Good to know. This is the first year we were not able to get eggs from the same person so it was hard to set them to hatch on the same day, definitely a lesson learned for us. We had one that started hatching later yesterday and made really good progress but then just died and that's always hard...
I get that, like I said I've done this before. I was more curious if it is the bacteria growing in the incubator that would lead to the last one who started to hatch stopping. This is the first year that I have had at least 4 days between hatching so my incubator is getting very smelly and I can...
Don't worry I wouldn't start this project without a plan. I have done this for 4 years already. I will take chicks home and so will one of my students' families.
Hi all,
I am hatching eggs in my classroom. I had 14 hatch in a styrofoam incubator. Because of the high hatch rate and the varying hatch times, my incubator got really gross on the inside. I had four more who were trying to hatch, but never made it. Could the air in the incubator be toxic...