Lost my chicks on day 20

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kathie grey

kathie grey

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6 Years
Oct 13, 2013
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This is a first for me. I have had exceptionally good luck hatching shipped eggs in an incubator. I usually get better than 90%. So I kept these eggs at about 25% humidity. I think my temp may have been low for this hatch. I think my incubator is dying. Most of the babies pipped internally and died. When I opened the eggs there was a light brown tinged syrup that came out from inside the membranes. The eggs from my flock (10) hatched except for 2 which also looked the same as these. I am going to try again. Was this likely low temp related or humidity issue? Or something else???
Thanks!!
 
The first 3 I put in the hatcher with hatching chicks. But I put them in on day 19 because I suspected they might be delayed due to low incubator temp. I take the chicks out 6 hours after they hatch. So humidity was as high as 85 but usually dropped to 65 after chicks dried. They pipped on day 20 though and few on day 21. Would too high humidity in lockdown cause this? My eggs went into lockdown and were due a day earlier and most were fine. I had 2 that had same issue but they were still in the incubator during this time as they were due 3 days later.
 
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