Cut day 60

[Heini86]

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.

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...

[Heini86]

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?

[greco]

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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[DLena]

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