I have been hatching mixed large fowl and small bantam eggs together, Silkie. The large eggs I get 80 to 90 percent hatch rate. The bantams maybe 20 percent. The bantams look good at lockdown. Hatch rate sucks. My second hatch I had 2 silkies with splayed legs and a 3rd with bit wry neck and splayed legs and all those 3 ended up dying. The silkies eat the same food as my large fowl birds since I get a good hatch rate with large eggs I am thinking it is not a nutrient deficiency. Anyone else hatch mixed large and small have this problem.
I use the old styrofoam incubators with force fan, heat. The one styrofoam I do get some temp fluctuation. I suppose degree and half, I use a STC 1000 with it. I am getting to think it is a temperature problem.
Thanks
I use the old styrofoam incubators with force fan, heat. The one styrofoam I do get some temp fluctuation. I suppose degree and half, I use a STC 1000 with it. I am getting to think it is a temperature problem.
Thanks