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I have a question about humidity. If the humidity is too low during the first 18 days but accurate the last three days, what happens?

I had the same problem with my incubator. My last hatch went belly up cause I couldn't get the humidity above 45. I had two cups with water and sponges and the bottom water well filled with water. I did some research and came to find out that humidity it more affected by surface area. I...

I'm at a loss...candled 8 and they were empty. I'm still not comfortable with early candling. I don't trust what I see enough to throw them in the trash. The 8 I pulled I cracked open and there was nothing. I have about 6 more in the bator. What I don't get is I have 3 roosters and 3 hens why...

There is an internal pip which you can't see and an external pip. The pip you are looking for is when the chick first breaks through a part of the egg...there will be a small hole; ie a pip. Sometimes you can see the chicks beak peak out. The hole is usually tiny but from there they'll work...

Lockdown is the last three days prior to hatch. It's when you stop turning the eggs. Some people call it setting them. Once they pip mine have taken about 1-2 days to hatch.

So this is my second hatch. First one was about 85% success. This one was set to hatch on the 6th. The first one just hatched today and no movement from any others. Has anyone had a similar incident? The one appears strong and fine. There were only two out of twelve I wasn't sure if they...

Thank you for the input. I heard at least one chirping a few minutes ago but no pips still. I collected the eggs from the hen house and the avg temp outside has been 35-45 degrees so I'm thinking that may have affected this hatch.

I'm in the same situation. Day 22 And no pips. :-(. This is my second hatch. My first hatch rate was a day late and 88% hatch rate. Anyone have success after day 22 with chicks hatching?

Hello everyone. I am from Texas. I have barred rocks and red sex links right now. I want to get some silkies. We moved on 5 acres about a year ago and love it. We have goats, donkeys and a micro pig too.