We set 24 ... my husband was the first to candle them. I later candled them around day 15 and again on day 18. I was fairly confident that 5 were developing correctly before lockdown.
I was very excited when I could see veins but I will also look for movement this next time.
Incubator was brand new ...
I guess I’m not sure if they were malpositioned. I’m hoping to not have to do too many more eggtopsies but I’ll pay closer attention to that next time.
We have had chickens for less than a year ... and now we just had a failed first attempt at hatching in a little giant incubator.
None of the 24 fertile eggs we bought hatched . I posted eggtopsy photos in the Incubating forum to get some help. We’re hoping to learn from this and have more...
I did an eggtopsy on 6 eggs and there are 4 that I’d like some opinions on. Can anyone tell when and/or why these chicks died?
*We used a Little Giant incubator with an auto egg turner. I believe it’s the 11300 Deluxe.
We had some issue the morning of day 19. There was a concern for too...