Help! Cayuga's pipped internally on day 24!!

[K.Riggs]

I am incubating for the first ever time. The temp has been steady at 37.7 the whole time humidity %40. I just put them into lockdown it's day 24 and 3 have their beaks visible in the aircells!! Is this bad??? Will I need to give them a breathing hole? I foolishly didn't mark which ones so now I'm not sure when I look in the bator

 

[Pyxis]

It's okay! That's pretty normal, sounds like they may be a day or so early because your temp has been a little high. No need to panic about that. They are slow hatchers, so be prepared for this to drag out for a couple more days most likely. No need to give them a safety hole yet. You can do so if after 24 hours they haven't externally pipped.

 

[K.Riggs]

It's okay! That's pretty normal, sounds like they may be a day or so early because your temp has been a little high. No need to panic about that. They are slow hatchers, so be prepared for this to drag out for a couple more days most likely. No need to give them a safety hole yet. You can do so if after 24 hours they haven't externally pipped.

37.7 was the temp recommend in the manual for duck eggs

So if after 24 hours if nothing has happened, I would have to candle to find the ones that have pipped internally? But then there might be more and how would I know which ones had done so the day before? I thought you can't open the incubator? I'm so nervous now I'm feeling not equipped to deal with this! Should I just find and Mark them now since I only just put them into lockdown a few hrs ago?

 

[Pyxis]

Just in case you need this, but you probably won't:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

Yes, you can open the incubator. Just make sure that the humidity goes back up quickly afterwards, but there is no danger at all if you don't have external pips. If you want to mark the ones that are internally pipped, you can.

 

[K.Riggs]

Just in case you need this, but you probably won't:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

Yes, you can open the incubator. Just make sure that the humidity goes back up quickly afterwards, but there is no danger at all if you don't have external pips. If you want to mark the ones that are internally pipped, you can.

Ok my incubator takes only 2 mins Max to stabilise it is a very good quality one. I am going to mark them I would hate to not know which ones were struggling. Thanks so much! Also I put the temp down to 37.2 which is what the manual said to do at lockdown for ducks.

 

[K.Riggs]

OK I found them it was actually only two and wow I can see their bills so clearly tapping on the inside of the shell. Amazing! A couple of them still have a lot of goo at the pointy end, like a lot more left in than others but are still moving is there a reason why?