Day 14 egg moving and making tapping sounds

[Hensforbrains]

I have incubated a few batches of eggs in the past but I have never had one making tapping sounds or rocking around this early until now. Details: GLW, Day 14, humidity has been between 45-50% the entire time, temperature stable at 37.5 celcius, shipped eggs. It's only one out of 8 of them doing this. What do I do if it breaks the shell too soon?

 

[WhiteWyan]

You don't happen to have a back up mini incubator you could put it in do you.... Just to separate from the others?

 

[Hensforbrains]

You don't happen to have a back up mini incubator you could put it in do you.... Just to separate from the others?

No spare incubator

 

[WhiteWyan]

Please keep us posted on progress! Maybe you should set up your brooder sooner rather than later.

 

[ChickNanny13]

They're shipped eggs, wondering if someone got some eggs mixed up? That one more developed than the rest?

Do you have a heating pad? May work as a make shift incubator; cardboard box, nesting material or towels, one of those thermometer's that also checks humidity, wet sponge in a dish for humidity. Unless you can get a small (classroom size) incubator.

 

[Hensforbrains]

The tapping has stopped. Haven't heard it for a about 3 hours but the rocking continues and another 2 are rocking as well.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Thinking you got another week, so the timing is right. Did you candle them?

 

[Hensforbrains]

I have candled them once every 4 days and they have been growing faster than my last couple of batches. First time with the wyandottes though and these eggs are quite large. I last candle them yesterday and they were very active. There were no problems that I could see

 

[mustangrooster]

Following Do you think there might be a hot spot in the incubator? Do you have a fan in the 'bator?

 

[Hensforbrains]

There is a fan and the eggs are rotated around the incubator by the turning function.