Help my chicks are dying

[debbruther]

I have a digital temp/humid and the temp the inc came with. The inc is a Little Giant that I have added a circulating fan too. The temp has remained between 99.5 and 100.8 Humidity for the first 18 days was mostly between 40% to 60% then 75%+. When I added warm water the temp would shoot up and the humidity would shoot up but leveled out within half hour. thanks so much for your advise very frustrated 12 out of 31 eggs hatched.. ugh

Haven't had any non shipped eggs to hatch..

 

[BaileyBoy]

I have a digital temp/humid and the temp the inc came with. The inc is a Little Giant that I have added a circulating fan too. The temp has remained between 99.5 and 100.8 Humidity for the first 18 days was mostly between 40% to 60% then 75%+. When I added warm water the temp would shoot up and the humidity would shoot up but leveled out within half hour. thanks so much for your advise very frustrated 12 out of 31 eggs hatched.. ugh

Haven't had any non shipped eggs to hatch..

its probably not you. when you get shipped eggs from unproffesional places, its a 50/50 chance that the eggs got placed in an x-ray-type machine that may have killed any possability of an embryo

 

[debbruther]

they develop and are still moving on the 18th day..

 

[BaileyBoy]

they develop and are still moving on the 18th day..

sorry forgot about that part

I dont know what to tell you. but i hope i find out as well. my only other theories would be if the eggs get to cold or shaken to much during the transition. hope your next batch goes great!

 

[misbhaven]

How are you hatching them? Laying down in cartons? ..shipped eggs are harder to hatch period the air cells are unstable at best. Are you resting eggs at least 12 hours when you get them? Have you done eggtopsey ? Chicks might be malpostioned and drowning which is a big problem with shipped eggs. I have heard silkie eggs do best in cartons when hatching...do you clean incubator between hatches? I would try some large fowl look on craigslist someone is always selling eggs ask if they are fertile or they have any fertile even if you don't want that breed just to practice . You could always give the chicks away... good luck I am hatching shipped duck eggs right now just waiting on the external pip. Actually candle shipped eggs unless done in place in your bator can do more harm than good the air cells many times remain unstable the same reason no turning for first 3 days.

 

[BaileyBoy]

... I am hatching shipped duck eggs right now just waiting on the external pip.

Please keep us posted good luck

 

[misbhaven]

I will...blue swedish

 

[debbruther]

I have them in the egg turners then lay them in the bottom of inc. last 18 days. I do let them rest and I do open them. Several look just dead, couple had fluid. Majority have the saddle looking air pocket.

 

[debbruther]

So reread this... so I shouldn't candle at all? Day 18 you recommend putting them in an egg carton little tip down to hatch?

 

[debbruther]

I clean inc each time with antibacterial soap and mist everything with alcohol then air dry.