Lost the date and time i put eggs into incubator. Help needed please.

[Tmmv1]

Hi all.
I have some eggs in the incubator but i have lost the piece of paper with the time and date i put the eggs into the incubator. I have candled them and they all have chicks growing. The worry i have is when to put the humidity up obviously i know its 18 days but with not knowing the time and date exactly i put them in i won't know when to up the humidity. Any advice would be great thanks.

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

Can you post a picture of you candling them?

 

[Tmmv1]

Can you post a picture of you candling them?

Hi thanks for the fast reply.
I will try but the eggs are dark.

 

[Kiraeh]

Candle a couple every day. Mark the edge of the air cell. One day it'll go down a lot, as much as it did in the past several days. Put them on lockdown then. Might be a day earlier than you'd do it counting but it'll be close enough, and as long as they're all about the same size/your incubator has no hot spots it'll be in time. If you have smaller eggs you think might be ready sooner, go by them.

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

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Candle a couple every day. Mark the edge of the air cell. One day it'll go down a lot, as much as it did in the past several days. Put them on lockdown then. Might be a day earlier than you'd do it counting but it'll be close enough, and as long as they're all about the same size/your incubator has no hot spots it'll be in time. If you have smaller eggs you think might be ready sooner, go by them.

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It really never hurts to go into lockdown early. In nature, there is no control over exact humidity and heat. Some days it is hot and dry, some days it is cold and wet. Putting them into lockdown early won’t do too much harm, but if left in high humidity for too long the air sacs can get water in them. A day or so early probably won’t hurt though.

 

[Tmmv1]

Sorry about the poor pictures. The 4th is where the air sack is at now.

 

[Tmmv1]

Hi
Here is an update of the eggs. The air sack has got alot bigger in the last 2 days from the 1st pictures i put on to now. Again sorry about the pictures. Any update advice would be great again thanks

 

[Tmmv1]

Anyone?

 

[Kiraeh]

Yeah, that's a good sign. The air cell should be much bigger now, did you put them in lockdown?

 

[Tmmv1]

Yeah, that's a good sign. The air cell should be much bigger now, did you put them in lockdown?

Thanks for the reply Yeah i have put them on lockdown i will let you know how it goes.