Not sure what to do

[totribet]

Earlier this week I was picking up eggs in the coop that the broody had abandoned. One of them started chirping at me so I took it quickly to the incubator and it hatched a couple of hours later no problem. A second one was candled and there were veins and movement so it’s currently in the incubator as well. No pipping or anything yet. My problem is that I’m picking up fertile eggs tomorrow that I had planned to start in the incubator right away. But what do I do about this one egg that I have no idea how long it is until it hatches? What would I do about the humidity if I put new eggs in and this one is, I’m assuming, close to hatching? I don’t even know how close to hatching it is. The air cell looks good. The egg is pretty full and I can see just a hint of movement. But I really don’t want to wait to long to put the new eggs in the incubator either. Once before I waited too long and nothing developed. Any advice would be welcomed.

 

[em_dawson]

Earlier this week I was picking up eggs in the coop that the broody had abandoned. One of them started chirping at me so I took it quickly to the incubator and it hatched a couple of hours later no problem. A second one was candled and there were veins and movement so it’s currently in the incubator as well. No pipping or anything yet. My problem is that I’m picking up fertile eggs tomorrow that I had planned to start in the incubator right away. But what do I do about this one egg that I have no idea how long it is until it hatches? What would I do about the humidity if I put new eggs in and this one is, I’m assuming, close to hatching? I don’t even know how close to hatching it is. The air cell looks good. The egg is pretty full and I can see just a hint of movement. But I really don’t want to wait to long to put the new eggs in the incubator either. Once before I waited too long and nothing developed. Any advice would be welcomed.

When you say 'picking up fertile eggs', do you mean from a seller? Do you know roughly how old they are? Eggs can sit for around 1-2 weeks before starting the incubation process and still remain viable. You could give the hatching egg a few days alone in the incubator and store the other eggs for a bit before either something hatches or you call it quits. Then you can start the incubation of the other eggs. Unfortunately, I don't think there's a good way to incubate both at the same time due to the humidity aspect.
If you could get some candling pics of the second egg, it might help us determine how close to hatching it is.

Here's a few articles about storing hatching eggs.
https://www.brinsea.com/articles/advice/EggStorage.aspx
https://www.raising-happy-chickens.com/storing-fertile-eggs.html

 

[totribet]

Thank you for replying!! I went out there and candled it. Here are some pics. It’s definitely moving around in there.

 

[em_dawson]

Looks like the air cell hasn't drawn down all the way, so I'd expect it will hatch within a few days. It's probably around day 18 or so... I might be wrong, though. I'm not a candling expert

 

[totribet]

Thank you for your help!