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[JEH1984]

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50% may be high for them. It sounds like they have not lost enough weight. 6-12 hours before you hatch you'll notice a very large difference in the aircell mass and it should start to dip down. Were you at 50% the entire time incubating? what was temp and incubator?


ETA: did you see and shadowing inside the aircell, like a beak or anything?

Should I worry about my air cells? A few have large cells, almost half the egg and you see where the chick has broken through and it is breathing.. Should I do something or just wait? This is my first hatch in a VERY long time....

 

[Barbedwirecat]

Nope, I would just wait it out at this point since you have others internally pipped. Not much you can do, the others may just be late bloomers, but try to keep an eye on them.

 

[JEH1984]

Thanks for the info!! Guess I wait some more..... This waiting is starting to stress me out major! I am at work and I am waiting for my relief to come in and let me go home and hover over the incubator for hours, or until My back starts killing me..

 

[Cattitude]

I woke to one new EE chick (from the 9/24 batch) and then I checked the rest of my Marans eggs and all others incubated the same day. They were all bad; 3 died before lockdown and I think the rest died around lockdown; they were completely formed but hadn't absorbed everything yet. Anyway, I have 3 Marans of 3 colors, and I hope they are pullets because I'll put them in with my Ameraucana rooster in the spring and raise Olive Eggers!

The remaining eggs in the hatcher are from 9/24, which are due tomorrow. Next batch: 9/28!

 

[stephanie1992]

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sounds like how some of my eggs. and thos didnt make it, but leave them a few days just to be sure

 

[stephanie1992]

i woke up an check the bator ant the temp spiked to 102 degrees. but i got it lowerd back to normal. eggs will be ok right? idk how long it was like that

 

[Lady EE]

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50% may be high for them. It sounds like they have not lost enough weight. 6-12 hours before you hatch you'll notice a very large difference in the aircell mass and it should start to dip down. Were you at 50% the entire time incubating? what was temp and incubator?


ETA: did you see and shadowing inside the aircell, like a beak or anything?

That is the humidity we measured during lockdown, before that we don't know what it was, but it was probably too dry. I don't think there wasn't any beak in the aircell.

 

[JEH1984]

So far I have three pips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woohooo!!!

Live Feed - http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hatch-day

 

[Lady EE]

I picked up one of my eggs, and it wiggled very hard and it chirped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!So excited!

 

[Barbedwirecat]

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Yea you should be fine as long as it wasn't too terribly long.