Early quitters

[Chuckkeeper]

The incubator I use is

https://www.walmart.com/ip/AUTCARIB...bator-US-Standard-Green-Transparent/794826422

rotates every 2 hours, hygrometer, temp and humidity alarms, fan at the top to circulate air. the two 'practical viewing windows' at the top arent actually practical but it is an easy way to put in more water without opening the whole thing.

Thanks. Looks similar to my 3.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

Well, I don't hatch at a really good ratio tbh but I've had hens wander off and come back with lots of babies 21 days later. I usually only incubate eggs if I notice a hen is sitting on way too many, but that means theyve been improperly started already so I dont have high expectations. Because my hens like to sit on like 30 eggs?

Too many fertile eggs. What a lovely problem to have! I spend a fortune for 90% failure!

 

[ackie]

That was in the spring. Lately I've been getting 0 eggs because everyone is either not laying or is laying in the woods. I've finally found 1 active nest.

 

[Fallenone05]

I've hatched eggs in my little Brinsea Mini Advance twice now. I usually put 6 eggs in, and 5 of those 6 hatch successfully. My most porous eggs are usually the first and only to die. The incubator I have has a built in thermometer and the temps are usually accurate, and it rotates the eggs automatically.

My birds hatch out healthy and I don't really have a lot of problems, except for regulating humidity. It either gets really humid or really, really dry. In the beginning of the hatching process I have to add a wet paper towel and take it out by the time the second chick starts hatching due to how quickly it gets humid in there.