incubation and temp

We are on day 20 of incubating chick eggs but they are not making any noise, nor rocking, nor pipping. I believe they are suppose to hatch tomorrow, but I'm losing hope. Last week, on day 17 when my son rotated them, unbeknownst to me, he elevated the temp when he saw that when placing the lid...

Hello! On day 14 of our attempt to hatch eggs in a borrowed incubator. We started with 6 eggs and are down to 4 that are alive and showing very promising signs (air cell growth, movement, etc.). The incubator that I have doesnt have a humidity setting so I’ve been guessing. As hatch day was...

We are hatching for the very first time, and on day 15 my toddler unplugged the incubator. I’m not sure when it happened but by the time I noticed, the temperature had dropped to 70 degrees. I think it was anywhere from 1 to 4 hours. I immediately plugged it back in and got it back up to...

Hi all, Over the weekend I decided to build myself an incubator out of ply wood. I've tested out different bulbs to see which wattage gives me the temperature that I need to Incubate the eggs properly. At the moment, I am using a 100 Watt ceramic heat bulb. This so far has been the best option...

Hi, this is my first time hatching chicken eggs. I got an incubator on Amazon a while ago however I now realise I should have done more research on which one to buy. I candled the eggs on day 4 and 10 and they looked fine. It is now day 21 and no external and only one internal pip, yesterday I...

I have a Brinsea mini EX and the when i put a beurer room thermometer/hygrometer, it showed a temp of 37 degree celsius, though i had set a temp of 37.7 the development of the eggs is hundred percent correct but the hatching takes longer. but my question is that if the external thermometer is...