What's wrong with my eggs......

A long night of dampening membrane and now this. He is giving it a real go! @ronott1 how much time is enough? The 2nd and 3rd egg aren't showing signs and it's been approx 60hrs and 36hrs respectively. They are just chilling in the air cells.View attachment 1148646
It is time to work on the rest of the eggs. Start at the top and work carefully like you did with the first one.

The yolk did not absorb well which is an indication that the temperature was off--likely too low. Sometimes I sound like a broken record on this but humidity in the incubator is not the main cause of sticky chicks.

It's like being told for years that saturated fat turns into plaque in your arteries because plaque in arteries looks like saturated fat; ignoring how digestion and metabolism works. What has been learned is that sugar(and other toxins to the liver) overload the liver and it messes up the way the body metabolizes cholesterol--that becomes plaque.

Point is that just because the chicks are wet, it is not because of too much humidity. The stuff stuck on the chick is not water lol.

Yes, work on getting a more stable incubator. Fan forced is much better for that and make sure you have proper ventilation.

I am sorry you have to go through this with your babies. I have been there before--usually with shipped eggs which will do the same thing as yours because shipping stress will make them not absorb the yolk too.

:hugs
 
@ronott1 start working on #2? He is cheeping like crazy and tapping on the egg, I put a safety hole in this morning, still go ahead? #3 is quieter and as far as I can gather not ready to come out as he is about 2 1/2 days behind #1.
My temps have been sitting at 37.5° and 38° should they be higher?
 
@ronott1 start working on #2? He is cheeping like crazy and tapping on the egg, I put a safety hole in this morning, still go ahead? #3 is quieter and as far as I can gather not ready to come out as he is about 2 1/2 days behind #1.
My temps have been sitting at 37.5° and 38° should they be higher?
Yes, start working on the second egg

calibrate a very good thermometer--look at the stats on the Brinsea spot check and either buy it or one with the same stats.

The important thing is the average temp over the hatch
 
@ronott1 The membrane is so dry it is not staying, it's chipping off with the shell. Such a big voice for such a tiny being this one.
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@ronott1 The membrane is so dry it is not staying, it's chipping off with the shell. Such a big voice for such a tiny being this one.View attachment 1148891
You will need to moisten as you go--watch for bleeding but it looks like the veins are drying out.

You got this!

Tweezers is what I use to carefully pull the membrane off.

You might want to start working on #3 at the same time.
 

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