I've not had this problem before...I'm guessing it's high humidity, but it's hatch day and I don't have time to read all the possible threads.
Here is what has happened so far:
Yesterday afternoon (day 20), one egg pipped. Seems good, no worries. By the time I went to bed, 2 pipped, some chirping. Still no problems. Went to bed (because I know that I need to do nothing with the incubator while this is happening, and that's the safest way to ensure that...and besides, I've done this before). Got up expecting to see a couple of chicks in the bator. Nothing. No progress at all, and no chirping, no movement. I could see the beak on the first one moving last night, but nothing now. Watched for a few minutes and took it out. It's dead.
Beautiful, fully-formed chick. Yolk was mostly, but not fully absorbed. No blood. But it seemed very damp to me.
The other pipped chick had white membrane covering the pip. I have had past problems with low humidity, so I panicked slightly and took him out of the bator (I do this in my bathroom after running the shower for a little while - it is not failproof, but it's an attempt to not ruin the humidity). THIS one is still alive, but it has 2 separated membranes. The chick is in a little membrane in only @ 1/2 - 2/3 of the shell. I will not touch this membrane...it still has lots of blood vessels running through it. I covered the open part of the egg with damp paper towel and put it back. I don't believe this chick has much fight left.
Why are the membranes separated like that? If there are others like that, will they hatch?
When I candled on day 14, I thought a couple seemed...odd. The shadow was mostly down low in the egg. But there was movement and I didn't give it much more thought. I am not very experienced at candling, so I figured I just wasn't seeing things right.
What happened during incubation:
At @ Day 7 or so, I found the incubator not running. I raced around trying to find the problem. Apparently, the gfi flipped on the plug, for some reason. I have NO idea why, or how long it was off. The temp was below 80 (the lowest the thermometer measures). After a day or so, I candled to see if there was still movement. There was, so I left everyone alone. THEN, two days later, the power went out. We got the generator going, and I don't think we lost much time on that one, because we knew it happened.
We have had LOTS of rain, so general air humidity has been high...I don't have a humidity reading for my incubator, so I don't know how that may have affected them.
That's where I'm at. And I'm very sad. These were for a girl who was very excited to have them. If you have advice for anything I can do to help improve conditions for the rest of them, please let me know.
Here is what has happened so far:
Yesterday afternoon (day 20), one egg pipped. Seems good, no worries. By the time I went to bed, 2 pipped, some chirping. Still no problems. Went to bed (because I know that I need to do nothing with the incubator while this is happening, and that's the safest way to ensure that...and besides, I've done this before). Got up expecting to see a couple of chicks in the bator. Nothing. No progress at all, and no chirping, no movement. I could see the beak on the first one moving last night, but nothing now. Watched for a few minutes and took it out. It's dead.
Beautiful, fully-formed chick. Yolk was mostly, but not fully absorbed. No blood. But it seemed very damp to me.The other pipped chick had white membrane covering the pip. I have had past problems with low humidity, so I panicked slightly and took him out of the bator (I do this in my bathroom after running the shower for a little while - it is not failproof, but it's an attempt to not ruin the humidity). THIS one is still alive, but it has 2 separated membranes. The chick is in a little membrane in only @ 1/2 - 2/3 of the shell. I will not touch this membrane...it still has lots of blood vessels running through it. I covered the open part of the egg with damp paper towel and put it back. I don't believe this chick has much fight left.
Why are the membranes separated like that? If there are others like that, will they hatch?
When I candled on day 14, I thought a couple seemed...odd. The shadow was mostly down low in the egg. But there was movement and I didn't give it much more thought. I am not very experienced at candling, so I figured I just wasn't seeing things right.
What happened during incubation:
At @ Day 7 or so, I found the incubator not running. I raced around trying to find the problem. Apparently, the gfi flipped on the plug, for some reason. I have NO idea why, or how long it was off. The temp was below 80 (the lowest the thermometer measures). After a day or so, I candled to see if there was still movement. There was, so I left everyone alone. THEN, two days later, the power went out. We got the generator going, and I don't think we lost much time on that one, because we knew it happened.
We have had LOTS of rain, so general air humidity has been high...I don't have a humidity reading for my incubator, so I don't know how that may have affected them.
That's where I'm at. And I'm very sad. These were for a girl who was very excited to have them. If you have advice for anything I can do to help improve conditions for the rest of them, please let me know.
