Dont get it

[laughingclown]

Had a bunch hatch yesterday. This was my second. Had the same settings as last time. Last time I got about a 95% hatch rate. This time it seemed the humidity was a bit dry. I had a chick that was trying to get out but it was upside down so it drowned. It looked fine at first so I let it be. I didnt realize it was upside down till it was to late. Then this morning I woke up and noticed one that has been trying to zip since last night. I too noticed he was upside down and the membrane was getting very dry. I new he wasnt going anywhere. So as I had to take a shower for work I scooped him up and took care of him. Helped him out and think he will be fine hopefully. I still have 3-4 left. Its day 21 for those eggs and no pips. If I dont have any when I get home I may pop the aircell to see whats up. Normally I would say let nature take its course but In my eyes this isnt nature. We are hatching them outside of nature and if the humidity isnt right because of me than its my fault. I did the dry hatch method. Had 35-40 up to day 18 and 65 for lock down. Usually the humidity spikes when they come out to and it didnt go up that much at all.

 

[fried green eggs]

I think there are many varibles that go into play in hatching: it depends if the egg is porous or not, shipped or not and as to how much air and humidity the egg absorbs. Some will develop a large air sack and in the same batch other eggs will drown. Some eggs at the ideal conditions do well and have no problem hatching and some still don't or will need help and assistance to hatch. Outside humidity and weather can also influence the incubators humidity too. I think thats why the old saying of "Don't count your chickens before they hatch" is very true.

 

[matlock585]

What type of incubator do you have? I hatch in a home made styro one and on my first hatch I ran my humidity about where you said you did. I had some drown. Ever since then I don't put any water at all the first 18 days, and raise it to 50% for the hatch. I get much better results with this. If I have a large hatch the first ones out roll the other pips, and that is the only thing that causes me problems.
On your next hatch try the dry method for the first 10 days and monitor the air cells. If you aren't happy then you could add water for the rest of the time.

 

[laughingclown]

I used a Genesis. Worked great on my eggs last time. Now my Marans eggs that I got from MPC now thats another story all together. But with my eggs it went flawless.

 

[SilkieChickenLover336]

Im hatching eggs to and it seems that the ones i have harvested from my chickens did a pretty good job and the ones shipped did better thought