Incubation!

[usmanshahzada]

I recently bought a 25 eggs incubator. I placed 24 eggs in it and unfortunately no chicks were hatched. What could be the reason? I maintained 37.8 Temperature plus humidity was normally between 65-85. Once or twice humidity fell down to 31 percent. Any thoughts?

Its cold here in Abbottabad and night temperature falls below 0 degree sometime so does this has anything to do with it?

 

[Squishychicken]

37.8°c?

 

[Squishychicken]

when you cracked the eggs open did they have growing babies,looked liked scrambled eggs or just had a normal yolk?

 

[Squishychicken]

we're did you get the eggs

how long and how were they stored before they were put 8n the

 

[BantyChooks]

I recently bought a 25 eggs incubator. I placed 24 eggs in it and unfortunately no chicks were hatched. What could be the reason? I maintained 37.8 Temperature plus humidity was normally between 65-85. Once or twice humidity fell down to 31 percent. Any thoughts?

Its cold here in Abbottabad and night temperature falls below 0 degree sometime so does this has anything to do with it?

Your humidity was likely way too high. Did you candle the eggs to make sure the air cells were the right size? I personally have to run about 30% humidity all the time to make sure the eggs have an appropriate sized air cell.
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Your temperature sounds good. Have you calibrated your thermometers? You should have more than one. What level are they compared to the eggs? All of those could wreck a hatch.

 

[usmanshahzada]

37.8°c?

Yes

 

[usmanshahzada]

we're did you get the eggs

how long and how were they stored before they were put 8n the

14/24 eggs were 1 month old approx

 

[usmanshahzada]

when you cracked the eggs open did they have growing babies,looked liked scrambled eggs or just had a normal yolk?

I broke one today and it had normal yolk in it

 

[BantyChooks]

14/24 eggs were 1 month old approx

Storage for longer than 10 days can result in slightly lower hatch rates, but unless they were stored in temperatures below 0* you still should have had some hatch.

I broke one today and it had normal yolk in it

Was it fertile? Could you tell?

 

[usmanshahzada]

Your humidity was likely way too high. Did you candle the eggs to make sure the air cells were the right size? I personally have to run about 30% humidity all the time to make sure the eggs have an appropriate sized air cell.
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Your temperature sounds good. Have you calibrated your thermometers? You should have more than one. What level are they compared to the eggs? All of those could wreck a hatch.

It was written on the manual that came with the incubator that humidity should be between 65 to 85
While the guy from whom i bought this incubator said that it should be between 50 to 60