Cut day 60

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Leave that snake along if you keep poking around what you will set yourself for is a twisted umbilicus.

Some hardly move however if the egg is cut and there is not abnormal color, and no foul smell, chances are the hatching is fine.

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I'm not going to poke anymore :) I touch the baby when I slit the egg and today morning, but not since. Appreciate the advice. Just had that heart attack feeling that I lost this one too...

So, the baby is really taking its time. It would be day 68 tomorrow. It's alive, but I was wondering when it's time to get worried if something is wrong. Should I make a bigger cut that I could see the baby a bit better? Or just wait a couple more days?

I had a slow clutch last year. Turned out that the thermometer was reading too high, and the eggs had been incubating at about 84° rather than the 87.5° I was aiming for. The eggs finally pipped on day 68 and it took several days for them to all emerge from the egg. They all hatched fine, perfectly healthy. I was really glad I don't cut eggs before the first pip, because otherwise I would have cut them way too soon.

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Why do eggs get cut open? Could someone please explain the benefits to cutting an egg vs leaving it to cut itself out?