Thanks for trying to help...I really had thought that I read EVERYTHING on incubating eggs, and I did things so carefully!
Did you open the eggs that did not hatch? If so were they fully developed?
I did. Some looked like they started to develop, but then quit.
How old were the eggs?
Were they yours or shipped?
They were not more than 6 days old, I think I stored them wrong just large side down in an egg carton. They were my eggs, not shipped.
Did you stop turning from day 18 till the end?
Did you increase your moisture the last 3 days?
Yes and Yes.
Did you open the incubator to add water after day 18?
No.
Did you open to remove chicks as they hatched or waited till after the hatch date to open?
I took the first two out, once they were dry. At that point it didnt look like any others were going to hatch, and the two chicks were crashing into the eggs rolling them all over. I would have left the tray in the incubator...but I was missing the last page of the manual, by the time I got it emailed to me, I had already taken the tray out because I needed it to stop turning. Once the 3rd chick hatched, he seemed really weak...and overnight he died, was laying on his back in the incubator. When I opened it to take him out I checked the one that was zipping and he was dead too! So I took both of them out.
I will say, I feel a bit more confident now with this hatch!
Did you open the eggs that did not hatch? If so were they fully developed?
I did. Some looked like they started to develop, but then quit.
How old were the eggs?
Were they yours or shipped?
They were not more than 6 days old, I think I stored them wrong just large side down in an egg carton. They were my eggs, not shipped.
Did you stop turning from day 18 till the end?
Did you increase your moisture the last 3 days?
Yes and Yes.
Did you open the incubator to add water after day 18?
No.
Did you open to remove chicks as they hatched or waited till after the hatch date to open?
I took the first two out, once they were dry. At that point it didnt look like any others were going to hatch, and the two chicks were crashing into the eggs rolling them all over. I would have left the tray in the incubator...but I was missing the last page of the manual, by the time I got it emailed to me, I had already taken the tray out because I needed it to stop turning. Once the 3rd chick hatched, he seemed really weak...and overnight he died, was laying on his back in the incubator. When I opened it to take him out I checked the one that was zipping and he was dead too! So I took both of them out.
I will say, I feel a bit more confident now with this hatch!