best way to incubate

[teresa42299]

what is the best way to incubate eggs. I had bad hatches recentely. I heard many ways how to and how not to hatch eggs. can somebody tell me in detail how to get a higher hatch rate.

 

[Veer67]

You could try dry hatching, I've never tried it before but people have said that they get a higher rate of hatching from dry hatching. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-incubate-hatch-eggs-using-the-dry-incubation-method

 

[teresa42299]

I tried dry hatching and didn't do very good. 4 peeped through only 2 made it. some person said that its not the best way to hatch but another guy said to do it. who has their own way to hatch eggs?

 

[JAHVREM]

I've had good hatches and bad hatches, u gotta figure out why in order to fix prob. That means u gotta look at insides of the eggs. First, temp has to be accurate and consistent, cannot vary. Get 2good thermometers and calibrate. I know my body temp is about 98.3, thats what I use to ck. I dry hatch 1st18 days, drowned too many in process. U know cuz when u crack them open u have partially or fully developed chicks swimming in water. Hope this helps..

 

[teresa42299]

when we crack them open we had a couple developed chicks and some who started to develop but didn't make it.