Hatching help

[alexlagan]

Hi, I'm after some advice if possible and apologies if this has already been asked.

We have had some eggs in an incubator for the last 3 weeks, Friday gone was hatch day one pipped on Thursday evening and by Friday had made decent progress, then another pipped. Saturday morning chick number 1 hadn't really got much further and chick 2 had a little. By yesterday tea time everything stopped, chick 1 stopped chirping and none of the eggs we have seen wobbling are doing anything. I fear the worst for chick 1 and chick 2. But dont understand what has happened, none of the eggs we have previously seen wobbling are moving now, it's like everything has stopped and we have lost them all.

Is there something that could have caused this? We have had temperature and humidity as it should be all the way though and believe we have done everything right. This is our first time hatching and did a lot of reading up before hand. We have used a borrowed brinsea polyhatch incubator which albeit old it works and the temperature reading etc appeared right as I got a new digital thermometer with a humidity reading to and tested prior to putting the eggs in.

Any advice as to what may have happened or where we might have gone wrong would be very much appreciated. Thanks

 

[Rooster G]

There are many factors: nutrition of parent stock, shipped eggs, care of stored eggs, bacteria, age of parent flock, true reading of temps and humidity, etc.

The best thing to do is get more eggs and do it again.

 

[alexlagan]

There are many factors: nutrition of parent stock, shipped eggs, care of stored eggs, bacteria, age of parent flock, true reading of temps and humidity, etc.

The best thing to do is get more eggs and do it again.

Thanks! All a learning experience for us. Think we will definitely try again. My kids have been so excited and now a big disappointment. Still going to give the eggs a few more days and cross our fingers