cutting eggs

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Originally Posted by sho220

What day do you normally cut? Cutting is definitely a personal thing...and whatever works best for the particular breeder is probably the best way to go. I forgot about the babies with umbilicus problems (ie. twisted or tangled) and that seems like a legit reason...I saw several threads last year about it...and several babies were saved because of it...still not sure the chance of drowning legitamizes it...regardless...cutting at day 30 or 40 is still absurd...:D Cutting towards the end is okay IMO...:)

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Typically I will cut somewhere within the last 2 weeks of incubation, my incubator temps are steady around 89.5 F. Occasionally if I have an egg dimple very bad and I cant get it to pop back as in a clutch I just hatched I will cut a little earlier but will wait until as late in the incubation as I feel I can . Umbilicus probs do concern me more than a neonate not having an egg tooth but, umbilicus probs can still happen after cutting.