Mustang has decided..Incubating time!

[mustangrooster]

@BantyChooks, Hows your eggs going?

 

[mustangrooster]

Day 6 of Incubation I have sworn not to candle the eggs until day 8 (Why? Because I would be candling the eggs everyday and just looking at those little chicks...) All are doing well for now. The egg that I covered with candle wax (because of the crack) Is doing extremely well...Yes... I keep candling that egg to make sure its alive..

I will take a pic of the waxy egg tonight when I candle it

I have one question though. Has anyone ever incubated duck eggs and chicken eggs at the same time? Is the Humidity and Temperature needs the same? I plan on hatching both duck and chicken, But I want to make sure that its do-able.

 

[BantyChooks]

@BantyChooks, Hows your eggs going?

Day 14 now- all three are still alive!

 

[BantyChooks]

Ended up with 2/3 hatched, a 67% hatch rate. Not bad for a DIY bator!

 

[mustangrooster]

They are gorgeous! You gave it your best shot, So there's nothing to be disappointed about

I have to say I've had the worst hatching though, 3 eggs are left, 3 eggs out of 16 can you believe it!? I had 4 left as of yesterday but it decided to quit I guess

Well its now 2 days till lockdown...

@BantyChooks Names...Have you got names for your little balls of joy?

 

[BantyChooks]

Jazzy (white) and Topaz. (brown)

The one egg that quit I shouldn't have even set. It was extremely thin-shelled and dirty......
-Banti

 

[mustangrooster]

2 eggs left

What is wrong with my bator

Its day 16 the temp is 37.5 and the Humidity is at 50. What is wrong? What should I be doing? I took some pictures of the chick that died (It was alive yesterday) when I did eggtopsy hoping I could figure out the problem.







I need to fix this problem if its something to do with Humidity and Temp. Or is this just another quitter?

-Mustang

 

[BantyChooks]

Forced or still air?

And why is your humidity so high? How do air cells look?

 

[BantyChooks]

The yolk sac looks a bit funny, infection maybe? How well did you clean your bator?

 

[mustangrooster]

Forced or still air?

And why is your humidity so high? How do air cells look?

Forced Air, The bator is a Janeol 12 so the humidity was fixed to incubate chicken eggs, Should I consider lowering the humidity?


Air cell pics are given below: