I Need help troubleshooting bad hatches.
I have had the worst hatches this year. The hatch rate has been so terrible from shipped eggs that I'm at my wits end.
I use a Genesis Hovabator 1588 with an automatic turner. I use a few different thermometers to double check themperature including an electronic hi/low temp/humidity thermometer. Humidity is checked daily . The incubator is supposed to do the rest. Temp stays about 100. I know there are no spikes because the hi/low readings never show such.
Last year I incubated a few sets of eggs with much better hatch rates than I am able to get this year.
So far I've gotten the following:
Out of a batch of 14 Chantecler eggs, 2 hatched
Out of a second batch of 13 turkey eggs I got 3 (two died on day 1)
Out of a third batch of 12 NN eggs I got ONE!
And now I have a batch of 13 Araucana eggs that are two days past hatch date and NO CHICKS, not one! Actually my attempt at Araucana eggs last year failed too.
So far I've spent $200 for rotten eggs.
Is the USPS radiating the eggs shipped with X-rays? Excessive heat? Pressure issues from air travel? Is it the feed, like the cows that keep aborting calves from the new organism found in GMO grain?
At this rate I am doomed. Can anyone help me figure this out?
I have had the worst hatches this year. The hatch rate has been so terrible from shipped eggs that I'm at my wits end.
I use a Genesis Hovabator 1588 with an automatic turner. I use a few different thermometers to double check themperature including an electronic hi/low temp/humidity thermometer. Humidity is checked daily . The incubator is supposed to do the rest. Temp stays about 100. I know there are no spikes because the hi/low readings never show such.
Last year I incubated a few sets of eggs with much better hatch rates than I am able to get this year.
So far I've gotten the following:
Out of a batch of 14 Chantecler eggs, 2 hatched
Out of a second batch of 13 turkey eggs I got 3 (two died on day 1)
Out of a third batch of 12 NN eggs I got ONE!
And now I have a batch of 13 Araucana eggs that are two days past hatch date and NO CHICKS, not one! Actually my attempt at Araucana eggs last year failed too.
So far I've spent $200 for rotten eggs.
Is the USPS radiating the eggs shipped with X-rays? Excessive heat? Pressure issues from air travel? Is it the feed, like the cows that keep aborting calves from the new organism found in GMO grain?
At this rate I am doomed. Can anyone help me figure this out?