raised it to 65-ish%. I've had the best results in the past with dry hatches, and air cells grew at an appropriate pace all the way along. Lockdown humidity mostly fluctuated between 65 and 67, and once hit 69, briefly.
Egg #1 - Ayam Cemani, no pip
Egg #2 - Ayam Cemani, no pip
Egg #3 - not fertilized, removed
Egg #4 - Ayam Cemani, no pip
Egg #5 - Ayam Cemani, malpositioned, hatched without incident
Egg #6 - Ayam Cemani, proper position, pipped 3 hours ago
Egg #7 - SLW - no pip
Egg #8 - SLW - proper position, hatched 30 mins ago
Egg #9 - early quitter, removed
Egg #10 - Barnvelder, malposition, pipped 3 hours ago
Egg #11 - Black Leghorn (possibly bantam cross) - malpositioned, pipped 13 hours ago
I have NOT opened the incubator at all once lockdown started, and don't intend to until everyone that can hatch unassisted has done so - probably another 24-36 hours or so.
As far as I can tell, on paper, everything has gone just about perfectly. So.. why are all my chicks trying to exit via the narrow end of the egg?? What, if anything, am I doing wrong?
Only last night, one of the eggs pipped at the wrong end. This morning, she hatched without any problems - and she's gigantic. Like.. head brushing the top of the incubator when she stands - just huge. She seems perfectly healthy, and has spent the morning "helping" (IE grabbing the exposed skin of another that was finished zipping, but resting prior to the final push).
This morning, of the 5 eggs so far that pipped, 3 of them are pipping at the wrong end. I've never had this happen before - but with so many of them, I'm thinking it has to be something environmental.
Info: mixed breeds - mostly Ayam Cemani, with a couple of SLW, and a couple of Barnvelder/Cemani mixes. 1 is possibly a bantam mix, not sure. Dry hatch, with humidity sitting right around 35%, measured on two hygrometers, until lockdown, when I raised it to 65-ish%. I've had the best results in the past with dry hatches, and air cells grew at an appropriate pace all the way along. Lockdown humidity mostly fluctuated between 65 and 67, and once hit 69, briefly.
Egg #1 - Ayam Cemani, no pip
Egg #2 - Ayam Cemani, no pip
Egg #3 - not fertilized, removed
Egg #4 - Ayam Cemani, no pip
Egg #5 - Ayam Cemani, malpositioned, hatched without incident
Egg #6 - Ayam Cemani, proper position, pipped 3 hours ago
Egg #7 - SLW - no pip
Egg #8 - SLW - proper position, hatched 30 mins ago
Egg #9 - early quitter, removed
Egg #10 - Barnvelder, malposition, pipped 3 hours ago
Egg #11 - Black Leghorn (possibly bantam cross) - malpositioned, pipped 13 hours ago
I have NOT opened the incubator at all once lockdown started, and don't intend to until everyone that can hatch unassisted has done so - probably another 24-36 hours or so.
As far as I can tell, on paper, everything has gone just about perfectly. So.. why are all my chicks trying to exit via the narrow end of the egg?? What, if anything, am I doing wrong?