Hatching Silkie Eggs for the first using an incubator for the first time! Need Advice

[Kajoosh the SilkieHatcher]

Looks a little underdeveloped to me. Hard to tell. Are you seeing any movement?
Can you mark the air cell outline with a pencil? The size of the air cell is an indicator if the humidity needs to be lowered or increased.

Hi Sorry for the late reply, Now it is day 16 and the whole egg is now black, just the air bubble on top, I have looked at the images you can find on google about how big the air cell should be and it looks about right.

 

[Kajoosh the SilkieHatcher]

Looks a little underdeveloped to me. Hard to tell. Are you seeing any movement?
Can you mark the air cell outline with a pencil? The size of the air cell is an indicator if the humidity needs to be lowered or increased.

I have a video that I took on day 12 on youtube, would you like that to see the development? I could send the link if you want.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I have a video that I took on day 12 on youtube, would you like that to see the development? I could send the link if you want.

Post the link here..

Humidity is way too high.. What is your temperature? It might be low.

Those incubator instructions are crud.. what is your location and/or ambient humidity there.. how many rings you fill is relative to how dry your location is..

I have nicer bators but have also had excellent success with those cheap ones.. using the styrofoam it comes packed in for insulation is ONE trick to stabilize the temperature. I got more than what I paid for out of them! Humidity control is always the biggest challenge.

Moving the eggs to a new place in the trays.. to even out any temperature variance (hot/cool spots) and keep development equal makes a huge difference to tighten hatch frame and prevent early or late hatchers.

The egg also looks way under developed to me, maybe day nine relatively??

See also the candling by each day in this thread..

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ion-through-incubation-of-chicken-eggs.47879/

Happy hatching!

 

[Kajoosh the SilkieHatcher]

Post the link here..

Humidity is way too high.. What is your temperature? It might be low.

Those incubator instructions are crud.. what is your location and/or ambient humidity there.. how many rings you fill is relative to how dry your location is..

I have nicer bators but have also had excellent success with those cheap ones.. using the styrofoam it comes packed in for insulation is ONE trick to stabilize the temperature. I got more than what I paid for out of them! Humidity control is always the biggest challenge.

Moving the eggs to a new place in the trays.. to even out any temperature variance (hot/cool spots) and keep development equal makes a huge difference to tighten hatch frame and prevent early or late hatchers.

The egg also looks way under developed to me, maybe day nine relatively??

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See also the candling by each day in this thread..

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ion-through-incubation-of-chicken-eggs.47879/

Happy hatching!

Checked the eggs yesterday, they look like day 19 on the picture you sent, Today is day 17, I am going to be taking off the rotating system.
Here is the link for the video, it was on day 12: