2 Chicks died during zipping!!

[mahalo4]

Think I am going to switch to carton hatching or just leave on screen in LG. 2 chicks died during zipping on the no slip drawer stuff sounded like a great idea so i tried it/eggs stay in place and chicks walk much easier but both chicks that died where in the middle of zipping and heads turned to the bottom of zip on non slip surface and drowned in very small amount of yolk. thats my hypothesis anyother ideas?

 

[Camelot Farms]

No ideas but definitely some sympathy!

I have never used anything but the screen on the bottom of the 'bator and have thankfully never lost a chick in pipping or zipping.

Keep trying!

 

[ChickieKeeta]

I recently lost 9 of 11. For the first time I used an egg turner. I took the turner out and laid the eggs on their sides at the end of incubation. It seems to me that is when 8 died. They had not absorbed the yolk. 2 hatched and are doing well. 1 completely zipped & never came out. I kept watching & checking & noticed no movement at all for quite some time. The chick had died.

I don't know why for sure but I wondered if they may have become disoriented as to their position or may have drown. I took them out of the turner on Thurs morning thinking late Sat was hatch day. 3 were pipped Fri morning & 2 hatched late Fri night. I hear they should not be moved or turned the last 3 days.

I will start them in the turner in the morning. I plan to gently move them into an egg carton
either very late on day 17 or early on day 18.

Here is hoping your furure hatches & mine go much much better!

All hatching suggestions greatfully accepted!

 

[mahalo4]

Thanks for input so far this happened on last hatch 1 and this hatch 1 the only 2 times I used the shelf liner?

 

[Ridgerunner]

I'm not an expert on hatching but maybe this site will give you some clues as to what you can do to improve your success.

Mississippi State - Troubleshooting Incubation
http://www.poultry.msstate.edu/extension/pdf/troubleshooting_incubation.pdf

Good luck!

 

[mahalo4]

I am just trying to find out if this has happened to anyone else with the shelf liner my hatch rates have been going up had 70% with shipped eggs not bad guess it could be better. I have been reading for months now was just curious about the shelf liner?

 

[ChickieKeeta]

Ridgerunner
Thank you for the info!

 

[mahalo4]

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