No Eggs Hatching!!!!!!!!!!Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 - Page 2

Don't feel so bad, I too have an LG.  I had 6 duck eggs and 36 chickien eggs. So far I have 2 ducklings the others didn't make it.  The chicken eggs  so far only 4 have hatched.  I had one bleed to death, I guess it broke a blood vessel .  But I do have 23 that I'm still praying on.  I locked down on the 28th and my hatch date was Feb 1st, on the second is when the four chicks hatched.  Just hang in their its my first real big hatch.  The main thing I did do was go buy a different thermomitor from my local hardware store.The LG's don't close or seal real good so I put books to seal it better and thiis helps                    Triplell

The LG styro-bator may as well be called the murder-bator. I use one really old and 1 new hovabator both with installed pc fans. I would NEVER crack open an incubated egg without candling it, NEVER. Also, consider dry incubation where NO water is added at all until lockdown. To help keep me from messing too much with the incubator especially during lockdown, I place my lucky blue plaid flannel shirt loosely over the bator and place a flashlight next to it for quick peeks. I have excellent hatch rates with this technique. I don't do shipped eggs, so I have no experience there.

Give em a pep talk.

I use a forced air LG for incubation and a still air LG for hatching! !5 out of 15 my first hatch! 8 out of 10 my second! Next three hatches were 1 out of 1!  These were not dry incubations as that method is somewhat contoversial. Did you rest the eggs before setting them! Shipped eggs often get their aircells wiggled about a bit! They need to sit for 24 hours pointy end down so the aircell can gt back together at the top! If your temp went down for a day then that will also throw off the hatch date making them a day or more late!

 

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Originally Posted by nurse_turtle 

The LG styro-bator may as well be called the murder-bator. I use one really old and 1 new hovabator both with installed pc fans. I would NEVER crack open an incubated egg without candling it, NEVER. Also, consider dry incubation where NO water is added at all until lockdown. To help keep me from messing too much with the incubator especially during lockdown, I place my lucky blue plaid flannel shirt loosely over the bator and place a flashlight next to it for quick peeks. I have excellent hatch rates with this technique. I don't do shipped eggs, so I have no experience there.

where the one says  first timer, never hatch, but has full body inside ? thats my question to the polls. 

I am in the same boat. Day 23 with no pip or cheeps.

I went into lockdown with 7 eggs. I suspected 4 were duds but kept them in for a couple of days anyway. on day 21 they looked funny, and I was afraid they were rotten and they would explode. I opened bater fast, misted and took eggs out quickly. They were beginning to rot. Humidity dropped to 55 for a bit and went right back up to high 60s.  Temp did get down to 95.6 for a few hours one night during lockdown and then up to 102.

Can I candle Sunday night day 24, or wait until Monday night?  Should I float the eggs?  The waiting is killing me.

I am kind of bummed about my first hatch....

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Originally Posted by HIS Paintbrush 

Give em a pep talk.

Don't you mean a "PIP talk"?

I personally candle each night after the due date to make sure they are still alive. I have found that opening up just one of the top windows and working really fast works well for me! You open the window and grab the egg as quickly (but gently) as you can. Check it then quickly out it back and grab another. I have managed to check 10 eggs this way without losing a drop of humidity or temperature.
 

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Originally Posted by tmfineg 

I am in the same boat. Day 23 with no pip or cheeps.

 

I went into lockdown with 7 eggs. I suspected 4 were duds but kept them in for a couple of days anyway. on day 21 they looked funny, and I was afraid they were rotten and they would explode. I opened bater fast, misted and took eggs out quickly. They were beginning to rot. Humidity dropped to 55 for a bit and went right back up to high 60s.  Temp did get down to 95.6 for a few hours one night during lockdown and then up to 102.

 

Can I candle Sunday night day 24, or wait until Monday night?  Should I float the eggs?  The waiting is killing me.

 

I am kind of bummed about my first hatch....