I don't understand...one pip and its day 19! UPDATE, PG 2!

[TimG]

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My first batch of incubated eggs started hatching on the 19th day.

I believe I have read that slightly high temperatures can cause an early hatch. I don't know if half a degree (I think chicken eggs are supposed to incubate at 99.5) is enough to cause an early hatch, but it might (and your thermometer/thermostat may be slightly off).

 

[Tsagirl]

well the genisis 1588 is supposed to read at 100 degrees no matter what. Hmmm


anyway...2 out but......

I see pips but it does not look good!

No other eggs doing anything.

I do though have a very healthy BCM and a standard blue NN frizzle EE'er. LOL!

Good greif this is so heart wrenching. I really wanted my show RIR to hatch and my millies

ok fingers crossed for more hatches, everything still seems steady.

 

[sonew123]

 

[TimG]

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Even if it's hotter or colder than 100 degress?

I had an egg pip yesterday and then nothing for 12 hours. Then I checked again less than an hour later and the chick had emerged from the shell. This batch is zipping in zippy fashion.

 

[lux_interior]

I'm on day 19, and I have no pips, no moving eggs, not chirps, no nothing... I feel so left out of the recent hatch club

 

[Tsagirl]

Lux I would not worry sometimes they take a while! LOL!
stubborn chicks!

To everyone else thank you for hanging in there with me.....

I only have 4 now that hatched
1 millie
1 BCM
1 EE NN frizzle
1 Americana

I have 4 pips in my show RIR...but they are just sitting there. and the rest ....

Hey if I get a couple RIR I will be one happy camper even though I have a couple dozen more eggs that are doing nothing. LOL!

Thanks everyone with your wondeful comments. I love this forum!

Theresa

 

[Goose and Fig]

I ended up with 4 of the banties & 1 RIR hatching on day 19, and 10 more so far on day 20! Hope you get everybody hatched! Yay babies!

 

[Tsagirl]

The chicks are now in the brooder. I had to be fast taking them out, I don't want to loose any babies in the eggs! LOL!

Come on babies I just wanna seeyou!

 

[Tsagirl]

Ok now I am pretty excited....but kinda worried at the same time.

I have now (this is day 21!) 3 show quality RIR!!!!
and one Americana


so the total is 8 chicks. I have not had that many hatch is a while so I am really happy about this incubator.

Problem is though now have 2 healthy pips, but.............

3 really bad pips(ones on which the membrane is dried out.

What makes it so when they pip the membrane gets dried out?

It has been a steady temp of 99.4-99.9 and humidty has never gone below 59%.

anyone know what I can do????