How high is too high for the humidity during lockdown.

[Jmiller89]

80% is plenty, see if you can bring it down to 70%. It will doubtlessly climb again when another hatches.
I would assist now if it had already started zipping then stopped. Take off just the shell over the air sac. Do not try to peel the membrane yet!

moisten the membrane with coconut oil or triple antibiotic cream (without pain relief), being careful to avoid the nostrils.

If you see lots of boood vessels, then its not ready, and for whatever reason, had broken off more shell in the pip. In that case put it back.

If the chick is making chewing motions, and isn’t moving its body, it’s probably still absorbing yolk... put it back.

If the membrane appears like clear saran wrap, and the keets is making an active effort to get out, then you can start to slowly work away at the membrane, starting from the pip hole.

I put him back in like this.

 

[Jmiller89]

I can see a couple very small veins. But most of it is clear.

 

[yakitori]

I can see a couple very small veins. But most of it is clear.

Try to have the oil/oinment on all of the dry membrane. It will help it from drying out.

Any chewing motions? (not ready)

struggling?(wants out)

I think it could just be that one of the other hatchlings came along and knocked some shell off

and dang... this really makes me want guineas again

 

[Jmiller89]

I fiddled with the egg some more after reading and re-reading the article. And decided to tear the membrane farther, just enough to where I knew he could move and left him for the night. Just got up to check on them and he is out along with another one. It seems the humidity in the incubator drops significantly when they role in the corner. At least it did when they knocked the gauge there. So I think that’s what happened.

 

[yakitori]

Please post photos when they’ve fluffed up!

 

[Jmiller89]

 

[Jmiller89]

Wasn’t expecting a piebald. The parents are both pearls. But looks like my latest one to hatch might be piebald as well.

 

[yakitori]

they’re too cute!