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[HuskerHens18]

Still no pips... I wonder if that power outage a couple weeks ago stunted them?

 

[BlueBaby]

Still no pips... I wonder if that power outage a couple weeks ago stunted them?

Did you try to candle them to look for sign's of life?

 

[HuskerHens18]

Did you try to candle them to look for sign's of life?

Not yet, at lockdown everyone was alive and moving around great. How long should I give them before I candle? There are still no pips and no peeping...

 

[BlueBaby]

Not yet, at lockdown everyone was alive and moving around great. How long should I give them before I candle? There are still no pips and no peeping...

I'm not sure when your hatch date for them was. I think that a broody hen gives them three days to hatch before she get's off of the nest?

 

[HuskerHens18]

I'm not sure when your hatch date for them was. I think that a broody hen gives them three days to hatch before she get's off of the nest?

The 4th was hatchday I'll give them a couple days before I open the incubator and bother anything

 

[BlueBaby]

The 4th was hatchday I'll give them a couple days before I open the incubator and bother anything

My hatch day was supposed to be on the 5th, but a couple of them started hatching yesterday afternoon on the 3rd. I had 10 of those White Breese eggs out of 12 that made it to lock-down, and 9 of those have hatched out now.

 

[HuskerHens18]

My hatch day was supposed to be on the 5th, but a couple of them started hatching yesterday afternoon on the 3rd. I had 10 of those White Breese eggs out of 12 that made it to lock-down, and 9 of those have hatched out now.

Well that's good they're hatching! I'm jumping to conclusions pretty fast but I wonder if that power outage messed up my heater and so they're behind because the temp is too cold?

 

[BlueBaby]

Well that's good they're hatching! I'm jumping to conclusions pretty fast but I wonder if that power outage messed up my heater and so they're behind because the temp is too cold?

That could have caused a late hatch. How long was your power out for? Do you have a thermometer to put in there with the eggs? What about humidity?

 

[HuskerHens18]

That could have caused a late hatch. How long was your power out for? Do you have a thermometer to put in there with the eggs? What about humidity?

The power was out for an hour, I threw a bunch of blankets over the incubator while it was out. I used an Egg-O-Meter and it worked fine up until last week when suddenly it was reading in the 70's and it won't come up or down, even when I opened the incubator to do lockdown. My humidity is between 65 and 70% and hasn't changed since lockdown. Not even a little.

 

[BlueBaby]

The power was out for an hour, I threw a bunch of blankets over the incubator while it was out. I used an Egg-O-Meter and it worked fine up until last week when suddenly it was reading in the 70's and it won't come up or down, even when I opened the incubator to do lockdown. My humidity is between 65 and 70% and hasn't changed since lockdown. Not even a little.

So, you are not even sure what temp that your incubator is at. That could be your problem right there. I would have added a thermometer in there when I noticed that your egg-o-meter was no longer working. I run 2 of them in mine just to make sure that they match.