Hatching saddled air sacs - upright vs. on side

[N Sully]

That red egg looking thing?

In with the eggs.

 

[ChickNanny13]

@BantamAshley - N Sully wants to know about your "red thermometer"

 

[BantamAshley]

That red egg looking thing?

In with the eggs.

Yes! I actually

That red egg looking thing?

In with the eggs.

oh yes! I will include pictures of the exact thermometers I used. I had actually read that getting a probe thermometer, and inserting the probe into a water-wigglie is a great way to monitor temps. It gives a more realistic temp reading of what would be happening in the egg. It’s comforting as well, because even though my temps swung anywhere between 97.0 and 102.0, the thermometer in the egg never got below 98.5, or above 100.5. The black thermometer had a feature where you could set it to beep if it went above or bellow a certain temp, which was sooo nice to have, as I didn’t feel like I had to be staring at the thermometer 24/7. The pink thing that you see is just my DIY version of a water wigglie, which I made from a long balloon.
Petco has a good selection of hydrogometers and thermometers in the reptile section. The prices listed on their website are much cheaper, so if you bring a screenshot of the online price to the register, they will price match.

 

[N Sully]

Thank you! I wondered if it was like a water wiggle, you did a great job. I thought you bought it like that lol. I have shopping to do tomorrow

 

[ChickNanny13]

Thank you for reply

 

[N Sully]

Thank you for helping me @ChickNanny13 find out

 

[ChickNanny13]

 

[ticketism]

This has been a really interesting read! You learn so much just browsing here, every day's a school day indeed! Haha. Those are completely adorable chicks That pic alone is almost tempting me to hatch out some more babies, haha. Congrats on your hatch, and best of luck with everything!

 

[BantamAshley]

This has been a really interesting read! You learn so much just browsing here, every day's a school day indeed! Haha. Those are completely adorable chicks That pic alone is almost tempting me to hatch out some more babies, haha. Congrats on your hatch, and best of luck with everything!

Thank you!

 

[GlennLee]

@BantamAshley thank you for posting all of your information on the thermometers and hygrometers. I appreciate your willingness to share!

Day 18 and lockdown is here. At the last candling I found that 6 of the eggs with a detached air cell actually healed! Yay! So here's what I'm looking at -

12 eggs total, 2 have been on their sides the entire time and development seems to be progressing normally with air cells intact.

That leaves 10 with a history of some issues, but things are looking more hopeful than when I first jumped on this thread. Only 4 still have detached air cells, 6 have healed.

4 have saddled air cells and one of those still has a detached air cell with some rolling fluid, but there's movement!

I have seen movement in 8 of the 12 and am hopeful that I will be able to beat the odds of that 25% hatch rate.

Ready to assist if necessary and keeping my fingers crossed...