Help!

[hhuffman66]

I just botched my first attempt at incubating and hatching eggs. All of my eggs matured into chick and eggs were moving up until day 21 but NONE of them hatched! It broke my heart. Anyone have an idea where I went wrong?

 

[Caitlin_VT]

Did you make sure to increase humidity for the last few days? And leave the incubator alone? This is one of the best resources - you should read it!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

 

[red golden]

How long did you leave them after day 21 . What was your temps and humidity throughout the process.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I just botched my first attempt at incubating and hatching eggs. All of my eggs matured into chick and eggs were moving up until day 21 but NONE of them hatched! It broke my heart. Anyone have an idea where I went wrong?

I am not sure what went on, can you add details? What was your incubation methods? humidity? and what did the chicks look like etc?

here are a few links for figuring out what went wrong..... from https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

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What Went Wrong During Incubation

Eggtopsy: What happened to my egg?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/363717/eggtopsy-what-happened-to-my-egg-graphic-pictures

Eggtopsy IMGAGES What went Wrong?
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1646/investigating-hatchery-practice-interpretation-of-quality-control-test-results

"Shrink wrap" vs. "Sticky chick"?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/491421/shrink-wrap-vs-sticky-chick#post_6242987

Trouble Shooting Failures with Egg Incubation http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/trouble.html

Hatchability Problem Analysis
http://www.natureform.com/kb/index.php?print=1011

Troubleshootting Incubation
http://www.poultry.msstate.edu/extension/pdf/troubleshooting_incubation.pdf
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8127.pdf

This is also a great pdf with pics: paste link in browser search:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=early%20emrbyo%20death%20%20incubation&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved=0CDsQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepoultrysite.com%2Fdownloads%2Fdownload%2F171%2F&ei=UllaUMXFHsmrygGnjoHICw&usg=AFQjCNGgYxCBYwBex31MS5w2McdnpH1zbw

ALSO this PDF at the last pages have a chart that shows what could have happened.... http://gallus.tamu.edu/library/extpublications/b6092.pdf
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