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I didn’t see this yet, I hope I didn’t mess up. I decided to pull and tear the membrane open with tweezers and I moistened the membrane with coconut oil beforehand, then I made I made the tear in the red circle where I thought the nostril was because i can see the end of the beak curving down and what looks like the beak line, was this wrong?View attachment 3853378
The blue arrow is pointing to the tip of the bill/beak, and the red area is roughly where the nares/nostrils are
That looks right to me.I didn’t see this yet, I hope I didn’t mess up. I decided to pull and tear the membrane open with tweezers and I moistened the membrane with coconut oil beforehand, then I made I made the tear in the red circle where I thought the nostril was because i can see the end of the beak curving down and what looks like the beak line, was this wrong?
Alright so what do I do now? I’ve opened up the hole a lot more in the process and I’ve set it back into the incubator, should I patch up the hole? Should I wrap a wet paper towel around it? should I raise the humidity? It’s currently at ~70% right nowThat looks right to me.
That's what I would have done. Is it alive?I didn’t see this yet, I hope I didn’t mess up. I decided to pull and tear the membrane open with tweezers and I moistened the membrane with coconut oil beforehand, then I made I made the tear in the red circle where I thought the nostril was because i can see the end of the beak curving down and what looks like the beak line, was this wrong?![]()
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I see veins but no movement, the egg stays warm and it doesn’t smell eitherThat's what I would have done. Is it alive?
You could wrap cling film over the hole you made and then poke a small hole through the cling film. Humidity should be fine.Alright so what do I do now? I’ve opened up the hole a lot more in the process and I’ve set it back into the incubator, should I patch up the hole? Should I wrap a wet paper towel around it? should I raise the humidity? It’s currently at ~70% right now