Can't get my RIR's to hatch

[They Call Me Pete]

Second time I've set some and no such luck. All my mutts and americana hatched fine but just cracked RIR egg open and dead chick with a nickel size piece of yoke left. Anyone else have trouble ? I still have some in incubator that are very dark when candled so I'm giving them maybe another day

 

[SunshineSilkies]

Don't know what the problem could be if the others hatched...How old are the girls that are laying? Sometime you need to wait a bit with pullet eggs..I just had a hatch of 26 out of 29 with my RIR's..

 

[hrtgtrkys&chicks]

I too am having trouble, but with my Buckeyes. I have 2 incubators both at 99.5. Humidity is good. One bator has automatic turner. The other is for 3 day before hatching. I had 46 eggs and so far none have hatched. I have thrown out abot 15 already and broken open 4. 2 have had totally formed chicks, 1 was just egg, the other had something about 1" big. I hatched 7 turkeys last year so I have had success. . HELP please.

 

[They Call Me Pete]

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About 2 years old. I'm puzzled also. Those are the eggs I wanted to hatch the most being pure breeds. Oh well

 

[They Call Me Pete]

Well pulled the plug on the last 6 eggs. Broke open and 5 out of 6 had chicks that were cold to the touch and dead. Don't know why it happened but that's life i guess. We hatched out 12 on day 22 and 3 more on 23 so it's not like conditions weren't right. I can't see certain breeds (of chickens)taking longer than others. Don't know if I want to try another batch of RIR's but will hatch some of my EE's. Had 100% on them and about 95% on the mutts. Will be interesting to see if my broody can do better with the RIR eggs

 

[They Call Me Pete]

Well after taking with my uncle(been raising pheasants since I've been alive=38 years) and he thinks my humidity was to high. Which I'm going along with because some of my chicks that hatched were pretty moist so I think my RIR drowned. I've been reading up on dry hatch method