This is my first time incubating eggs! I went online and ordered an incubator after researching and looking for what I thought would be a great one! Everything has been going great until day 21 and I have had two chicks hatch and both of them have wiggled their way through the crack around the tray and drowned! I'm beyond upset and feel this is a major design flaw in the incubator I purchased. This morning I quickly took paper towels and stuffed them around the tray hoping I do not loose any more to this flaw. However I am a bit worried that only one other chick has pipped so far am I worrying prematurely? I tried to upload the picture of the incubator I purchased wondering if anyone else has ran into this problem too?
Greetings from Kansas, Shartzoge, and ! Pleased you joined our community! Sorry to hear about those poor chicks! I see you've posted in the Incubating & Hatching Forum so I will defer to their expertise. I hope you get it worked out. Thanks for joining BYC and best of luck with your future hatching efforts!
So sorry to hear about your loss. It could be helpful to other members if you would write a review on the incubator in this section: https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/category/egg-incubators Best of luck to you.
G’Day from down under Shartzoge Welcome! Oh how sad I am sorry for your loss Good luck with the rest of the hatch.
Yes it was I was so very excited to have chicks and next thing I know their little heads had fallen through and they didn't make it! I was crushed!
