I have a chick in the egg chirping. My first two didn't hatch :rolleyes: so I'm a little anxious that I am doing something wrong with my store bought incubator. These are Silver Seabright eggs and I've heard they're really hard to incubate and keep baby chicks alive.
Hello are Sebrights hard to incubate ? I thought everything was going fine in the first couple of weeks but today is day 18. I think I "MAY" only have one out of 9 that will finish developing.
Thank you for responding. I found the egg that had a smell and also found 11 viable eggs. Sad ! Yes I forgot to candle when moving to my incubator. The hen had left the nest and the eggs were cool. I don't know if the 11 will hatch.
I have a smell coming from my incubator on day 26 of incubating 23 guinea eggs. It on lockdown, humidity on 65-70. I bought the eggs from a lady that said the eggs were laid withing the week I bought them. Can you candle after lockdown ?
I cleaned up the incubator. Then put in the rubber shelf lining instead of plastic grid. My little baby is getting pecked at by the other babies so I took it out and placed it in another incubator until it heals. It is bleeding so I don't expect much.
Ron how long do you leave your babies in the incubator ? I was going to leave them all alone until all have hatched. Still some eggs to go and it's day 22. I feel they are better warm, contained and have feed and water.