I recently switched to a homemade incubator from a Little Giant and I've been having trouble with hatching.
The eggs candle fine up until lock down, but then they just don't hatch. They don't pip either. When I did an eggtopsy, it looked as if the chicks had an almost leather-like covering on...
I am relatively new to chickens. I have 3 showgirl roosters, 2 polish roosters, 1 polish hen, 4 auraucana hens, 4 Rhode Island Red hens, and 4 black sex link hens. The only one laying right now is the polish hen, Petunia, as the others aren't quite old enough. Petunia has been very good to me...