INCUBATOR HATCHING

[Sharmaine]

I need some help re chicks dying after pecking egg in incubator. I have hatched 5 and 5 died. What am i doing wrong. It saddens me when they die. Any suggestions are welcome.

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

Are you sure they're dead? What day are they on? Did you try to open them at all or are you leaving them alone? If they have a pip hole in the shell but aren't moving it doesnt mean they died. They rest a lot and take lots of breaks.

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

Unless you are 100% sure all are dead I would wait and leave them. It can take an entire day for them to come out.

 

[ChickyFeed]

It’s a waiting game...it’s takes awhile. Hopefully they are alive

 

[Sharmaine]

Thanks for the replies. Chicks are definitely dead. I helped 3 chicks out the shell. One hadn't absorbed the yolk and died. The ones that died I took out of shell, they were perfectly formed but yolk was partially out. Could it be the temperature and humidity.

 

[ChickyFeed]

So sorry to hear that...what was the temp and humidity?

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

Thanks for the replies. Chicks are definitely dead. I helped 3 chicks out the shell. One hadn't absorbed the yolk and died. The ones that died I took out of shell, they were perfectly formed but yolk was partially out. Could it be the temperature and humidity.

Im so sorry. It always sucks. No matter how many times it happens to us

 

[Sharmaine]

So sorry to hear that...what was the temp and humidity?

Temp was 38 degrees and humidity 60. Busy collecting eggs to try again. Suggestions welcome.

 

[ChickyFeed]

Temp sounds good..we put our humidity at 70-75 before hatching...but that may just be what our incubator calls for.

 

[Sharmaine]

Thanks, at what temp/humidity do you do the 1st 18 days before lockdown. And do you up the humidity for lockdown. I'm adamant that I must get it right.