How to tell if chick is about to hatch

[Pat Mcaffee]

Day 20 and still no pip. I think it's about time to hit panic mode.

 

[Pyxis]

Nope, no panicking until the egg is overdue, lol. What date did you set it? What temp has your incubator been? Is your incubator still air or forced?

 

[Pat Mcaffee]

99-100 all the time. the humidity has constantly sat at 35 and now it has a wet paper towel underneath it. The LG incubator is a still air.

 

[Pyxis]

Your temp was actually a bit low then - for still air, the temperature should be 101.5 degrees measured at the top of the egg. So since the tempt was 1.5 to 2.5 degrees low the entire time, it's very likely the egg is going to hatch late.

 

[Pat Mcaffee]

Your temp was actually a bit low then - for still air, the temperature should be 101.5 degrees measured at the top of the egg. So since the tempt was 1.5 to 2.5 degrees low the entire time, it's very likely the egg is going to hatch late.

Could the low temperature kill it? I just did what the instructions said and they matched up with the recommendations of people online. How late do you think it could hatch? I was told to stop rotating it on day 18 since it is a bantam egg.

 

[Pat Mcaffee]

Could the low temperature kill it? I just did what the instructions said and they matched up with the recommendations of people online. How late do you think it could hatch? I was told to stop rotating it on day 18 since it is a bantam egg.

Would this early stop to egg rotation kill it?

 

[Egghead_Jr]

No, eggs can stop being rotated around day 14 with no ill effect. We typically wait for day 18 or 19 to keep it simple- stop rotating/take out turner and raise the humidity for hatching.

 

[Pyxis]

Could the low temperature kill it? I just did what the instructions said and they matched up with the recommendations of people online. How late do you think it could hatch? I was told to stop rotating it on day 18 since it is a bantam egg.

Low temp won't kill it unless it's really low and stays really low for quite a while. It'll just slow it down in terms of development and cause it to hatch late.

 

[Pat Mcaffee]

No, eggs can stop being rotated around day 14 with no ill effect. We typically wait for day 18 or 19 to keep it simple- stop rotating/take out turner and raise the humidity for hatching.

okay. I've done this. It's day 21 now.

 

[Pat Mcaffee]

Low temp won't kill it unless it's really low and stays really low for quite a while. It'll just slow it down in terms of development and cause it to hatch late.

How late at the latest?