Hi hatchers. Please help with advice. I feel like a terribly bad hatching person. Firstly, this is my first incubation attempt. I received the eggs from a friend. She has been hatching for quite awhile, however her last hatch was 1/42. This might affect my hatch rate.??? I have attempted 31 eggs. Of those, 7 were definitely not fertile when candled on days 11 and 14, so they were removed. Of the 24 remaining, 12 are olive and blue Araucanas and were impossible for me to see through when I candled. The rest were definitely developing and most were moving. I am using a forced air incubator, model 4250 from farm innovators. I used three thermometers at the beginning. Two were reading exact same temps consistently. One was way off. The digital one with the unit was correct. For the first 17 days they were on a turner. The humidity was between 40 and 58. It fluctuated wildly. On the 20th day an Araucana hatched perfectly. It basically pipped, zipped, jumped out and started walking around. It didn't look even all that wet. My second BCM hatched yesterday, day 21. A little slower out, a little more wet but not much, and within an hour of hatch was walking around also. I have one more trying to zip today, day 22, another Araucana. It looks soggyish around the zip line. I've been trying to keep my humidity around 70. I'm afraid it's drowning or something. Not a thing is going on with any of the other eggs. I feel totally responsible for these little things and am also a bit heartbroken that only 2 have hatched. This third peep looks wet to me. A bubble came out of its beak. Please give me advice. This is just really crummy. I don't know how you all do this without being sick over it!
