Help, is the chick in the egg okay?

[ackie]

I will be wearing goggles and a hazmat suit It will be cracked far away in a desert where no one will ever find it.

hahaha I think that's overkill but if it makes you feel more comfortable lol

 

[Aureoz]

Welp, here it is :0 It seems to be abt 19-20 days? Just before the due date

 

[ackie]

Aw sweet baby. I assume he was not alive. Eggs that arent meant for hatching dont necessarily have all the proper nutrition to hatch all the way. It depends on what the mom is fed.

 

[ackie]

Do they normally have that much blood and yolk unabsorbed at that point?

 

[Kiraeh]

I think not that late, by then they're filling the egg more. Maybe somewhere in days 10-14? My day 16 quitter I opened up this summer was further along.

I agree that it may be a parent stock issue, you should definitely try hatching again from better eggs!

 

[ackie]

You mentioned making your own incubator. What was the temp and how significant were the temp fluctuations?

 

[Aureoz]

The temp was usually 99-101. It dropped to 97 one time as well as going up to 103 for like a minute, but I fixed it pretty quickly.

 

[Aureoz]

And uh, I don't now if this is appropriate, but my friend, she made an edit of the chick(I was gonna name it Brick)

 

[Aureoz]

I think not that late, by then they're filling the egg more. Maybe somewhere in days 10-14? My day 16 quitter I opened up this summer was further along.

I agree that it may be a parent stock issue, you should definitely try hatching again from better eggs!

Yes, I will definitely try again sometime in the future! Definitely with a real incubator and better eggs )

 

[Kiraeh]

The temp was usually 99-101. It dropped to 97 one time as well as going up to 103 for like a minute, but I fixed it pretty quickly.

Thats pretty good! Lots of commercial incubators aren't any better than that.