First Time Using Incubator- Have Some Questions

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Shouldn't it be all black by now? I remember not being able to see this much with the chick eggs I did two years ago (under a broody hen).

Yes, I'd expect it to be darker. Not seeing veins there either. Are they all like that?

 

[JonesLaneChickens]

Yes, I'd expect it to be darker. Not seeing veins there either. Are they all like that?

Pretty much. One I know is for sure dead because when I move the egg, it looks like it is sloshing. I read on another post that that means the egg is really dead.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Pretty much. One I know is for sure dead because when I move the egg, it looks like it is sloshing. I read on another post that that means the egg is really dead.

Well, that's not good. Depending on what you mean by sloshing, that can mean they're dead. Anything weird happen during incubation within the last week or so?

 

[JonesLaneChickens]

Well, that's not good. Depending on what you mean by sloshing, that can mean they're dead. Anything weird happen during incubation within the last week or so?

I did increase the humidity just a little bit to 40% because the air cell didn't look like it was as dehydrated as much as it should be for hatching. I didn't think that would cause the ducks to die. The highest it went was 44. But there was movement. I think it has been in the last few days or so.

 

[jvls1942]

I vote NO on two thermometers.
one can be off setting at too low.
what is to say the other one won't be also ?
take one thermometer and put your whole faith in it.
also, 102F is too high. better to be too low than too high.
I would set it at no more than 100F.

I just hatched 9 muscovy eggs at 90F
had 100% hatch.
and after 30 years of hatching, my thermometer is dead on..
It took a long time to get my thermometers to be dead on. I have a box full of incorrect ones..
I have 3 cabinet type incubators with a capacity of 3500 eggs combined.

before going to the cabinet bators, I was running 8 hova's and Lg's at a time.

those are my credentials.

you mentioned buff orpington . those are chickens, right ?
the incubation time is 21 days for chickens.

duck eggs can go over time. I give mine at least 30 days and sometimes more..

 

[JonesLaneChickens]

I vote NO on two thermometers.
one can be off setting at too low.
what is to say the other one won't be also ?
take one thermometer and put your whole faith in it.
also, 102F is too high. better to be too low than too high.
I would set it at no more than 100F.

I just hatched 9 muscovy eggs at 90F
had 100% hatch.
and after 30 years of hatching, my thermometer is dead on..
It took a long time to get my thermometers to be dead on. I have a box full of incorrect ones..
I have 3 cabinet type incubators with a capacity of 3500 eggs combined.

before going to the cabinet bators, I was running 8 hova's and Lg's at a time.

those are my credentials.

you mentioned buff orpington . those are chickens, right ?
the incubation time is 21 days for chickens.

duck eggs can go over time. I give mine at least 30 days and sometimes more..

These are buff orpington and Cayuga ducks. Both thermometers are reading the same time.

So was the incubator too hot? They were growing and everything was going fine. It just went wrong recently. Day 28 would be Friday. Should I hang on to the ones that are not positive they are dead and wait longer? I know at least one or two for sure are dead. So I should probably remove them.

 

[JonesLaneChickens]

Also one of the eggs looks kind of red inside when I candle it. It didn't a day ago.