So when I took my 3 babies out I decided to candle...and saw noooo movement at all. Nothing. Quite a few had vessels but no movement. Our furnace isn't working...I don't know why. But the incubator is having a really hard time to keep the temps up. We're freezing, the eggs are freezing, but the 3 babies are nice and toasty in their brooder. Anyway, I digress. Most eggs have HUGE air cells, once in particular was empty for 3/4 of the egg and compressed down to the last quarter. No movement, sound...nada. I decided to poke a hole and see. I poked a tiny hole and there was a severely shrink wrapped chickie wayyyyy in the bottom...no movement or sound. So I decided to make the hole a little bigger and because its soooo dry the shell just crumbled away and I accidentally poked what I tought was a dead chick. Then it moved...it started pulsating. I couldn't see anything because the membrane was sooo dry and shriveled. I felt sooooo awful. I wet the membrane and it became completely clear and Icould the little guy wrapped soooo tight in there and a lot of vessels. Nothing bled but the egg is wide open and and the chick is wrapped soooo tight in there. I just don't know what to do. I wrapped it in a sopping wet towel with the top exposed. I think my humidity was too low this hatch...I'm not going to dry hatch ever again!!! Any advice??
