Eggs not hatching

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franci64

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I have a Hova-Bator model 1602N. Humidity had been maintained at 50 - 55% until lockdown. Then the humidity stayed at about 65 - 70%. I realized I had forgotten to turn of the automatic egg turnerwhen a couple of chicks started pipping. I very quickly (less than 5 minutes) opened it up and disconnected the turner. Then closed it back up. The temp and humidity were back to normal within 5 mins after that. The chicks that pipped never zipped and died which was very sad. The next day (about 24 hours later) a chick hatched. The other 15 eggs that are left have done nothing. It has been 72 hours since the initial pip. The chick that hatched, did so 24 hours ago. My questions are should I take the hatched chick out? Did I screw up the hatch and all is lost or should I just wait another day or so?
 
55% seems kind of high. I kept mine between 30-45% during the first 18 days then 60% at lockdown. 6 out of 8 eggs survived hatch. You could candle and see if there's movement or listen for little peeps. I hope your babies make it :fl
 
It's very important to stop turning, they can be malpositioned if not allowed to rest for a while. I would let them go for a bit more, never know what's going on in there. Did you candle the eggs at all throughout the incubation?
 
Wezdin said:
It's very important to stop turning, they can be malpositioned if not allowed to rest for a while. I would let them go for a bit more, never know what's going on in there. Did you candle the eggs at all throughout the incubation?
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Yes, I candled the eggs and took out the ones that weren't developing. Everything left seemed to be developing fine.
 
Bert96746 said:
55% seems kind of high. I kept mine between 30-45% during the first 18 days then 60% at lockdown. 6 out of 8 eggs survived hatch. You could candle and see if there's movement or listen for little peeps. I hope your babies make it :fl
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Thank you for this. I had always read that the numbers I quoted were the 'right' ones. I'd like to learn more.
 
As long as the eggs are not out of the bator for a while or lots of times it won't hurt them.
When you get to lockdown on day 18 you won't want to open the bator at all though.
 
Honestly, against popular opinion, I opened my incubator a few times during lockdown. I made sure my incubator was around 70% before i opened it so the pipped eggs wouldn't shrink wrap. When I assisted one of my eggs, I brought it to my bathroom, turned the shower on to get it all steamy and helped the egg. The biggest problem with opening the bator during lockdown is loss of humidity and if you make sure the humidity is high enough before opening or going to a room with high humidity, it won't hurt anything. You just gotta be careful. My advice would be to steam up your bathroom and bring the eggs in there to candle them. Just be sure not to jostle the eggs around too much and remember to put them back the way you found them.
 
franci64 said:
I have a Hova-Bator model 1602N. Humidity had been maintained at 50 - 55% until lockdown. Then the humidity stayed at about 65 - 70%. I realized I had forgotten to turn of the automatic egg turnerwhen a couple of chicks started pipping. I very quickly (less than 5 minutes) opened it up and disconnected the turner. Then closed it back up. The temp and humidity were back to normal within 5 mins after that. The chicks that pipped never zipped and died which was very sad. The next day (about 24 hours later) a chick hatched. The other 15 eggs that are left have done nothing. It has been 72 hours since the initial pip. The chick that hatched, did so 24 hours ago. My questions are should I take the hatched chick out? Did I screw up the hatch and all is lost or should I just wait another day or so?
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Hi Francis, Robert here , im new to all this but am having the exact same problem with chicks dying just before hatching. did you get any help to your problem or can you possibly point me in the right direction in getting some help
 

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