My first hatch failed :(

[Krazy]

I had about 29 chicks eggs inside my incubator and they all failed

There was a lot of movement inside the eggs but on the last day they all stopped and none hatched. I think I had the temperature wrong.

Now, I bought an water weasel since people use them and I stuck a thermometer inside it. I have it on 99.5 and outside is 40c / 104 degrees

Humidity is at 60%

Please correct me if Im wrong I wanna try again but wanna have success

Im trying to hatch silkies eggs

 

[justusnak]

First let me say, I am so sorry about your hatch.
Sounds like you have it all together now...but the last pic, the thermometer...reads in the 70's??? Toooo cold!!

 

[Krazy]

lol it was on my bed it isnt inside the incubator dont have anything in it yet.

the bottom one was at 104 degree's

 

[jackiedon]

I'm sorry about your chicks.

I would think for the first 18 days I would keep the humidity less than 60%. When I hatched my silkies I kept the humidity at about 40 % for the first 18 days and I had about an 85-90% hatch rate. I also opened the lid for about 15 minutes a day. (I read in an FFA Book) I know most people don't do this but I tried it.

Good luck with the new batch.

jackie

 

[Krazy]

40% seems really low.

I can't even make it go to 50% stable.

 

[Krazy]

Inside the water weasel is it suppose to be 99.5 degrees?