I am after some help and advice, this is my first post so please be gentle !
I have a styrofoam incubator with 12 Pekin Bantam Eggs in - this is my second attempt at hatching as last one with 3 eggs was also a negative result.
Here are my questions I have 4 eggs which are on day 21 but they do not look like the 21 day old candled photo that I see for example some have clearer pointy ends, one has a full pointy end and the other seems too small.
After my last failure which I left the eggs in for 25/26 days I removed some of the shell off one last night to see if it was just stuck or struggling but somehow I managed to rupture a blood vessel if only slightly though, this little one still had its yoke on the outside although being at 21 days and by the morning the heat had dried it out to much - so he was buried in my garden.
I did hear tapping inside the incubator overnight last night but do not know if this was from the chick I lost this morning or one of the other ones in this group of 4, it has been quiet all day today even though I have gone into the room with the incubator in and looked/listened.
The temperature is set to 38.5 degrees centigrade with the humidity at 65 degrees centigrade.
What can I do ???
Any advice would be really really helpful.
These are my own fertilized eggs from my Pekin Bantam Rooster and my 2 Pekin Bantam Hens (1 Charcoal Frizzle and 1 Lilac Frizzle) - Would this be a weaker gene ?
And finally are Pekin Bantam Chicks smaller than normal bantam chicks - as the one from last night's head was about the size of 12mm in diameter
Many Thanks
Dr Rob & Family
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My Family - Sarah (GF) Son Matthew(14), Daughters Johanna(10) & Ebony(4), Scrappy (Patterdale Terrier), Ziggy (Green Iguana), Ice (Albino Ringneck Parrot), Tina&Turner Gold Laced Polands (Male is Frizzle),Gaga&Daisy (Mille Fleur Bantams),Frizzle&Violet (Pekin Bantam) Buffy (Buff Pekin - Show Quality) Mocha&Sparkle (Hybrid Layers) and Mojo (Golden Partridge Wyandotte),Barry (Pekin Bantam Roo).
My Family - Sarah (GF) Son Matthew(14), Daughters Johanna(10) & Ebony(4), Scrappy (Patterdale Terrier), Ziggy (Green Iguana), Ice (Albino Ringneck Parrot), Tina&Turner Gold Laced Polands (Male is Frizzle),Gaga&Daisy (Mille Fleur Bantams),Frizzle&Violet (Pekin Bantam) Buffy (Buff Pekin - Show Quality) Mocha&Sparkle (Hybrid Layers) and Mojo (Golden Partridge Wyandotte),Barry (Pekin Bantam Roo).









trying it again(dry hatch:) ) WISH ME LUCK
