1st try at Peafowl hatching!

[casportpony]

Can you post a candling picture?

-Kathy

 

[strawn28]

I'm trying to load pictures

 

[strawn28]

Here is another

 

[casportpony]

Can you see movement in any?

-Kathy

 

[strawn28]

Can you see movement in any?

-Kathy

Not the last few days no

I'm wondering if I lost them my humidity dropped an afternoon...
I still have 8 other eggs but the closest ones to these was 5/18.
So since its best to stop turning them and increase humidity 3 days before hatching I need to move 5/18 on Friday correct? That would make it 25 days... Is 75% humidity high enough for the hatching or does it need to be higher?

 

[KsKingBee]

Not the last few days no

I'm wondering if I lost them my humidity dropped an afternoon...
I still have 8 other eggs but the closest ones to these was 5/18.
So since its best to stop turning them and increase humidity 3 days before hatching I need to move 5/18 on Friday correct? That would make it 25 days... Is 75% humidity high enough for the hatching or does it need to be higher?

Everyone needs to find what works for them according to their equipment, incubating practices and general locality. You hear advice about using XYZ protocol, but in reality the only thing that matters is what is working for you and that only comes in practice.

For example, my last batch I just finished hatching were set under broody hens for 25 days. Because I wanted to keep the colors separate, I put some in my Sportsman and the rest in the Hatchcraft hatcher. The Sportsman humidity runs high 40's and the hatcher runs around 75%. Twelve eggs, one late quitter, all the rest hatched out fine in either, however, the lower humidity of the Sportsman had no problems and the chicks fluffed quicker.

It is my belief that when the eggs do not lose enough moisture during incubating they have more problems in the higher humidity of the hatcher.

 

[strawn28]

Everyone needs to find what works for them according to their equipment, incubating practices and general locality.  You hear advice about using XYZ protocol, but in reality the only thing that matters is what is working for you and that only comes in practice.

For example, my last batch I just finished hatching were set under broody hens for 25 days.  Because I wanted to keep the colors separate, I put some in my Sportsman and the rest in the Hatchcraft hatcher.  The Sportsman humidity runs high 40's and the hatcher runs around 75%.  Twelve eggs, one late quitter, all the rest hatched out fine in either, however, the lower humidity of the Sportsman had no problems and the chicks fluffed quicker.

It is my belief that when the eggs do not lose enough moisture during incubating they have more problems in the higher humidity of the hatcher.

Ok I will keep that in mind.... I opened one egg to see if I could figure out... Chick was long gone but it was pretty far developed however never pip internally the inner membrane was dry and white is that because there wasn't enough humidity?

 

[KsKingBee]

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No, it is just a 'quitter' for any number of reasons. I had my fair share of them last year and determined that the cause was poor health of the flock due to improper deworming practices.

 

[strawn28]

Thanks so much! Hopefully we have some hatch!

 

[strawn28]

We haven't had any hatch