- Dec 24, 2007
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I filled my incubator, 41 eggs. 21 hatched. 1 peep's intestines were hanging out so I had to cull it, everybody else is great. I waited another 24 hours after the last peep hatched before shutting off the incubator and taking the eggs out. I always take any eggs out that did not hatch to crack and see what kind of surprises I might find (which were fertilized and which were not). I had 4 peeps not hatch and they still had a large yolk attatched. They looked great other than the yolk was not absorbed all the way. I am so bummed, their were 3 naked necks in the "not hatched". Why did they not finish growing? Should I have left the incubator on longer? Is 4 out of 25 fertilized eggs not hatching good or bad? This is only the 5th time we have used the incubator. In the past I have had 2 or 3 not hatch.