I had a chick start pipping early this morning after work it hadn't progressed but egg was still rocking. later in the night I lost power for a little over an hour I put a propane heater next to bator which managed to keep the temp up above 95. but I didnt know how much the humidity dropped...
okay so I set 24 eggs in bator 9 days ago. of that 2 i dont believe are fertile. and 4 I couldnt see movement in but figured since they are dark eggs i may not see it. so giving them till day 14 canceling before I remove them. I got home from work today and opened to add water a foul smell hit...
I'm on my 3rd attempt at incubating. The first attempt was not planned I had a broody hen doing the work we were about 16 days in when a coyote got ahold of her. I brought the eggs inside but was not prepared or set up. long story short the eggs got to hot. second attempt was a homeade incubator...