0% Hatch -- What am I doing wrong???

[BirdBrain]

My kids and I made a homemade incubator over a year ago and hatched out 10 out of 16 eggs that hinkjc mailed me. They turned out great!! Maybe you could make a bator and give it another go.

 

[silkiechicken]

Before the next batch of eggs, I would try and see if you can run the bator steady and check temperatures every 2 hours or so through the day at egg level. Try this at different locations in the bator and get a better idea of where there are hot or cool spots in the unit, and if the unit is keeping temps continuously during the day or night if you can check on it. If there is a wafer in the bator, might try replacing it.

 

[NoVA Chicks]

That's part of my confusion--the temps are stable in the LG. I actually tried to make my own and couldn't get the temps stable in that one, which is why I stuck with the LG. I've got three thermometers in there and temp and humidity don't seem to be the problem.

 

[MuranoFarms]

I really think the problem this time was the eggs. Something should have at least started if they were fertile. Maybe the sellers roo was taking a break

you just never know. Did you bleach/clean the bator after the last set?

 

[k2chickens]

its this simple...LG hatches chicks...they just do. Still or forced they do. But i recently just got a 1588 GQF genesis bator and it is GREAT! So what i would do is sell your LG for like 25 or 30 bucks. Chuck down a 10 spot and go buy yourself a LG auto turner fom TSC or rural king. Then proceed to call cutlers supply and order a 1588 Genesis for 130 shipped. Best decision you will ever make as far as hatching wise goes. Unless cash is tight, then just look for a possibly smaller fan fit to your LG. Pics would be great of the fan so we could tell you if it is too big or not.

 

[Akane]

You can hatch 90% or better in an LG but you can hatch easier in another incubator. They are more touchy. Mine took about 4 times as long as my hova to get the temp adjusted right and the humidity is always an issue I'm working on. Doesn't mean it won't hatch things fine it just doesn't have as much flexibility or margin for error which means someone new to incubators may have more issues or if you aren't hatching in ideal conditions you will end up losing fewer to another bator.

The humidity probably needs to go up a little since you are running a large fan. The more fresh air movement the more the eggs will dry at a given humidity. There was a very long thread on that once. That won't kill your eggs while incubating though. It will cause hatch problems but it won't keep them from developing. I'm wondering over the fact they did nothing. If temps were unstable or somebody messed with the bator the eggs should have had time to start developing and then get killed. These had problems from the very beginning if you see no veins or anything. Something happened a few days in or even before you set them. They got shaken, frozen, cooked... something before they had been incubated a few days.

 

[Buck77]

In "general" eggs that look scrambled are fertile but the embryo died very early in development probably even before incubation. There are a million reasons for early embryonic death. "Most" of the times an infertile will still look like a fresh egg even after 21 days of incubation. There are however exceptions to the rule.