I just picked up my chicks, a friend was kind enough to hatch some eggs for me.
7 of 8 of my project eggs hatched
3 of 11 Sebright hatched
0 of 3 Favorelles Hatched
1 of 2 Columbian Wyandottes Hatched
I opened the unhatched eggs and here are the results
Project looked like it just never tried to pip ( not entirely unusual as some just don't make it)
Sebrights 3 looked like they quit at about Day 18, fully formed but yolk was not absorbed.
5 looked like they never even tried to pip, one of these was upside down
3 were not fully formed at all, looked like maybe Day 13-15
Favorelles Both fully formed and yolks absorbed
I saw no excess of fluid and I know this friend has great hatches in her incubators and hatches a lot, so honestly I don't think humidity or temperature was an issue. I did ship some Sebrights and have some on auction now, I want to figure out if this is an issue with my breeding birds, maybe I need to put them on Game Bird Feed? I think I am going to pull my auction until I figure this out.
Any input is appreciated.
The Favorelles are young, so I am thinking that may play a role there and the wyandottes, not that concerned again, as sometimes some are not meant to hatch. The sebrights are really concerning me.
7 of 8 of my project eggs hatched
3 of 11 Sebright hatched
0 of 3 Favorelles Hatched
1 of 2 Columbian Wyandottes Hatched
I opened the unhatched eggs and here are the results
Project looked like it just never tried to pip ( not entirely unusual as some just don't make it)
Sebrights 3 looked like they quit at about Day 18, fully formed but yolk was not absorbed.
5 looked like they never even tried to pip, one of these was upside down
3 were not fully formed at all, looked like maybe Day 13-15
Favorelles Both fully formed and yolks absorbed
I saw no excess of fluid and I know this friend has great hatches in her incubators and hatches a lot, so honestly I don't think humidity or temperature was an issue. I did ship some Sebrights and have some on auction now, I want to figure out if this is an issue with my breeding birds, maybe I need to put them on Game Bird Feed? I think I am going to pull my auction until I figure this out.
Any input is appreciated.
The Favorelles are young, so I am thinking that may play a role there and the wyandottes, not that concerned again, as sometimes some are not meant to hatch. The sebrights are really concerning me.
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