Cedarhillhomestead
In the Brooder
- Jun 21, 2021
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I bought our first Incubator two months ago. Our first hatch we received a 50% hatch rate. I noticed the 50% that did not hatch all developed and likely passed around Day 18-20. I noticed after candling the eggs their appeared to be a greenish color instead of the yolk color I had been used to. My friend decided we should try his incubator which we did this month. I personally sanitized it even after he did. We receive a 25% hatch rate and all of the other eggs are in there fully developed and dead on the 23 with that same green color inside. I am just confused how an issue could be big enough to kill over 50% of the chickens and yet four of them still hatched. What am I doing wrong?
I will say, I obsessively candled the first time because it was fascinating and I didn’t know better. This time i candled about 4 times. I up the humidity to 50% before candling so it doesn’t drop too low. While candling it’s never gone below 40% humidity and 90 degrees (it only got that low once abd for under 5 minutes). Can I watch my chickens hatch their eggs, they get up several times to eat and what not. Could that really be the issue?! Ugh I’m heart broken.
I will say, I obsessively candled the first time because it was fascinating and I didn’t know better. This time i candled about 4 times. I up the humidity to 50% before candling so it doesn’t drop too low. While candling it’s never gone below 40% humidity and 90 degrees (it only got that low once abd for under 5 minutes). Can I watch my chickens hatch their eggs, they get up several times to eat and what not. Could that really be the issue?! Ugh I’m heart broken.