New to hatching - just looking for advice/reassurance!

[Ms Biddy]

I'm sorry, I'm not fit to give you hatching advice because I'm not very experienced. I would be afraid of shrink wrapping if it starts to pip in a low humidity environment. Do you happen to have another incubator you can move it to if necessary?

Is that a new shadow in the saddle egg too?

Also, you said your temps have been very stable. Did you calibrate your thermometer?

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Pyxis @WVduckchick

 

[Hollyelliott]

Hi,
Yes, the saddle shaped egg also has the new shadow tonight - neither showed anything like this yesterday. Both eggs were shipped to me.
I have 2 different thermometers in the incubator and the incubator itself set to 37.5 degrees. There’s been little fluctuation. I didn’t calibrate them however.
Unfortunately I don’t have another incubator.
As soon as I saw what I believed to be internal pipping tonight I set them in there, filled the water trough, and the humidity went up and is hanging around 75% - 76%
The air cells have both increased in size in the last two days by about 20%

 

[Ms Biddy]

My thought was only that if your therm was running a little high, your eggs could have developed ahead of schedule. Best of luck, now I'm on the edge of my seat hoping everything goes okay.

 

[Hollyelliott]

My thought was only that if your therm was running a little high, your eggs could have developed ahead of schedule. Best of luck, now I'm on the edge of my seat hoping everything goes okay.

Me too! I was expecting to be very anxious at 28-days, let alone 21.
Egg A has just done some major wobbling. Trying to get into position? I have hopefully placed them in the correct position with the air cell. I have nothing ready so will get their setup sorted tomorrow and just hope they are ok. I have everything bought ready, just not actually ready...

Don’t think I’ll sleep tonight...

Thank you so much for your replies.

 

[casportpony]

Now I’m getting pretty worried. Day 21, and just checked the air cells, which have grown in the last two days. Humidity averaging 45%, but this evening I can see the strange point pushing into the air cell area, and it’s wiggling like crazy. I’d this normal? Temperature holding perfectly.
Thanks.

Welcome to BYC! Some of mine will wiggle like crazy for *many* days before they pip internally.

 

[Ms Biddy]

Welcome to BYC! Some of mine will wiggle like crazy for *many* days before they pip internally.

Is a bump like that an internal pip or just the chick putting pressure on the membrane?

 

[casportpony]

Is a bump like that an internal pip or just the chick putting pressure on the membrane?

It's them pushing on the membrane.

 

[featherhead007]

Only advice I can render, is: Don't sit on the eggs yourself! incubate, or use a momma duck!

 

[Andrew D]

Eggs usually hatch at 21 days. Increase the humidity to 80% and let nature do the rest.