I have a few eggs getting ready to hatch and this is my first time so please help me. I am trying to find out if there is a way to tell if they are alive at day 19 and how do you tell if they have broken the air cell? I have only one incubator and other eggs in it that need to be turned still will it hurt the older eggs to still be rocked untill they pip? Please help me I am getting worried!! Also can I take them out of the incubator right after they hatch??
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If you are using an automatic turner, then you need to remove the older eggs and let them sit still until they hatch. This will allow the chick to orient itself into the hatching position. If you have already done this, then don't worry about whether they are fertile or not. Trying to find out at this point can do more damage to the egg than it's worth. In a few days, you'll know which ones are still good when they hatch. I have hatched hundreds of eggs, and I don't even check for fertility anymore. It just doesn't matter to know ahead of time. Additional handling of the eggs to determine fertility just increases the chances that you will damage the egg or harm the embryo.
Go ahead and turn the other eggs like normal, but try to do it quickly in order to preserve as much heat and humidity inside the incubator as possible. Keep your water trays full until the eggs hatch, the chicks need a humid environment to aid in the hatching process. If an egg is in the process of hatching, where the chick has broken part way around the shell, try not to open the incubator during that time. The release of humidity can cause the chick to get stuck in that position and he won't be able to proceed, and will need to be assisted. If an egg just has a small hole in it or pip mark, be patient, do not attempt to help the chick at this point. It can be a full 24 hours before the chick hatches after making the initial pip mark. You will know when the chick is ready when it has started to break it's way around the shell. The hatching process usually takes less than 30 minutes and can be as fast as 5-10 minutes if the conditions are right. If the chick has broken part way around the shell, then stalls out for a couple of hours, then it should be safe to help him out of the shell. Just carefully remove the shell from the chick and place him back in the incubator for at least a couple of hours. Keep all hatched chicks in the incubator for at least a couple of hours, so that they can dry off and get their coordination. This is critical, do not remove the chicks from the safety of the incubator until they are able to move about on their own. After that they may be placed in a pre-heated brooder, where the temperature should be in the neighborhood of 95 degrees.
The biggest mistake that beginners make is to think that the chick is stuck, then trying to help the chick out of the shell, only to kill it in the process. As I said, a pip mark in the shell does not mean that the chick is ready to hatch, it only means that he has broken the shell, nothing more. If you do believe that you need to help a chick hatch, start slowly at the top end of the egg, the fat end, and break off small pieces of the shell and membrane. When you tear through the membrane, if you see bright red blood that flows, then stop and put the egg back in the incubator, it is not ready. Wait at least twelve hours before trying again. The chick draws the yolk and remaining blood from the membrane back into its body very late in the development process. The blood is the last to be pulled in, so if you are assisting a chick, and you don't see bright red blood that runs, you can be sure that the yolk has been pulled in and it should be safe to proceed. Dark blood that is dried or coagulated is fine.
Good luck, If I think of anything else, I'll add it.
well the temperature would be different then the other eggs, if the chick was dead, the temperature would be a lot cooler than the other eggs regardless of the incubator.
No, you don't take them out right away I know they have to eat the nutrients in the shell that's left over.
But the hatching part is so exciting, im so jelouse!!
hello you can hold the eggs up to a bright light and you should be alble to see the blood veins in the egg if the egg has been fertilized thanks
well go to a dark room and take a flash light put it under the egg and you will see if the birds alive or not it will take 20-21 days for the eggs to hatch and when they hatch put them in a box or something with a light over them to keep them warm and dont forget to put water and food in there with them
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