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achiapponi said:
This probably sounds really stupid but, how would I know? I have not opened the incubator because I don't want the air to get cold and lose humidity.
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ok so no I really can't see any internal pipping on the other yet. Do I open the incubator and check them or just wait? As I was saying they were put in the incubator on May 10th at 2:35 in the afternoon.
 
I think the "internal pipping" refers to penetration of the air sac from the other side of its membrane, which usually happens before the shell gets pipped. The only way to see this, as it is inside the egg, would be to candle the egg and look at the position of the chick's beak--something I've only read about, but haven't done. I, like you, am more comfortable just leaving the eggs in lockdown at that point in time, which, as I understand, is more for humidity than temperature. In my climate, the humidity issue can be nullified easily enough by having the room humidity at least 10% more than inside the incubator, which is not hard at all during the rainy season when room humidity can be over 80%. So I have been able to open the incubator without dropping the humidity. In a dry climate, this would not be so simple.

One thing I did before the rainy season had gotten underway was to place paper towels over the incubator, spray them down with a water mister, then open the incubator carefully on one side only, and for as brief a time as possible. The humidity remained fairly stable in this manner, and chicks, shells, etc. could be transferred out.
 
Egg Blues said:
I think the "internal pipping" refers to penetration of the air sac from the other side of its membrane, which usually happens before the shell gets pipped. The only way to see this, as it is inside the egg, would be to candle the egg and look at the position of the chick's beak--something I've only read about, but haven't done. I, like you, am more comfortable just leaving the eggs in lockdown at that point in time, which, as I understand, is more for humidity than temperature. In my climate, the humidity issue can be nullified easily enough by having the room humidity at least 10% more than inside the incubator, which is not hard at all during the rainy season when room humidity can be over 80%. So I have been able to open the incubator without dropping the humidity. In a dry climate, this would not be so simple.

One thing I did before the rainy season had gotten underway was to place paper towels over the incubator, spray them down with a water mister, then open the incubator carefully on one side only, and for as brief a time as possible. The humidity remained fairly stable in this manner, and chicks, shells, etc. could be transferred out.
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Thank you! like I said I'm afraid to even open it at this point, omg what to do??
 
It is common for one or two to hatch before the others. On most my hatches. It seems like one or two will hatch. Another one or two will pip, then it seems like all progress stops. Usually the next morning the incubator is full of chicks in various stages of drying, standing and walking.
 

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