How long???

[pit14]

I'm using a heat lamp to raise the temperature

 

[Anna Leigh]

Don't make it too hot!

 

[pit14]

I got it to 98 degrees with towels so I stopped the lamp thanks everyone

 

[Anna Leigh]

No worries and good luck!

 

[pit14]

do you think they will be okay at 98.3 for the rest of the night if it doesn't keep rising

 

[Anna Leigh]

I live in Australia so I go by celsius. What is 98.3 in celsuis?

 

[Anna Leigh]

Just converted it and it's 36.8 which is fine.

 

[Rose98]

All the best with your hatch pit14.
Got all your babies yet Anna???
Got home to find one external pip!!!! So hopefully within the next 12 hours or so.

 

[Anna Leigh]

Not yet. The malpositioned chick is almost out. I had to moisten the membrane around the pip ans peel some back off his beak. I wrapped him in a wet paper towel and put him back in the bator. Came in just before to find him almost hatched. In the final stages of unzipping now. Another one has started to unzip. One more has a pip and the last one still has no pip but is moving. Phew.. long 2 days but we're almost there!!!!

How many chicks do you have now?

 

[Rose98]

Good on you, sounds like you know what you are doing.
Still only got 2 little cheeky chicks.
Looks like the third is thinking about unzipping, so hopefully 3 within the next hour or two.