KDOGG331’s Hatch Thread!!!

[FortCluck]

My beagle is looking around the house because my volumes on

 

[Kiki]

I've never seen one make a big hole like that so I'm thinking that it's already stuck.... It should have zipped all the way around the egg not just in one spot.

 

[Kiki]

Add water before you leave.

 

[BantyChooks]

One appears to be zipped already!!

But the membrane seems pretty dry??? And the humidity is super low only between like 31-33%

I don’t want to open it and shrink wrap/kill her but I also don’t want it to get stuck while we’re gone. We have to leave by 12:30 to go to my uncle’s. I don’t know if I should add water or not. The membrane seems super dry but I know if I open it I might kill it but I also might if I don’t and leave it all day

It’s chirping and trying super hard but not making much progress.

@Kiki @FortCluck

Any ideas!? I know it’s Thanksgiving but I’d like to know before I leave so I can help it if necessary or I’ll just leave it alone.

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I'd add water. That humidity is really low, if it's accurate. Did you calibrate your hygrometer? How come your humidity keeps crashing? Are you only adding a little bit of water each time?

 

[BantyChooks]

If it's zipped all the way around and it's still held there by membrane, they don't ever go back around and manage to get the remaining bit off themselves, in my experience. I don't know how long it's been like that, but if it doesn't at least make progress soon, I'd slit the membrane on one side enough that it could push out by itself.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Thank you everyone!! So should I try to slit the membrane or just add water? And yes @Kiki it made that hole all by itself.
@BantyChooks I’m not really sure why the humidity keeps crashing. I thought I added a decent amount last night but apparently not.

Should I try a sponge maybe? Idk if we have new ones but I can look

 

[ShrekDawg]

I'd add water. That humidity is really low, if it's accurate. Did you calibrate your hygrometer? How come your humidity keeps crashing? Are you only adding a little bit of water each time?

Oh and I did calibrate them so I’m pretty sure it’s accurate but

It won’t stay above 40.

 

[BantyChooks]

Thank you everyone!! So should I try to slit the membrane or just add water? And yes @Kiki it made that hole all by itself.
@BantyChooks I’m not really sure why the humidity keeps crashing. I thought I added a decent amount last night but apparently not.

Should I try a sponge maybe? Idk if we have new ones but I can look

Sponges just dry out super fast. I don't like them. Do you have trenches in the bottom? If so, fill em up completely. It's surface area that gets humidity up, but it's depth that makes that humidity level stay stable over time.

 

[BantyChooks]

Oh and I did calibrate them so I’m pretty sure it’s accurate but

It won’t stay above 40.

If you have all the trenches filled, then I'm pretty sure it's good enough no matter what the thing says.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Sponges just dry out super fast. I don't like them. Do you have trenches in the bottom? If so, fill one up completely. It's surface area that gets humidity up, but it's depth that makes that humidity level stay stable over time.

Yes I do but they’re super hard to get to. I have to lift up the mesh to do it but I think I can just lift up one corner and add it there and it should fill it up. I can only access the outside (biggest) one though. Would that make it too high? It goes all the way around the outside. And should I do anything to the membrane or help the chick at all??