Despite my best effort to kill them all

[Clay In Iowa]

Out of 27 eggs it breaks down like this

10 culled at day 7- no development (17 left)

1 culled at day 14 - blood ring (16 left)
Active embryos in all 16.

day 21 - 5 out - had to cull one, deformed chick (11 left)
- 2 chicks die after pipping (9 left)

day 22 (this morning) 3 active pips (6 left)


So even after completely screwing up the humidity I have 4 healthy chicks and might ultimately end up with 7+.

I am so VERY PEE'D off that I didn't ask the forum experts before I decided to manipulate the tried and true method for hatching eggs. I have no one but myself to blame for the poor hatch. I screwed it up in the last 3 days.

I have another 18 in the bator and am following the advice I got yesterday TO THE LETTER!!! I hope my hatch is better this time.

Sorry had to edit I screwed the math up... it's too early!!!

 

[twigg]

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What did you do wrong with the humidity?

 

[smom1976]

I hope your next hatch goes well too..

 

[EmptyNest]

Good luck

 

[Clay In Iowa]

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What did you do wrong with the humidity?

I followed the advice given in a post on the forums to keep it high 60-65% DAYS 1-18 and 75%+ after that. It was supposed to help if you had shipped eggs with broken air cells. All 27 eggs i got had broken air cells.

 

[twigg]

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What did you do wrong with the humidity?

I followed the advice given in a post on the forums to raise it to keep it high 60-65% DAYS 1-18 and 75%+ after that. It was supposed to help if you had shipped eggs with broken air cells. All 27 eggs i got had broken air cells.

Unless they were goose eggs, then that, I'm afraid, was poor advice.

For the record ...... Up to day 18, 45 to 50%, and 65 to 70% for the last three days.

 

[Clay In Iowa]

Oh I know that now!! And will never forget it.

I'm hoping other noobs learn from my, expensive, mistake.

 

[sugarbush]

In the future give "deformed" chicks a day or two prior to culling. They have been cramped up in a shell quite some time and some require more time to stretch out and look right. I have had some very odd looking chicks that after a few days you could not even tell which ones they were.

IMO if they are strong enough to hatch out they will usually do just fine as a chicken, if they have major problems they die before they hatch.

 

[Clay In Iowa]

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Umm.... half his head and one eye was missing and his beak was crossed ... eeeewwwww.... I did him a favor

 

[sugarbush]

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In that case you did the right thing