This chick is probably dead, but it's my first hatch...help

[Pyxis]

That temp is actually high if there's a fan - if there's a fan in there, you'd want it to be 37.5 C. So it would make sense that your little one hatched early, because temps that are a bit high can cause early hatches.

My guess from what you've described is that the humidity is wrong. Late deaths in incubation are often the result of incorrect humidity. The humidity should be lower in the beginning of incubation, I find around 30% works well for me but that can vary, and then during lockdown you bump it up to about 65%.

 

[Dajiu]

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這是我的小型恆溫箱（（它會自動保持在該溫度下，似乎裡面有一個風扇。）不能完全確切地確定濕度水平，說明說您只是在中間的小杯子裡裝滿水。我自己打開了它們，一天兩次，每次三到三次，說明聽起來像是插上電源，裝滿水，煮雞蛋，忘了它……我目前是一名護理學生（太瘋狂了），完全忘記了什麼那天我把它們放進去。 ♀‍如果這隻小雞在第19天早孵，我想這是可能的，因為她媽媽是矮腳雞...那麼今天應該是21。如果她不是早孵，那麼今天應該是23。我一直跟踪燭光的確，它們的發展都很漂亮。死於先前的蛋照片的那隻大而結構良好。孵化器中還有7個雞蛋，6個梵天雞蛋和一個混合的神秘雞蛋。當然，這個醜陋的小孵化我的兒子已經叫喬伊，而且他似乎已經被寵壞了。為了安全起見，因為我不確定自己的日子，所以我認為星期三有很多時間來看看他們是否會孵化。那將是第一次/唯一的雛雞孵化5天后。View attachment 2053020
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加油

 

[Fluffyflufffluff]

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I have eggs in the incubator. One chick hatched yesterday and had been clumsily stomping around my small incubator for 24hrs. I quickly opened the incubator and scooped her out a bit ago. I also swiped an egg to quickly candle and this is what i found (pics). It was on the underside of the egg, I think the chick may have cracked it. Theres no movement, or peeping from the egg, membrane is open with feathers sticking out, and possibly a toe visible. I dont know what to do I know its probably a lost cause, but I wanted to ask here before removing it. None of my other eggs have hatched, its been 24 hours since the first one...and I stupidly forgot what day I put them in, but knew time was close from candaling. Any advice?

that does not look good. I hope it's still ok. what happened? I hope it will survive.

 

[Mjmcdowell]

That temp is actually high if there's a fan - if there's a fan in there, you'd want it to be 37.5 C. So it would make sense that your little one hatched early, because temps that are a bit high can cause early hatches.

My guess from what you've described is that the humidity is wrong. Late deaths in incubation are often the result of incorrect humidity. The humidity should be lower in the beginning of incubation, I find around 30% works well for me but that can vary, and then during lockdown you bump it up to about 65%.

Ok. Thanks a bunch. When these come out Im going to clean it and pop in the last of my fertilized brahma eggs (RIP to my roo Night Fury). I'll lower the temp, and get a gauge for humidity. I'll try to be a better egg/incubator mom this time . Do you think I should chip at an air cell end and see if they are still alive? I cannot discern any movement from candling as they fill the eggs, and theres nothing noticeable from the outside... I dont really wanna cook them til Wednesday if they are dead.