Eggs from a broody now I'n incubator !!

[22lilchickens]

So I bought a incubator maybe a two weeks ago and ran it for 2 days the get every thing straight well I went to pick up some hatching eggs from a friend and almost all her hens were broody but she didn't want to take the eggs away since they should hatch any day so she gave me some that were under a broody and some that were just laid, I have them in the incubator now. I've never hatched with a incubator !!!! Please I need some advice

 

[AmyLynn2374]

So I bought a incubator maybe a two weeks ago and ran it for 2 days the get every thing straight well I went to pick up some hatching eggs from a friend and almost all her hens were broody but she didn't want to take the eggs away since they should hatch any day so she gave me some that were under a broody and some that were just laid, I have them in the incubator now. I've never hatched with a incubator !!!! Please I need some advice

For starters, do you have any idea how long the broody's eggs have been incubated? You're looking at a staggered hatch which is trickier than a single standard hatch. What kind of incubator do you have, is a still air or a forced air? Have your thermometers been checked for accuracy? What is your humidity at?

 

[22lilchickens]

My friend said they should hatch in a couple days because she keeps track off all her hens and the eggs came from under two hens a Easter egger and a brown egg layer, she said they should hatch at the same time, my incubator is a forced air and the humidity is 59 right now but I'm trying to keep it around 50-55 and yes I checked them all when I first got them most accurate one is my ditgal one and is 99 staying really constant but will be 100 sometimes but will go back to 99

 

[AmyLynn2374]

My friend said they should hatch in a couple days because she keeps track off all her hens and the eggs came from under two hens a Easter egger and a brown egg layer, she said they should hatch at the same time, my incubator is a forced air and the humidity is 59 right now but I'm trying to keep it around 50-55 and yes I checked them all when I first got them most accurate one is my ditgal one and is 99 staying really constant but will be 100 sometimes but will go back to 99

The temps are great. Is it a styrofoam bator?? For the ones about to hatch, they need a higher humidity for hatching. I would use at least 65%. If the other eggs are new and haven't had any incubation, the higher humidity for a couple days isn't going to be a problem, but as soon as the first ones are all hatched out, I would drop the humidity back down to 30-40% and monitor the air cells to make sure they are growing at a good rate.

 

[22lilchickens]

Ok I candled them tonight but I think I need a stronger flashlight or they are the chicks blocking, some are my eggs are dark brown but I can see the air sack perfectly but then above it is like pitch black that's how about 7 are then 4 are still developing probably around 7-13 days for them one I can make out the eye that's developed, then my two test eggs to see if there fertile(there from my moms flock that started laying a couple weeks ago, jut seeing if there fertile yet), but one of them is completely dark I couldn't make out a air sack really, but I have one that when I candle it, it just looks like liquid slushing around? Is that normal?

 

[22lilchickens]

The temps are great. Is it a styrofoam bator??  For the ones about to hatch, they need a higher humidity for hatching. I would use at least 65%.  If the other eggs are new and haven't had any incubation, the higher humidity for a couple days isn't going to be a problem, but as soon as the first ones are all hatched out, I would drop the humidity back down to 30-40% and monitor the air cells to make sure they are growing at a good rate.

and yes it's a styrofoam, but it also has plastic on the outside