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Hiya, and welcome to BYC!! :frow

I have had eggs hatch Day 18 all the way up to Day 24, so I never fret anymore and just let 'em do their thing. Your incubator should be at 99.5F, but it can vary a degree either way pretty safely. More than that, and you could affect the mortality and/or disability rate, as well as what day they hatch.

I have about 6 Govee hygrometer/thermometers as I used them in two brooders and two Brinsea incubators. Sometimes I've got two in one or the other. This version is on sale, you get two for about $20. I have a couple of those.

Edit: Here's another pair of them at an even cheaper price. Yes, I have these too lol.
 
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janiedoe said:
Welcome to BYC. What incubator are you using? It's always a good idea to buy a quality incubator, even if you go smaller.
I don't hatch for selling. My little incubator is here for emergencies only, such as when a hen has left the nest. It only holds 7 eggs but generally gives me a 95% to 100% hatch rate. It is a Brinsea.
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This one is the 50 egg Triocottage incubator. I had a small 12 egg incubator a cheap Chinese brand that had the little sliding tray and little dividers.... Had good luck with it but have it to my nephew. I got 9 out of 12 with it. Then I bought a 30 egg incubator but it's turners just rocked back and forth and I didn't know his good that'd be. I still have it, but I still bought a new one when I seen this Triocottage was on sale for $50 sum dollars. The only thing is it's burns the water up so fast. I think my problem may be humidity level being right at the right stages of development.
 
Debbie292d said:
Hiya, and welcome to BYC!! :frow

I have had eggs hatch Day 18 all the way up to Day 24, so I never fret anymore and just let 'em do their thing. Your incubator should be at 99.5F, but it can vary a degree either way pretty safely. More than that, and you could affect the mortality and/or disability rate, as well as what day they hatch.

I have about 6 Govee hygrometer/thermometers as I used them in two brooders and two Brinsea incubators. Sometimes I've got two in one or the other. This version is on sale, you get two for about $20. I have a couple of those.
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This time I started at 37.7 until the eggs developed a bit then put it on 38* Celsius.
 
TwoCrows said:
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow

So sorry your hatch isn't going as planned. As stated above, a good incubator and a small gauge put inside the machine making hatching more successful. Never rely on just the machines temp and humidity, they go out of calibration easily. I'd leave the eggs for several more days, 21 days is not written in stone.
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What's the longest I should wait? Don't want a ticking time bomb to infect the other chicks in the eggs.... I heard a bad egg can cause bacteria that can infect the yolk of the baby chicks. Also, is that accurate information about the bad egg?
 
Krosfyre9838 said:
What's the longest I should wait? Don't want a ticking time bomb to infect the other chicks in the eggs.... I heard a bad egg can cause bacteria that can infect the yolk of the baby chicks. Also, is that accurate information about the bad egg?
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Yes, that's accurate, but in all of my hatching, I have never once had that happen nor heard of it happening. I candle before I put them in lockdown, so at that point, the eggs going into lockdown are all viable. It would take more than a few days for it to rot to the point of explosion.
 

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