Panicking! Advice please!!!!

[My15Ducks]

2 are in air pocket now. One is still pressing against membrane.

Yay!! That’s great news!! You can make a safety hole once they have internally pipped if you want. Read the article I linked earlier for instructions. It’s not necessary but it always gives me some peace of mind

 

[Sondraa]

I have read it. Thank you! And I will but I don't think the 3rd has broken thru yet. He seems to be stretching it only now that I have something to compare to.

 

[Sondraa]

Yay!! That’s great news!! You can make a safety hole once they have internally pipped if you want. Read the article I linked earlier for instructions. It’s not necessary but it always gives me some peace of mind

Peace of mind would be great about right now. I want to give the 2 who have pipped a safety hole right now! But quickly candled them all already so don't want to disturb the twmp.and humidity again for the sake of the struggling 3rd egg. Am I thinking correctly or should I just do it?

 

[My15Ducks]

Peace of mind would be great about right now. I want to give the 2 who have pipped a safety hole right now! But quickly candled them all already so don't want to disturb the twmp.and humidity again for the sake of the struggling 3rd egg. Am I thinking correctly or should I just do it?

If you take each egg out quickly it will barely change the humidity or temperature. I did lots of safety holes and frequent candling of trouble eggs and didn’t have any shrink wrapped ducklings

 

[Sondraa]

What is your climate like?

 

[Sondraa]

If you take each egg out quickly it will barely change the humidity or temperature. I did lots of safety holes and frequent candling of trouble eggs and didn’t have any shrink wrapped ducklings

Good to know. I think I won't wait too long then. Hope and fear combo. It's a killer.

 

[My15Ducks]

What is your climate like?

Humid. I live in Hawaii. I think I had my eggs around 70% humidity when there was the first external pip. I didn’t raise the humidity to 70 until they externally pipped.

 

[My15Ducks]

If you are super concerned about the humidity dropping when you open the incubator you can mist a little water in every time - but it’s really not necessary when you don’t have external pips yet. Also, I did that the first batch and I actually had too high humidity and a few sticky ducklings. Second batch, I didn’t mist and everything was fine

 

[Sondraa]

My first batch was our winter and I had trouble dropping the humidity. It's our summer now and I am in a different location. Dry and warm.

 

[Sondraa]

If you are super concerned about the humidity dropping when you open the incubator you can mist a little water in every time - but it’s really not necessary when you don’t have external pips yet. Also, I did that the first batch and I actually had too high humidity and a few sticky ducklings. Second batch, I didn’t mist and everything was fine

I struggle to keep my between 50 and 65. 65 only lasts for about an hour.