Eggs in the bator for a week, never developed??

[ssbs]

Okay.. But even then. 2 were a week old, 2 were 6 days old, 2 were 5 days old and the rest were newer then that

 

[Buttercup Chillin]

Try resterilizing the bator. Maybe a bacterial something? Just guessing but easily done. Then try another hatch.

 

[ssbs]

I'll do it before I try again.. But I did bleach everything before hand. I bleached, then turned the bator on and let the bleach water evaporate before I put the eggs in

 

[shelleyd2008]

I would guess that your male is in molt, which would make his fertility drop

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Did you turn the eggs while you were collecting them?

 

[blaundee]

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Did you turn the eggs while you were collecting them?

How often should you turn the eggs while collecting them?

 

[Buttercup Chillin]

Birds are so sensitive to fumes, I wonder.

I dry out my bator after sterilizing it and don't set it up until the next day. Just the way I do it.

I don't turn my eggs while collecting, normally. I have set them in the egg turner while collecting and hatched them, chicken eggs, got about the same hatch rate, not much difference.

I get about an 85% hatch rate no mater what I do. If I have electricity to work with throughout the hatch that is.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Did you turn the eggs while you were collecting them?

How often should you turn the eggs while collecting them?

At least once a day, I have an extra turner that I put mine in, so they get turned what, 6 times I think??

 

[Stellar]

They should also be sitting slanted when you are storing them. But yeah the turner turns them about 6x a day.

 

[ssbs]

The bator was allowed to dry for 24 hours before I put them in. I just had it turned on so the heat and fan could help dry it.

And I turned them 2 or 3 times a day while collecting