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

[portagee]

I hope not. For embryo's sake.

That reminds me of a Steve Martin joke in his standup routine.
[COLOR=A52A2A]"I want to be master of all space, time and dimension.[/COLOR]
[pause for effect]
[COLOR=B22222]Then -- I want to go to Europe."[/COLOR]



Yes nice ratio. My first hatches this year resulted in 9 pullets and 3 males. 75% Very fortunate. I've only had one big hatch I can remember that was largely males. However, a guy in Puerto Rico that I shipped eggs to, only got one pullet out of his hatch.

There are other possibilities besides high humidity. That's likely albumen on the chicks.
Are they all hatching at 21 days or early? Low temp is possible.
Are they in an auto turner? Improper turning results in reduced nutrient absorption.
The other two possibilities are very large or very old eggs.
ETA
Other questions, where are you located and what is your normal ambient humidity? Are you sure your hygrometer/s are accurate?

They were hatched earlier than 21 days, I do have them on an auto turner.they are bantam eggs as far as size goes. They were shipped eggs, so I honestly don't know if they could be old. I let them relax for a day when I got them, then I put them in the incubator. I live just outside of Los Angeles County in California. It's not humid here at all but I'm not quite sure what the humidity is.

 

[kwhites634]

Sorry to hear about your hen Ur.

Be easier to build a kennel for the fricken' dog, at the owner's expense. There's a law here about loose, unleashed dogs.

 

[kwhites634]

The two people using the same avy...

That wouldn't be me, then; mine is custom made, one of a kind, 'til some schmuck appropriates it, then the gloves come off..no more Mr. Nice Guy

 

[portagee]

How do your air cells look upon lockdown? How about ventilation?

Air cells look ok, maybe a little bit larger, except fo one whose air sacs looked like a 7 day, they are not all the same, and I do have ventilation in the incubator with turner and in the hatching incubator

 

[Chaos18]

Air cells look ok, maybe a little bit larger, except fo one whose air sacs looked like a 7 day, they are not all the same, and I do have ventilation in the incubator with turner and in the hatching incubator

Thermo's and hygro's are calibrated?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Meyer hatchery has a good breed comparison chart as well.

I looked at one on some site, I'll have to look at meyers

 

[portagee]

How do your air cells look?  Do they match the charts?  High humidity at lock down should not be an issue if it's been appropriate before.  What's your hatch % of the chicks that make it to lock down?  There is an article in Hatching chicks 101 about diagnosing the hatch, I think.  Or do a thread search on sticky chicks.

I set 7 eggs that were shipped. 5 completely developed. Only one hatched out. The second one completely zipped and got stuck. The other 3 only piped internally. The air cells may have been slightly larger except fo one who didn't look like it fit in that eggs

 

[portagee]

Thermo's and hygro's are calibrated?

I use two different hygro's to confirm.and have like 4 thermostat

 

[Chaos18]

I set 7 eggs that were shipped. 5 completely developed. Only one hatched out. The second one completely zipped and got stuck. The other 3 only piped internally. The air cells may have been slightly larger except fo one who didn't look like it fit in that eggs

STUCK ZIPPING WHAT DO I DO? bottom of post #35770

I use two different hygro's to confirm.and have like 4 thermostat

Are they calibrated?

 

[Chaos18]

I use two different hygro's to confirm.and have like 4 thermostat

Calibration is a MUST: HOW TO CALIBRATE post #9068