INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Chaos18]

I'm thinking the same thing. It's happened before, but not recently. At least it didn't go to waste; I tossed it over the fence

Yea I've had a couple of them.

My May 30 pullets aren't even close, nor are the April 22 pullets I picked up a couple days ago.
...

My Easter pullets just started laying about 2 weeks ago.

Back to work for me. I need to find a job; I need the rest.

Toodles

 

[Shoop]

I put my 5th batch of eggs from my chickens in my incubator over the weekend. It has an automatic turner and the humidity is between 55 and 60%. I have never gotten a live chick from my incubator. I had a little cheapy one that I couldn't keep the humidity correct and then bought a nice big one with the turner installed. Last batch I put 8 eggs in but only 5 had a dot in them on day 4. I kept them in there until they were 3 days overdue. Then I cracked them all open and 3 were nothing, 1 was a teeny little chick that had started and failed to grow and 1 was big and filled the shell and may have pipped out on it's own if I had known to float check him. I just learned about that here a few days ago. So now I have about 12 eggs in the incubator starting over. Let's see how they do now that I know a little more. Thanks for all the info though on humidity & temp levels.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Hi @Shoop

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The fence I tossed it over has 8 chickens on the other side that all came running when it hit the ground.

OOH! I'd be afraid of creating egg eaters.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Hi @Sybil Usry

 

[Chaos18]

I put my 5th batch of eggs from my chickens in my incubator over the weekend. It has an automatic turner and the humidity is between 55 and 60%. I have never gotten a live chick from my incubator. I had a little cheapy one that I couldn't keep the humidity correct and then bought a nice big one with the turner installed. Last batch I put 8 eggs in but only 5 had a dot in them on day 4. I kept them in there until they were 3 days overdue. Then I cracked them all open and 3 were nothing, 1 was a teeny little chick that had started and failed to grow and 1 was big and filled the shell and may have pipped out on it's own if I had known to float check him. I just learned about that here a few days ago. So now I have about 12 eggs in the incubator starting over. Let's see how they do now that I know a little more. Thanks for all the info though on humidity & temp levels.

Try keeping you humidity down in the 30-35% range to start of with.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I put my 5th batch of eggs from my chickens in my incubator over the weekend. It has an automatic turner and the humidity is between 55 and 60%. I have never gotten a live chick from my incubator. I had a little cheapy one that I couldn't keep the humidity correct and then bought a nice big one with the turner installed. Last batch I put 8 eggs in but only 5 had a dot in them on day 4. I kept them in there until they were 3 days overdue. Then I cracked them all open and 3 were nothing, 1 was a teeny little chick that had started and failed to grow and 1 was big and filled the shell and may have pipped out on it's own if I had known to float check him. I just learned about that here a few days ago. So now I have about 12 eggs in the incubator starting over. Let's see how they do now that I know a little more. Thanks for all the info though on humidity & temp levels.

i agree with Chaos, need to get the humidity down

HUMIDITY Humidity is NOT a set number!

It is a tool to get the correct weight loss in the egg! post #7068 see Hatching Eggs 101

WHY do we need less humidity to get the best weight loss for colored hatching eggs during incubation? post #36320
Reducing humidity during the first 18 days of incubation post #109266
KEEPING MOLD and BACTERIAL from growing in water WELLS during incubation post #1644



HEAT SINKS/ Stones/Pebbles ADD THEM TO STYRO! post #43903

Calibration is a MUST: HOW TO CALIBRATE post #9068

 

[Shoop]

Hi! Thanks for the welcome!!

 

[Pensmaster]

Nice of you to show up.

Hi Liz

 

[mlm Mike]

I put my 5th batch of eggs from my chickens in my incubator over the weekend. It has an automatic turner and the humidity is between 55 and 60%. I have never gotten a live chick from my incubator. I had a little cheapy one that I couldn't keep the humidity correct and then bought a nice big one with the turner installed. Last batch I put 8 eggs in but only 5 had a dot in them on day 4. I kept them in there until they were 3 days overdue. Then I cracked them all open and 3 were nothing, 1 was a teeny little chick that had started and failed to grow and 1 was big and filled the shell and may have pipped out on it's own if I had known to float check him. I just learned about that here a few days ago. So now I have about 12 eggs in the incubator starting over. Let's see how they do now that I know a little more. Thanks for all the info though on humidity & temp levels.

Is your thermometer and hygrometer accurate?