Dutch Bantams didn't hatch What's wrong?

[Mrs Stumpgrinder]

I set 30 eggs for the hatch date of 4/16. 8 dutch bantams and 26 blacksex links. I had great success with the sex link 24 out of the 26 hatched

but none of my dutch bantams hatched

. I candled before lock down and all eight were moving.

I opened the unhatched eggs and I found one that had it's beak in the air sac and has abosorbed the yoke. The others had the air sac still intacted and had abosorbed the yoke. So something is happening in the three days of lock down. my temp on the last three days is 99-100. The humidity is 59-62% which I watch very closely.

Please help, these are my only dutch bantams if I cannot incubate how can I get the hen to go broody?

Thanks
Nancy

 

[Mrs Stumpgrinder]

no suggestions? no one?

 

[Gypsy07]

Dunno if this will be a helpful suggestion or not, but if your Dutch Banties never go broody you might do better sticking their eggs under something that does. Like a Silkie? They're well known as good broodys, aren't they?

 

[Chickenrandomness]

its simple realy, bantams hatch a day or two earlier than standerds!

 

[McHenry1947]

Nobody has answered the question! I am also interested in this, I put 36 bantam eggs in
the bator with 58 barred rocks, hatched 25% bantams and 81% barred rocks. I would like
to know what the difference is.

Keith

 

[Chickenrandomness]

Quote:
as i said above, Bantams hatcha a day or two earlier than standards

 

[McHenry1947]

What has that got to do with why only 25% to 81% hatched in the same Bator.
Sure they hatched on the 19th day but the temp and humidity was the same on
both at hatch time.

Keith

 

[Lotsapaints]

I incubated silkies with turkeys and marans and welsummers now the silkies came late because these were shipped eggs so when it was time I put the eggs into lock down left the silkies in with other eggs hatched 4 from 12 marans 4 from 12 welsummers and 11 from 13 silkies they were by themselves in another hatcher but they came a day early but many of my eggs have a few that come early. Why didn't yours hatch I don't know it can be from shipping, old eggs, missing some nutrients I don't have a lab either but they didn't make it and it sounds like your others did fine try again maybe they'll hatch next time.