FarmFullOfFowl
Songster
This is my first incubation. I am starting to not be confident about what I am doing in lockdown (and if I even should be in lockdown).
Last night (day 27) I could see my two Embden eggs rocking quite a bit. I had them in the goose egg support bottom tray in the incubator and I thought that if they were rocking, they maybe were trying to get in position and the support doesn't let them turn the egg much. Because of this, I removed the bottom support, dropped the temp to 98F and raised humidity to 60%. When I had held one of the eggs near my ear, I heard a faint tap-tap from inside. I do not see any external piping. I do not see them rocking this morning any longer.
Questions!
Should I have removed their support?
Are they likely to roll into a bad position once they start a lot of movement inside?
Did I start my lockdown too soon?
Am I able to add a shelf liner to give them a little support, or should I put the tray back?
This is them now:
And this is the support tray I am referring to (back when I had many more going):
Thank you!
Last night (day 27) I could see my two Embden eggs rocking quite a bit. I had them in the goose egg support bottom tray in the incubator and I thought that if they were rocking, they maybe were trying to get in position and the support doesn't let them turn the egg much. Because of this, I removed the bottom support, dropped the temp to 98F and raised humidity to 60%. When I had held one of the eggs near my ear, I heard a faint tap-tap from inside. I do not see any external piping. I do not see them rocking this morning any longer.
Questions!
Should I have removed their support?
Are they likely to roll into a bad position once they start a lot of movement inside?
Did I start my lockdown too soon?
Am I able to add a shelf liner to give them a little support, or should I put the tray back?
This is them now:
And this is the support tray I am referring to (back when I had many more going):
Thank you!