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In the Brooder
I am not certain what we are doing wrong of if a witch just hexxed us with bad fertility.
First round we got our eggs from a local breeder- she included 6 extras to make certain we would be well off.
We are using a still air incubator and at this time with no turner.
We kept the temp between 99 - 101 degrees (it fluctuated depending on time of day). Humidity I think was high (35-40%)
We candled at 7 days and of the 18 eggs only 4 lacked signs of development. We removed them and continued.
Next candling (14 days) we lost 5 eggs at no development. The rest were so full of chick you could only see the air sack.
3 days before hatch we brought humidity up to 55% - 60%; of the remaining eggs only one pipped but was unable to hatch on its own. The rest died in their shells.
So we tried again. Cleaned out the incubator and got another dozen hatching eggs. This time we got an automatic egg turner. My husband looked up dry incubation techniques.
He was in charge of this one and had the still air temp set to 100 degrees. Again we candled and showed development at the stages but between days 7-14 we lost about half the dozen we purchased. Come hatch day not even a peep or a pip despite raising humidity up again to make hatching easier.
What are we doing wrong?
First round we got our eggs from a local breeder- she included 6 extras to make certain we would be well off.
We are using a still air incubator and at this time with no turner.
We kept the temp between 99 - 101 degrees (it fluctuated depending on time of day). Humidity I think was high (35-40%)
We candled at 7 days and of the 18 eggs only 4 lacked signs of development. We removed them and continued.
Next candling (14 days) we lost 5 eggs at no development. The rest were so full of chick you could only see the air sack.
3 days before hatch we brought humidity up to 55% - 60%; of the remaining eggs only one pipped but was unable to hatch on its own. The rest died in their shells.
So we tried again. Cleaned out the incubator and got another dozen hatching eggs. This time we got an automatic egg turner. My husband looked up dry incubation techniques.
He was in charge of this one and had the still air temp set to 100 degrees. Again we candled and showed development at the stages but between days 7-14 we lost about half the dozen we purchased. Come hatch day not even a peep or a pip despite raising humidity up again to make hatching easier.
What are we doing wrong?