First time incubating eggs, day 24 and the first sign of movement!

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Hey everyone!

So I am on day 24 of my first incubation, I was getting a little worried with no movement but yesterday it finally happened! I seen the egg start rocking for the first time.
This was about at 8 pm last night, woke up this morning but no pips yet. I am just curious, is there anything I should be doing at this time besides watching the temp and humidity ? Also is there an average time frame when a chick starts to pip after it first starts moving the egg? Any advice would be great!
 
I would say to just wait and see what happens. Don't worry if you saw movement in the egg I'm pretty sure that you should see a pip here soon. Good Luck!!! :D
 
What kind of eggs are you incubating? What brand of incubator are you using?
What are your temps and humidity in the bator?
Are you using an independent thermometer and hygrometer or relying on the 'built-in' sensors?
 
007Sean said:
What kind of eggs are you incubating? What brand of incubator are you using?
What are your temps and humidity in the bator?
Are you using an independent thermometer and hygrometer or relying on the 'built-in' sensors?
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The eggs are from an Easter hen. I am currently using a 7 egg incubator from Amazon which is forced air. I am relying on the built in thermometer. There is no hygrometer on this unit. Not the best unit but seems to be doing okay.
 
It's obvious that the units thermometer isn't reading correctly, most units with OME thermometers and hygrometers are not reliable, at day 24 and no 'pips' or hatch, the temperature is quite a bit below the required 99.5°F. Without either accurate and reliable temps and humidity, it's difficult to incubate or hatch any eggs, even for an experinced hobbyist, let alone a beginner.
I'm not scolding you, everyone has to begin somewhere.
I highly recommend that before your next incubating/hatching adventure that you purchase several thermometers and a hygrometer or 2 and calibrate them before attempting another hatch....there's several threads on here and the web that you can follow to calibrate your monitors/sensors.
Things such as they are... I would just continue as your doing for this hatch, it's too late in the process to make any changes to really make any difference to the outcome. Chalk it up to a learning experince.
There's also lots of good incubating/hatching threads and articles on hear in the Learning Center.
 
007Sean said:
It's obvious that the units thermometer isn't reading correctly, most units with OME thermometers and hygrometers are not reliable, at day 24 and no 'pips' or hatch, the temperature is quite a bit below the required 99.5°F. Without either accurate and reliable temps and humidity, it's difficult to incubate or hatch any eggs, even for an experinced hobbyist, let alone a beginner.
I'm not scolding you, everyone has to begin somewhere.
I highly recommend that before your next incubating/hatching adventure that you purchase several thermometers and a hygrometer or 2 and calibrate them before attempting another hatch....there's several threads on here and the web that you can follow to calibrate your monitors/sensors.
Things such as they are... I would just continue as your doing for this hatch, it's too late in the process to make any changes to really make any difference to the outcome. Chalk it up to a learning experince.
There's also lots of good incubating/hatching threads and articles on hear in the Learning Center.
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I appreciate the advice!

We have already purchased a new incubator that is in route and have also purchased thermometer and hygrometers for the new unit. As you said, chalk this up as a learning experience. Thanks again for the great advice!
 

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