Help!! My first time incubating!

[onthedrawfarms]

I checked my eggs on day 24. I was going to do lockdown on day 25. I could hear a baby peeping and pecking! I hurried and upped the humidity and that baby hatched the next day. (Yesterday). I heard another baby in its egg scratching around. It still has not pipped and I hear nothing. Did my baby die or is this normal? I'm keeping the humidity in the 70s and my hatched baby is still in the incubator. I am trying to keep the temp at 98 but it has dropped some to around 96 before I caught it. My incubator is being all wonky. I'm so worried!!

 

[red horse ranch]

The keet that hatched yesterday will need to be taken out and given food and water soon. If nothing else is pipped yet I would do it now. Do it quickly so as to not lower the humidity too much.
It's not uncommon to have one hatch early. If I've figured right, today is day 26 so the others may not hatch for another day or two. I don't think the temperature fluctuation will hurt them. I've noticed that when a hen has eggs ready to hatch she will have the eggs out in front of her chest and not covered. Even when the temperature is in the 70's. So I think there is a lot of fluctuation in what a baby can take and still hatch.
Good luck with the other eggs.

 

[onthedrawfarms]

Thank you so much for your reply. I really needed to hear that it might just need more time. I've been so afraid!