Week 3 Expectations

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Re: Week 3 Expectations

Post by KimChick » Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:05 am

This waiting is awful. Also, there is one egg that looks like there is a leak near the bottom by the air sac. This is a new development.
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Re: Week 3 Expectations

Post by Kbr42 » Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:28 am

KimChick wrote:
Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:05 am
This waiting is awful. Also, there is one egg that looks like there is a leak near the bottom by the air sac. This is a new development.
What day are you in your hatch? What is the temperature and humidity levels in the incubator?

Cheers Karen
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Re: Week 3 Expectations

Post by Killerbunny » Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:32 am

You say at the bottom by the air sac? Are they laying on their sides because the air sac should be at the blunt end. That would be the upper end if you had used a turner.
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Re: Week 3 Expectations

Post by KimChick » Thu Apr 26, 2018 12:19 pm

To answer both above:
At 12:30pm, it will be the beginning of Day 23, specifically, the 23rd, 24hr period.
At present, RH is 38%, Temp reads 101F (sitting where eggs are). Normally, I would syringe in 5mL water through a tube in a vent hole to a water trough under the screen (if you can picture that).
Eggs are on their sides, sitting on the non-slip screen that is on top of the wire screen.
Re: the "leak" - it is by the outer edge of where the air sac is, and near the bottom of where the egg sits (via gravity).
Please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong.
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Re: Week 3 Expectations

Post by Killerbunny » Thu Apr 26, 2018 1:22 pm

Ok now I understand. I would up the humidity if it were me. I do wonder if there was a temp spike and the embryos died?
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Re: Week 3 Expectations

Post by KimChick » Thu Apr 26, 2018 1:50 pm

Killerbunny wrote:
Thu Apr 26, 2018 1:22 pm
Ok now I understand. I would up the humidity if it were me. I do wonder if there was a temp spike and the embryos died?
Will do, thanks. I wouldn't be surprised if they are all over cooked, at this point.
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Re: Week 3 Expectations

Post by KimChick » Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:28 pm

Maybe I'll stick to baking bread and sewing.
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Re: Week 3 Expectations

Post by Killerbunny » Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:55 pm

This has happened to me in the past and I suspect all of us. If it doesn't work out you can learn a lot from the unhatched chicks. Not a fun job but useful. If it was a temp spike you will likely see they all quit around the same time.
Can you very quickly sneak an egg out and candle it? It will be very obvious if it is still alive. If it is ready to hatch the beak will be in the airsac.
Chickens illustrated embryonic life cycle
This is embryonic cycle info.
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Re: Week 3 Expectations

Post by kenya » Thu Apr 26, 2018 3:48 pm

Well I have never had any luck with this type of incubator. Don't give up, just get a different incubator.
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Re: Week 3 Expectations

Post by windwalkingwolf » Thu Apr 26, 2018 5:27 pm

Could the "leak" be a pip hole that fluid is leaking out of?
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