Any idea why my eggs didn't hatch? (Picture included)

[quailsrock]

Well, how did you turn them manually? did you open it etc? My incubator is made out of a small cooler. I incubated my eggs twice. First time was a total failure since I kept opening it and turning eggs etc. One survived and I had to get it out partially from the shells. Died 3 days later. Second time I said "screw it", chickens don't turn eggs. I put 7 eggs in, never turned them, kept humidity 60%+. Woke up on 21 day, look inside 5 of them hatched, healthy running around like crazy etc. two eggs didn't pop. I had a piece of hose from the top to the dish with sponge where I would put water with a syringe. This pic is from the first one.

but... Mother hens do turn their eggs but you usually don't see them do it because they feel vulnerable at that time and they will not do it if there is any threat whatsoever even if they trust you they still don't

 

[kcdef]

Well, how did you turn them manually? did you open it etc? My incubator is made out of a small cooler. I incubated my eggs twice. First time was a total failure since I kept opening it and turning eggs etc. One survived and I had to get it out partially from the shells. Died 3 days later. Second time I said "screw it", chickens don't turn eggs. I put 7 eggs in, never turned them, kept humidity 60%+. Woke up on 21 day, look inside 5 of them hatched, healthy running around like crazy etc. two eggs didn't pop. I had a piece of hose from the top to the dish with sponge where I would put water with a syringe. This pic is from the first one.

Wow, that's a cool set up! I opened the bator and turned them 3x a day.

 

[junebuggena]

For a still air incubator, your temp was too low.