That humidity is good I don't think mine was that good temp is right so that's good yes it's day 21. I would give it another day or so before thinking of assisting. I had pekins in my second hatch only 2 made it to lock down both were shrink wrapped and both had varying degrees of deformities. I hope you have better luck with them then I did. What brand is the incubator?
Best of luck!
hahaExcellent. We might complain about certain incubators around here but we don't judge
I forgot to ask if it has a fan? With a fan, your temp sounds good. If it doesn't have a fan, you can actually run a little warmer than you did, because the air doesn't circulate around the eggs as much. I assume you turned the eggs a few times a day, or there is an automatic turner?
If its afternoon already there, then yes, you are just in day 21 (see, easy mistake! lol) so my opinion would be to give them a little while longer. I bet you will see some pips today!
You should see me when my eggs are hatching!
I pace about and keep darting to the incubator to check on it every 5 mins or so. The moment I see any sign of struggle in my eggs, I have to practically glue my hands to myself to not open it and the pacing and checking intensifies.haha
Yes it does have a fan, i was turning the eggs 3 times a day before lockdown, (sigh of relief) will now leave them an stop watching like a hawk lol. I'm of to do some bits and then off to work later so fingers crossed something happens in the meantime, will keep you updated
Hope for a good hatch!
Hi, be patient. I had 5 maran eggs, 2 pipped and hatched on day 21, the other three I had candled on day 18 and saw movement. Today, day 25, I decided to give up since I candled them today and no movement. 1st was malpositioned, so could have died before moving into position, plus it's yolk sac was still quite huge. 2nd egg came out in it's complete bubble, chick was fully formed, feathered, but half the size of normal and yolk sac was bigger than he was. 3rd one checked at my pip mark and white membrane was shrunk wrapped over chick. I gently peeled off membrane, remarking to my daughter how "perfect" it was, just had a teeny bit of yolk sac remaining. Then all of the sudden the legs moved, and an eye opened, then wings moved, I ran with it under the heat lamp where my others are in the brooder, massaged it gently, kept it warm, then when incubator was back up to temp, layed "her" in it. she died about a half an hour later. I could KICK myself for opening her egg, but then again, day 25, no pips, no movement I was sure she was dead already. She probably had been trying to pip for 3-4 days and was just too weak to continue.
Kick yourself for opening the egg? WhyHi, be patient. I had 5 maran eggs, 2 pipped and hatched on day 21, the other three I had candled on day 18 and saw movement. Today, day 25, I decided to give up since I candled them today and no movement. 1st was malpositioned, so could have died before moving into position, plus it's yolk sac was still quite huge. 2nd egg came out in it's complete bubble, chick was fully formed, feathered, but half the size of normal and yolk sac was bigger than he was. 3rd one checked at my pip mark and white membrane was shrunk wrapped over chick. I gently peeled off membrane, remarking to my daughter how "perfect" it was, just had a teeny bit of yolk sac remaining. Then all of the sudden the legs moved, and an eye opened, then wings moved, I ran with it under the heat lamp where my others are in the brooder, massaged it gently, kept it warm, then when incubator was back up to temp, layed "her" in it. she died about a half an hour later. I could KICK myself for opening her egg, but then again, day 25, no pips, no movement I was sure she was dead already. She probably had been trying to pip for 3-4 days and was just too weak to continue.
