INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

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I put my 5th batch of eggs from my chickens in my incubator over the weekend. It has an automatic turner and the humidity is between 55 and 60%. I have never gotten a live chick from my incubator. I had a little cheapy one that I couldn't keep the humidity correct and then bought a nice big one with the turner installed. Last batch I put 8 eggs in but only 5 had a dot in them on day 4. I kept them in there until they were 3 days overdue. Then I cracked them all open and 3 were nothing, 1 was a teeny little chick that had started and failed to grow and 1 was big and filled the shell and may have pipped out on it's own if I had known to float check him. I just learned about that here a few days ago. So now I have about 12 eggs in the incubator starting over. Let's see how they do now that I know a little more. Thanks for all the info though on humidity & temp levels.
 
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I put my 5th batch of eggs from my chickens in my incubator over the weekend. It has an automatic turner and the humidity is between 55 and 60%. I have never gotten a live chick from my incubator. I had a little cheapy one that I couldn't keep the humidity correct and then bought a nice big one with the turner installed. Last batch I put 8 eggs in but only 5 had a dot in them on day 4. I kept them in there until they were 3 days overdue. Then I cracked them all open and 3 were nothing, 1 was a teeny little chick that had started and failed to grow and 1 was big and filled the shell and may have pipped out on it's own if I had known to float check him. I just learned about that here a few days ago. So now I have about 12 eggs in the incubator starting over. Let's see how they do now that I know a little more. Thanks for all the info though on humidity & temp levels.
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Try keeping you humidity down in the 30-35% range to start of with.
 
Shoop said:
I put my 5th batch of eggs from my chickens in my incubator over the weekend. It has an automatic turner and the humidity is between 55 and 60%. I have never gotten a live chick from my incubator. I had a little cheapy one that I couldn't keep the humidity correct and then bought a nice big one with the turner installed. Last batch I put 8 eggs in but only 5 had a dot in them on day 4. I kept them in there until they were 3 days overdue. Then I cracked them all open and 3 were nothing, 1 was a teeny little chick that had started and failed to grow and 1 was big and filled the shell and may have pipped out on it's own if I had known to float check him. I just learned about that here a few days ago. So now I have about 12 eggs in the incubator starting over. Let's see how they do now that I know a little more. Thanks for all the info though on humidity & temp levels.
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i agree with Chaos, need to get the humidity down

HUMIDITY Humidity is NOT a set number!

It is a tool to get the correct weight loss in the egg! post #7068 see Hatching Eggs 101

WHY do we need less humidity to get the best weight loss for colored hatching eggs during incubation? post #36320
Reducing humidity during the first 18 days of incubation post #109266
KEEPING MOLD and BACTERIAL from growing in water WELLS during incubation post #1644



HEAT SINKS/ Stones/Pebbles ADD THEM TO STYRO! post #43903

Calibration is a MUST: HOW TO CALIBRATE post #9068
 
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Shoop said:
I put my 5th batch of eggs from my chickens in my incubator over the weekend. It has an automatic turner and the humidity is between 55 and 60%. I have never gotten a live chick from my incubator. I had a little cheapy one that I couldn't keep the humidity correct and then bought a nice big one with the turner installed. Last batch I put 8 eggs in but only 5 had a dot in them on day 4. I kept them in there until they were 3 days overdue. Then I cracked them all open and 3 were nothing, 1 was a teeny little chick that had started and failed to grow and 1 was big and filled the shell and may have pipped out on it's own if I had known to float check him. I just learned about that here a few days ago. So now I have about 12 eggs in the incubator starting over. Let's see how they do now that I know a little more. Thanks for all the info though on humidity & temp levels.
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Is your thermometer and hygrometer accurate?
 
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