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Well I've spent some time in there staring at those eggs.
All 4 of the Ameraucanas are out.
1 speckled sussex, the first out
1 Leghorn out... but he isn't moving much... he is a goliath and is still sitting in the carton space next to the one where he hatched out of and apparently hasn't moved in 4 hours.
3 leghorns are pipped... one with a tiny amount of progress, I'm thinking, "Do I need to intervene?", I probably won't, but I really do want to.
1 Maran pipped but very little progress since 1PM yesterday. ETA: I can still see it's beak moving.
I realized that one of the favorolles that I thought we had dropped and done in was in reality a Speckled Sussex. We had an SS in pencil on the three that were still in there and upon inspection I just had the two remaining one has hatched, the other hasn't pipped.
So ALL 6 Faverolles are still in there!... but none of have pipped.
3 Leghorns have not pipped
2 marans have not pipped.
Temp is 100.8
Humidity is 69% but I'm thinking that's wrong...It just seems "dry" in there to me. The tube that I had going through the vent hole has been knocked down by one of the fluffy butts so now if I want to add moisture, I'll have to open the bator. ARG!
The leghorn that hatched and one of the ameraucanas still aren't "dry" and fluffy yet... they almost look dry plastered.
I suppose I can be happy with 6. But I do feel badly about the other 16 that apparently aren't going to make it. I know I'm only four hours into day 21, but I'm just thinking it looks too dry in there.
I'm not a good hatcher when you figure 6 of 41... that's 14%... even if you figure to 2nd candling... I'm only up to 27%.
Any suggestions from you hatching experts?
ETA: (an hour later) I added some warm water through the vent plug hole and it landed on the cardboard carton (no eggs near there) and it has raised the humidity to 73%... and I plugged the vent hole. I just have a gut feeling it needs to be there to help those who are struggling to zip. I really don't think it's too high, looking at the chicks that are now having races around the perimeter. Even Goliath (new name for the Leghorn that hatched) is out running the 'track'... the only one that's not moving much is the Ameraucana that had to have come out in the past hour or so.
Since I noticed that another leghorn has pipped, that gives me hope for the remaining favs and marans.
All 4 of the Ameraucanas are out.
1 speckled sussex, the first out
1 Leghorn out... but he isn't moving much... he is a goliath and is still sitting in the carton space next to the one where he hatched out of and apparently hasn't moved in 4 hours.
3 leghorns are pipped... one with a tiny amount of progress, I'm thinking, "Do I need to intervene?", I probably won't, but I really do want to.
1 Maran pipped but very little progress since 1PM yesterday. ETA: I can still see it's beak moving.
I realized that one of the favorolles that I thought we had dropped and done in was in reality a Speckled Sussex. We had an SS in pencil on the three that were still in there and upon inspection I just had the two remaining one has hatched, the other hasn't pipped.
So ALL 6 Faverolles are still in there!... but none of have pipped.
3 Leghorns have not pipped
2 marans have not pipped.
Temp is 100.8
Humidity is 69% but I'm thinking that's wrong...It just seems "dry" in there to me. The tube that I had going through the vent hole has been knocked down by one of the fluffy butts so now if I want to add moisture, I'll have to open the bator. ARG!
The leghorn that hatched and one of the ameraucanas still aren't "dry" and fluffy yet... they almost look dry plastered.
I suppose I can be happy with 6. But I do feel badly about the other 16 that apparently aren't going to make it. I know I'm only four hours into day 21, but I'm just thinking it looks too dry in there.
I'm not a good hatcher when you figure 6 of 41... that's 14%... even if you figure to 2nd candling... I'm only up to 27%.
Any suggestions from you hatching experts?
ETA: (an hour later) I added some warm water through the vent plug hole and it landed on the cardboard carton (no eggs near there) and it has raised the humidity to 73%... and I plugged the vent hole. I just have a gut feeling it needs to be there to help those who are struggling to zip. I really don't think it's too high, looking at the chicks that are now having races around the perimeter. Even Goliath (new name for the Leghorn that hatched) is out running the 'track'... the only one that's not moving much is the Ameraucana that had to have come out in the past hour or so.
Since I noticed that another leghorn has pipped, that gives me hope for the remaining favs and marans.
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