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[WalnutHill]

I cracked open the egg that a suspected had quit. Well, I was right. Looks like it quit around day 7. So I was actually wrong about the movement I thought I had seen in the egg. The movement was coming from me moving the egg. The interesting thing is that the inner membrane had ripped. It was all liquid and a tiny chick. I'm thinking the inner membrane was already open because the contents had probably started decomposing. Idk. But I'm down to 5 eggs now. Fingers crossed for at least 2 chicks!
Thank you for this!! I understand completely what you are saying. And thank you for the time frames. That I needed to know. Do you ever go into an egg that hasn't internally pipped? Or just let nature take its course?

I have opened when not internally pipped and won't again. My birds are not so rare that I need to push for a 1% chance of success when they are at 50% on their own.

 

[NTBugtraq]

I have opened when not internally pipped and won't again. My birds are not so rare that I need to push for a 1% chance of success when they are at 50% on their own.

There's really no reason to open the shell on an egg that hasn't internally pipped yet. They don't start breathing air till they do the internal pip, and with limited air inside the shell, its possible that they may not make an external pip...that's when you can assist. Also, if they don't get enough of the membrane out of their way after they've internally pipped, that's a potential time to help with that...but its already got a hole in it...

 

[WVduckchick]

Wishing you all the best of luck! Hope to see some babies soon!!

 

[NTBugtraq]

Well, locked down on my styro hatch. 34 eggs in the bator, all wells full of water and the paper towel wet. Waiting for the humidity to stabilize. I can't find the plug for the lid now (figures) so I covered it with something else. Thermo read 100.5F, so perfect for now, but I will be watching when I get back from the Organic Farmer's Market tomorrow. Things should be way better this time as the bator is in the ground floor where its a steady cool 60-65F with little light.

 

[WalnutHill]

Best of luck with your hatch!

 

[bantam brood 17]

Well, locked down on my styro hatch. 34 eggs in the bator, all wells full of water and the paper towel wet. Waiting for the humidity to stabilize. I can't find the plug for the lid now (figures) so I covered it with something else. Thermo read 100.5F, so perfect for now, but I will be watching when I get back from the Organic Farmer's Market tomorrow. Things should be way better this time as the bator is in the ground floor where its a steady cool 60-65F with little light.

Fingers crossed

we are all with you

at the ready

 

[sjturner79]

Well, locked down on my styro hatch. 34 eggs in the bator, all wells full of water and the paper towel wet. Waiting for the humidity to stabilize. I can't find the plug for the lid now (figures) so I covered it with something else. Thermo read 100.5F, so perfect for now, but I will be watching when I get back from the Organic Farmer's Market tomorrow. Things should be way better this time as the bator is in the ground floor where its a steady cool 60-65F with little light.

Hopefully this time you can get better than 95% out of both incuabators

 

[RubyNala97]

So I did my nightly candling of my 5 remaining eggs. I could clearly see movement in 3. Also the air cells are starting to draw down, so I'm thinking they will hatch early. One egg, has such a thick, dark shell that I couldn't see anything. And the last one I couldn't see movement but it is quite full. But I noticed a small black spot near the air cell. The spot was fixed in place. Any ideas? If I had to take a wild guess, it looks almost like a small blood clot. But I've never encountered anything like it before, so I really don't know.

How's everyone else doing?

 

[WVduckchick]

So I did my nightly candling of my 5 remaining eggs. I could clearly see movement in 3. Also the air cells are starting to draw down, so I'm thinking they will hatch early. One egg, has such a thick, dark shell that I couldn't see anything. And the last one I couldn't see movement but it is quite full. But I noticed a small black spot near the air cell. The spot was fixed in place. Any ideas? If I had to take a wild guess, it looks almost like a small blood clot. But I've never encountered anything like it before, so I really don't know.

How's everyone else doing?

Maybe a beak?

 

[NTBugtraq]

So I did my nightly candling of my 5 remaining eggs. I could clearly see movement in 3. Also the air cells are starting to draw down, so I'm thinking they will hatch early. One egg, has such a thick, dark shell that I couldn't see anything. And the last one I couldn't see movement but it is quite full. But I noticed a small black spot near the air cell. The spot was fixed in place. Any ideas? If I had to take a wild guess, it looks almost like a small blood clot. But I've never encountered anything like it before, so I really don't know.

How's everyone else doing?

If not the beak, then it could be an eye??

Meanwhile, here we are the morning of Day 20 and I have 2 external pips so far.