Farm innovations 4250 incubator

[Grandma Buswalk]

Yesterday was day 21 for the eggs in the incubator. My neighbor got 15 and I have 14 left. One of those 14 one is trying to hatch. What happened to the other 13??? Help!! Please give me some input somebody. What should I be looking at? My temp was good the whole time. My humidity (I thought) was pretty decent--43% day 1-18 and then 70-75% except when a chick hatched. Then I took out the plugs until it went down. I really need some help. I will do an eggtopsy on these.

 

[abbevilleoz]

Yesterday was day 21 for the eggs in the incubator. My neighbor got 15 and I have 14 left. One of those 14 one is trying to hatch. What happened to the other 13???  Help!! Please give me some input somebody. What should I be looking at? My temp was good the whole time. My humidity (I thought) was pretty decent--43% day 1-18 and then 70-75% except when a chick hatched. Then I took out the plugs until it went down. I really need some help. I will do an eggtopsy on these.

Did you candle them at lockdown ?

 

[Grandma Buswalk]

Did you candle them at lockdown ?

Yes, I did. However, I'm so new at this that I culled the one's that hadn't developed and all the others went into the incubator. What should I look for? I candled them at 10 days.

 

[abbevilleoz]

Yes, I did. However, I'm so new at this that I culled the one's that hadn't developed and all the others went into the incubator. What should I look for?

Do you hear any chirping? You say one is trying to hatch , have any more pipped?

 

[Grandma Buswalk]

Do you hear any chirping? You say one is trying to hatch , have any more pipped?

The one that's trying to hatch has been chirping. I cannot see that any of the 13 have pipped.

 

[abbevilleoz]

The one that's trying to hatch has been chirping. I cannot see that any of the 13 have pipped.

I would give them another day or two at least.

 

[Grandma Buswalk]

I would give them another day or two at least.

Thank you, I will.

 

[Grandma Buswalk]

The one that was going to hatch just hatched. I candled the remaining. I actually saw a live chick move in the egg. I saw 6 eggs that were underdeveloped, and the rest I put back in the incubator. I'll check them again tomorrow.

 

[abbevilleoz]

The one that was going to hatch just hatched. I candled the remaining. I actually saw a live chick move in the egg. I saw 6 eggs that were underdeveloped, and the rest I put back in the incubator. I'll check them again tomorrow.

I think SallySunshine is one of the incubation experts that you can question about techniques. There's s thread she started "Incubating w/ Friends!"

 

[sasafras4u2]

Ive used my FI 4250 for 3 hatches so far. It has worked great with just a little adjustment and adding the sponge at lockdown. My last hatch was bad but that was due to shipping and bad/clear eggs. Only had 2 of 14 hatch lol. My next hatch will be set on june10th of 54+ eggs. I will ise both yhis and the incaview. Hopong for great success