- Jul 5, 2011
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I'm really bummed. I bought some South American fowl as eggs and they should have pipped today. I gave the eggs to another local chicken guy who hatches baby chicks for some of the stores around here to incubate for me. Before I got them, the man I bought them from accidentally sent them to the wrong house. So they were sent out on a Tuesday and I didn't track them down until Sunday.
6 went under a broody hen Sunday and the rest went into the incubator. They should have started pipping yesterday. I called the man incubating them for me and he told me that none of the ones under the hen had movement but he kept them under hoping that something would happen. Finally when candling still showed no movement, he took them out and found some more eggs for Buffy, the broody hen, to sit on. The rest in the incubator had some blood vessel growth but then they stopped too.
I went over today and he showed me the eggs and of the 13 i received, only one seems to have any movement now.
Any suggestions? If I were the one incubating them, I'd probably assume I did something wrong. But the reason I didn't incubate was because I wanted someone who does it all the time.
At this elevation, is there anything different in incubating eggs? I sit at about 7200 feet in elevation with very low humidity. I don't believe that he did anything wrong as the eggs he put in there with mine seem to be hatching fine. I'm very heartbroken. I so wanted these chicks.
Do eggs that come from lower elevations have a harder time hatching at my elevation? Could the relatively humidity been to low in the time it took to track them down for them to remain viable? Any help would be appreciated.
6 went under a broody hen Sunday and the rest went into the incubator. They should have started pipping yesterday. I called the man incubating them for me and he told me that none of the ones under the hen had movement but he kept them under hoping that something would happen. Finally when candling still showed no movement, he took them out and found some more eggs for Buffy, the broody hen, to sit on. The rest in the incubator had some blood vessel growth but then they stopped too.
I went over today and he showed me the eggs and of the 13 i received, only one seems to have any movement now.
Any suggestions? If I were the one incubating them, I'd probably assume I did something wrong. But the reason I didn't incubate was because I wanted someone who does it all the time.
At this elevation, is there anything different in incubating eggs? I sit at about 7200 feet in elevation with very low humidity. I don't believe that he did anything wrong as the eggs he put in there with mine seem to be hatching fine. I'm very heartbroken. I so wanted these chicks.
Do eggs that come from lower elevations have a harder time hatching at my elevation? Could the relatively humidity been to low in the time it took to track them down for them to remain viable? Any help would be appreciated.
