Quote Originally Posted by angllady2 View Post
Hello everyone. This has been a very rough few days for me. On Sunday September the 2nd, I lost my very first pied hatchling. It was a brutal and heartbreaking moment, and only now do I have the strength to post about it.

Things did not go as planned with this clutch. Due to the earlier temp spike, I was running the incubator at 83/84. I knew this meant the eggs would develop more slowly, so I wasn't overly concerned. On day 64 I decided to cut the eggs. Figuring this should be plenty late enough. Two of the four eggs remained attached to each other through incubation, which is never a big deal. However, when I attempted to separate the eggs before cutting the clutch, I noticed they did not want to come apart. Now all the other clutches I've had, which granted are not many, the eggs separated easily when the clutch was ready. So I knew then these eggs were not ready to cut. But my impatient hubby was hovering over my shoulder wanting to know if I had hit the pied, and his insistence coupled with my own impatience conspired to drown out the voice of reason that told me to wait. So I decided I'd just very carefully force the eggs apart.

Gale
Cut on days 64 ????...wasn't it should be okay??
i had 4 clutch and cut at 54-55 days.... and they alive??

was it because the temp??? 83/84?

sorry to hear that though.... Keep on Trying.....