Help with incubation

[Lucasstricker]

This is my first time ever hatching chicken eggs with an incubator. I've had chickens my whole life but I decided to hatch some of my own. I made mistakes.. I bought a $33 incubator off of Amazon, I did a lot of research on how yo take care of them. But I put nine eggs total in the incubator the problem was I put different eggs in there at different days. Time went on and I was left with five eggs. I could see movement while canceling they all looked healthy. When hatching day came I had two eggs that were due. The first egg pipped a day early and after 30 hours the chick hadnt made any progress. So I slowly helped it hatch and that one is doing good. The next egg that was due still was a day late and had lots of blood seeping out of the egg as it pipped. It did not make it so I opened it up to see what was wrong and it seems like the part that absorbs the yolk did not finish developing and it had lots of material and blood still out of it. I had a third one due yesterday and it still has not hatched. After the first chick that hatched I went to the store and bought a real incubator I moved all the eggs into the one I bought. I know I probably shouldn't have done this but I candled the one that was due yesterday a few days ago and it had movement. So basically with the old incubator I was having to open and close it a lot and I transferred all of them into a new incubator. There are still two left one is due tomorrow and the other Friday. Thank you so much for reading and if you have any suggestions I'd be happy to hear. The photo attached was from the chick that didn't fully develop it's yolk thing.

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

what $33 incubator did you buy on amazon?

 

[Lucasstricker]

what $33 incubator did you buy on amazon?

I've seen it under different names now but it's circular and it has a little blue section.

 

[BlueBaby]

Were they all from the same hen? Is that why you put them in on different day's? It's best when you are doing a small batch like that to put them in all at the same time, otherwise you will drown the last chick's when you are putting the first one's in lockdown and upping the humidity.

 

[Lucasstricker]

Were they all from the same hen? Is that why you put them in on different day's? It's best when you are doing a small batch like that to put them in all at the same time, otherwise you will drown the last chick's when you are putting the first one's in lockdown and upping the humidity.

Yes, I only had 1 hen laying at the time. I hope I didn't drown the others. I just opened an egg that was 4 days late to see what happened. I saw no movement from candling and it seemed like there was loose parts just floating around, but it was still alive... I felt horrible. It seemed to be nowhere near ready to hatch though.

 

[BlueBaby]

You can wait to set those egg's then until you have 7 if she is a daily egg layer. The egg's would still be fertile after that time so that you can set them all at once. Just set your egg's in an egg carton with the pointy side down on the counter or such in a cool dark corner.

 

[Stoneymama]

Yes, I only had 1 hen laying at the time. I hope I didn't drown the others. I just opened an egg that was 4 days late to see what happened. I saw no movement from candling and it seemed like there was loose parts just floating around, but it was still alive... I felt horrible. It seemed to be nowhere near ready to hatch though.

What was the humidity at befor lockdown? Iv seen this happen with some of my eggs ,if u incubate the humidity should stay between 40-50% if it gets to high durring developmental stages it can cuase over growth if they dont drown ,I had a set duck eggs and after 3 days check for fertility check to find that there were some 5-7 day embryos as well as 3 day embryos so.i ended up with a scattered hatch 7 out of 12 eggs hatched the last one to hatch sounded like it was choking so I knew if I didn't get the membrane away from its nostrils it didnt have a chance so I took a chance and helped it out enough that so it could breath ,but it stared pouring really thin blood (a puddle the size of a softball)I stopped and put it back in the incubator with half its shell ,I thought I killed it ....the next morning checked and it stopped bleeding and wasn't moving but it was peeping ,after 2 days in the incubator I moved it to a box with cloth in the bottom to keep the others from hurting it and put it in the brooder I gave it super water and chick starter mash for a week ... she is alive and well today at almost 2 years old , the eggs that didn't make it looked like the one in the photo you posted ,if u chose to attempt helping be very careful goodluck

 

[HeatherKellyB]

This article is extremely helpful, especially if you're one that doesn't mind assisting. I read this each and every time I incubate eggs. Another good tip I've learned is to keep a separate calibrated thermometer and hydrometer in the incubator, because the incubator readout isn't always correct and artificial incubation has pretty specific ranges for the best outcome. If your temperature has been too high, your hatchlings may hatch early and/or with problems. If temp has been too low, they may take longer to incubate and have issues.

Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry