Weird hatch! Questions

yotetrapper

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Ok, so my genesis, which has always been spot on temperature wise, decided to spike on me on day 19. It was up to 102.6, for possibly up to 6 hours. I had to open the bator to turn it down, then it dropped and stayed at 98, so I later opened the bator again to readjust, then it went back where it was supposed to be. I added more water after the openings....

Ok, so on very early easter morning, a chick popped out of his shell with most of his yolk sac hanging, wedged itself against the wall, and promptly died. By 11pm that night, only 2 others had hatched, both healthy. By this morning, there was about 8. Now, theres probably 14. BUT there are STILL quite a few pips (new pips) and even a zipped chick in there. This has now been almost 40 hours since the first chick died, and 30 hours since the first live ones hatched.

I dont want to open it and jeaopardize those still hatching, but how long can I leave them all in there? Dead one's still in there too.....
 
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I'm no expert, but I know that can go without food for THREE DAYS because of the yolk they absorbed. (Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.)

In the past, I've taken out the hatched chicks, and spray the eggs with warm water before closing the bator back up, so as to not shrink wrap any of the chicks.

HOPE THAT HELPS...

Elda
 
I usually leave the chicks in the incubator for a day before removing the chicks. After that the chicks seem to get to rolling the rest of the eggs all over the place. I would remove the dead one too.
 

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