Chicks not hatching!!!

[cowhlb]

We have incubated three batches of eggs and not one chick has hatched out! Here is whats creepy: After they havent hatched on dat 21 we waited about another week. When they still didnt hatch I took the eggs outside and cracked them. Freaky Part: When I cracked them open they had half formed chicks in them! What is wrong? Why wont they hatch? It was more than 21 days!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

We have incubated three batches of eggs and not one chick has hatched out! Here is whats creepy: After they havent hatched on dat 21 we waited about another week. When they still didnt hatch I took the eggs outside and cracked them. Freaky Part: When I cracked them open they had half formed chicks in them! What is wrong? Why wont they hatch? It was more than 21 days!

Sorry about your experience with hatching thus far. Given the fact that the development has arrested mid process it would seem there must be something happening within your incubation process that is causing the chicks to stop developing and die in the egg - which is why they aren't hatching. What sort of incubator are you using? What is your process - give as much information as possible regarding temp, humidity, turning, candling, etc.

 

[cowhlb]

Sorry about your experience with hatching thus far. Given the fact that the development has arrested mid process it would seem there must be something happening within your incubation process that is causing the chicks to stop developing and die in the egg - which is why they aren't hatching. What sort of incubator are you using? What is your process - give as much information as possible regarding temp, humidity, turning, candling, etc.

At first we thought it was the themomoter so we got a differnent one. Wasnt that. My mom read about the temperature, i dont remember exactly but somewhere arounf 101º. We have a still-air incubator.