Hello, so after my unsuccessful hatch the first time, I want to try again. I have no idea where it went wrong - when we broke open the egg, the yolk wasn't fully absorbed but it just never pipped (I do have pictures but unsure if I should post because it's rather messy). Is there any tips on what I should do? My cousin, who incubated the eggs my parents gave to her, has a higher success rate the second time around (all eggs pipped), but the problem is, she is doing everything opposite of what I've seen online. We live in a rather humid climate, and her humidity is 70-85% the first 18 days and now during lockdown, it's at 97%. She opens her incubator every day to turn eggs herself despite the machine being automatic and also sprays water on the eggs when she does that. I'm pretty sure she sprays during lockdown, but I'm not 100% sure (my mom the one that talks to her, not me).
We use the same egg incubator - it was some free one my cousin got online through Amazon Vine. My parents did agree to buy a new egg incubator for our second try, but I think they are somewhat regretting it now because they see my cousin with all her eggs pipped. I'm just confused how it happened. The first time around, we kept the humidity around 40-65% during first 18 days (the incubator emits a rather loud beep if it dips below 40% for 2 hours so dry incubation isn't a choice during the first batch and machine doesn't let me control humidity) and during lockdown, we kept it at 70-80%. Only one hatched of the seven that went to lockdown, the others never pipped on Day 25.
The eggs we use our from our own chickens. I did candle it to see, and all of them are slightly porous. It's not excessive, but could that have caused an issue? Do they need a different humidity? Thanks in advance for any advice!
We use the same egg incubator - it was some free one my cousin got online through Amazon Vine. My parents did agree to buy a new egg incubator for our second try, but I think they are somewhat regretting it now because they see my cousin with all her eggs pipped. I'm just confused how it happened. The first time around, we kept the humidity around 40-65% during first 18 days (the incubator emits a rather loud beep if it dips below 40% for 2 hours so dry incubation isn't a choice during the first batch and machine doesn't let me control humidity) and during lockdown, we kept it at 70-80%. Only one hatched of the seven that went to lockdown, the others never pipped on Day 25.
The eggs we use our from our own chickens. I did candle it to see, and all of them are slightly porous. It's not excessive, but could that have caused an issue? Do they need a different humidity? Thanks in advance for any advice!
