I hardly slept this morning, didn't go to bed in the living room until after 1am and up every 2 hours to check humidity. We have 22 eggs, 16 ours, 6 neighbors. We only saw a 40% fertilized egg rate in eggs we ate = 6 of 16. We currently have 10 ext pips and 2 with movement, it's day 20.5.
Temp 99-99.5, humidity day 1-18 around 50%. Raised the humidity at 10pm last night and finally was able to maintain 68-72%
Questions 1) the picture shows one that pipped yesterday around 6-9pm, shy of day 20 (which would begin at 11pm). Today a piece of the shell came off leaving the white membrane. About 2 hours ago, I noticed a slight tear/opening in the membrane (black line area) and a small dark spot (red line). Does the membrane look normal, not too dry?
2) One of the eggs, that I can see, has pipped on the underside. I see a small piece of shell under the egg. Are eggs that pip on the underside good to go as they are?
I understand this is a learning process as this is my first attempt at using an incubator. Previously 3 clutches borrowing our friend/neighbor's bantam silkie...what a mother! All may be fine but I making all sorts of notes, time doc and pictures to learn more for the future. I have been reading sooo much for the past 4 weeks. Oh about 12 of the eggs were 1-3 days old when placed in the incubator, NR 360 (+Govee and other devices used).
Thank you for any responses!
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Temp 99-99.5, humidity day 1-18 around 50%. Raised the humidity at 10pm last night and finally was able to maintain 68-72%
Questions 1) the picture shows one that pipped yesterday around 6-9pm, shy of day 20 (which would begin at 11pm). Today a piece of the shell came off leaving the white membrane. About 2 hours ago, I noticed a slight tear/opening in the membrane (black line area) and a small dark spot (red line). Does the membrane look normal, not too dry?
2) One of the eggs, that I can see, has pipped on the underside. I see a small piece of shell under the egg. Are eggs that pip on the underside good to go as they are?
I understand this is a learning process as this is my first attempt at using an incubator. Previously 3 clutches borrowing our friend/neighbor's bantam silkie...what a mother! All may be fine but I making all sorts of notes, time doc and pictures to learn more for the future. I have been reading sooo much for the past 4 weeks. Oh about 12 of the eggs were 1-3 days old when placed in the incubator, NR 360 (+Govee and other devices used).
Thank you for any responses!
They are precious. I'm leaving for Church shortly and can't wait to see any progress when I return around 5:40.
