Woot!! Keep us posted. Can't wait! And don't worry too much about your hygrometer at this point--try to keep the humidity high enough to see a little condensation on the windows, and you'll be fine. Now that you have pips, though, DON'T open the incubator, even to add moisture--it's after that first pip that the humidity becomes critical, and opening it can cause a dangerous plunge. Instead, fashion a siphon tube from aquarium tubing and get moisture into the incubator through the vent holes that way. Some time ago, someone here showed me how to use a disposable water bottle and hot glue with the tubing to make a squeezable container for this purpose. You can also just use a funnel & pour the water down the tube.
Good luck and remember: sit tight! It may still be two days before you have any hatching going on. If your eggs are numbered, try to keep a record of when each one first pips (roughly). Otherwise, it's easy to lose track of how long each one has been pipped, and it's easy to get antsy and step in too soon to "rescue" a duckling that would have been better off left alone.
Have fun!
Good luck and remember: sit tight! It may still be two days before you have any hatching going on. If your eggs are numbered, try to keep a record of when each one first pips (roughly). Otherwise, it's easy to lose track of how long each one has been pipped, and it's easy to get antsy and step in too soon to "rescue" a duckling that would have been better off left alone.
Have fun!
