Incubators Anonymous

[ozexpat]

Sad image of an egg-topsie...
The chick looks under developed to me ( see my previous posts) should I leave the other eggs in the incubator or are they all a write off?

If it was alive when you started the eggtopsy I would keep them in. If it was dead, I would candle and look for life, eggtopsy non-movers.

My incubators normally have stable temps and hatching day is quite predictable for me. If mine aren't out on the evening of day 21, they aren't going to come out. If you have had unstable temps or are not 100% sure the thermometer is accurate, keep them in 2 days over.

 

[pepsiokay]

It was totally dead when I started and the inner fluids were quite brownish is brownish normal?

 

[ozexpat]

NO

iTS A SIGN ITS BEEN DEAD A WHILE

 

[Arielle]

NO

iTS A SIGN ITS BEEN DEAD A WHILE

x2

Sorry. THey can die early for so many reasons.

 

[Texasmja]

I need some advice here. I just candled some eggs on day 19. These are shipped eggs that the air cells are a mess. I have 5 that I have gotten to this point. I did a dry hatch from 0-18 days and then moved the eggs to a hatcher and set the humidity at 70. I do this with all of my hatches and have great success. Tonight I noticed for the first time ever in hatching eggs there is one egg that looked like it had drops of condensation on the inside. Could that be? What should I do now? I can move it over to the incubator and see if it dries out?...

 

[ozexpat]

I need some advice here. I just candled some eggs on day 19. These are shipped eggs that the air cells are a mess. I have 5 that I have gotten to this point. I did a dry hatch from 0-18 days and then moved the eggs to a hatcher and set the humidity at 70. I do this with all of my hatches and have great success. Tonight I noticed for the first time ever in hatching eggs there is one egg that looked like it had drops of condensation on the inside. Could that be? What should I do now? I can move it over to the incubator and see if it dries out?...

i dont add water til first pip

 

[Texasmja]

i dont add water til first pip

I went ahead and moved that egg back to the incubator (there is no water added in there).

 

[RideRed93]

Thank you for your comment!! Assistance t was definitely what my little guy needed, because when I got home this afternoon he hatched!!

 

[pepsiokay]

Thanks guys! Bin it is then.....

 

[cbnovick]

Hovabator Genesis Question:

do you guys leave the red plug in during hatching for extra airflow?

I have my humidity around 65-70% steady. Day 20 and have some eggs pipped already.
located in AZ...dry as the desert right now outside.

thanks!!