Eggs are not moving.... Lockdown Day 20

[HookLineSilkie]

Did you test your thermometers and hygrometers before setting eggs?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...incubator-thermometers-and-hygrometers.73634/

I have three thermometers and they all match up. I have not calibrated the hygrometer but will be doing that next hatch.

 

[aart]

I have three thermometers and they all match up.

Then hopefully they all are accurate...
....but best to compare to a known accurate(like a human medical therm).

 

[HookLineSilkie]

She’s still working away... looks like she might start zipping soon...

 

[gimmie birdies]

Just leave-m be- and remember if there is a pip- there will be a zip, even if it is 12+hrs later. Remember a watched pot...

 

[HookLineSilkie]

Just leave-m be- and remember if there is a pip- there will be a zip, even if it is 12+hrs later. Remember a watched pot...

The pip was about 29 hours ago... there’s been small steps of progress. This is our current state:

 

[gimmie birdies]

You can play with the egg if the inner membrane looks brown.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Helping will not make for a healthy chick though. If they cannot make it out of the shell the chick can be very weak. Have some hand warmers or a heating pad near by if it hatches. IDK 29 hrs seems like a long time- BUT if there is an air hole it is breathing, you know they ship chicks up to 3 days in a box no food or water, so if it can be shipped across country- it can be in an egg.

 

[HookLineSilkie]

You can play with the egg if the inner membrane looks brown.

It still looks pretty white but it does look like he’s having trouble clearing it- not sure. It almost looks like he’s slowly chewing it away. Humidity is at 74

 

[FortCluck]

It still looks pretty white but it does look like he’s having trouble clearing it- not sure. It almost looks like he’s slowly chewing it away. Humidity is at 74

That's pretty high humidity

 

[HookLineSilkie]

Hi, I need help