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[tnestler]

Hello. I’m a teacher who has incubated before but this time there are differences. The eggs were kept a week before incubating due to our Spring Break. When I’ve candles, they seem to be behind where they usually should be in development. Today is Day 18. I still have 9 out of 16 eggs showing movement but the majority seem much to small to be at Day 18! We did have one day we lost power and the incubator dropped down to around 65. These eggs have continued to show movement after that.

Should I delay removing the turner?? I have tried to attach a video taken today.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/075nUMbq16NWSDF1snmHw_miQ

 

[junior67]

You can remove the turner but may want to delay upping the humidity until the chicks fill the eggs. Where you lost power that may put them behind a bit but normally only the time the incubator was low. Waiting to set them wouldn't have delayed development.

 

[HomeofTheChicks]

my duck eggs seem to be experiencing something similar to this. It's like they are behind the day they should normally be on. I wonder if it has something to do with the humidity?

 

[Hatch in chicks]

i wouldnt lockdown them[remove turner is basically lockdown] yet. i woud lockdown them on day 19-20 then they will hatch on day 23-25

 

[Hatch in chicks]

it's not the humidity it's the temperature. the temp was just lower than average that's all, which causes a delayed hatch.

my duck eggs seem to be experiencing something similar to this. It's like they are behind the day they should normally be on. I wonder if it has something to do with the humidity?