I realy messed up,I moved my eggs during the hatching phase....ALOT

[amygirl]

I didnt know I was supposed to leave them alone, and I didnt know that the humidity needed to be higher at hatch, and I just now adjusted the humidity and moved them.They are all chirping and breaking the shells but its been 14 hours and I did alot of moving them around..Im such a stupidSTUPID

 

[KellyHM]

They'll probably be fine. They're not nearly as fragile as people make them out to be. If you're worried about the humidity you can add a wet paper towel to bring it up. I have them hatch in the incubator instead of the hatcher sometimes b/c I forget to move them and they still do just fine.

 

[amygirl]

Now the humidity is fine, but Im afraid that they are dried up,because its been 14 hours and no more shell breakage, but lots of PEEPS PEEPING

 

[yotetrapper]

They'll probably be out by tonight. How much of the shells are broken away? Just a little bit, or big holes? Can you see exposed membrane?

 

[amygirl]

my family lives in Galesburg, is that near you...Based on some other threads and this one, I did peel away some of the broken shell and I have lots of activity and peeping and pecking.The one I was the most worried about, I pulled enough of the shell off to allow it to unfurl in my hand.Otherwise its membrane had become so hard I do nt know if it would have made it.It seems to be doing very well and is very strong.I apericiate all of yalls interest and help

 

[amygirl]

Results......drum roll plz............
started with 13 eggs in the Brinsea octogon 20 advance incubator. We had 10 hatch perfectly (with a little help from us), 1 still incubating on day 23 no pips, 1 died in the shell and 1 hatched not doing very well (has not stood up yet).