defenderinfaith
In the Brooder
This is day 23 of our incubation. 2 days ago 5 eggs hatched, 1 died within hours, 1 died that night, and one died this morning. The other 2 seem to be doing just fine, chirping and running around.
The 1 that died right away had not absorbed it's yoke.
The 1 that died that night never really moved after it hatched.
The 1 that died this morning had the yoke stuck to its body and we weren't able to remove it without teating skin.
We had 12 eggs left that hadn't hatched yet. Today I picked one that was laid over a month ago and opened it. The bird was fully formed but had not absorbed it's yoke sack. There was also no heart beat or movement, it was stiff and obviously dead.
I just candled, tapped and checked over the remaining 11 eggs. Not one has pipping, not one has movement and not one is peeping.
Do I just discount them all and clean out the incubator or do I wait?
We recently found out our rooster and hens have been eating locoweed, and have learned how that effects fertility and birth development.
We already lost42 eggs in our first incubation attempt (mostly due to human error we didn't know we were making but have corrected)
We found only 17 of the 30 in our second incubation were fertilized.
Again so far only 5 hatched and of those 5 only 2 survived...so far...
Incubator is set at 100F with 40% humidity, carefully monitored. Had an auto rotate and fan for air circulation.
Brooder is also monitored carefully and is 95F with chick feed and water, as well as room to move away from the lamp if needed.
Do I clean out my incubator or wait?
The 1 that died right away had not absorbed it's yoke.
The 1 that died that night never really moved after it hatched.
The 1 that died this morning had the yoke stuck to its body and we weren't able to remove it without teating skin.
We had 12 eggs left that hadn't hatched yet. Today I picked one that was laid over a month ago and opened it. The bird was fully formed but had not absorbed it's yoke sack. There was also no heart beat or movement, it was stiff and obviously dead.
I just candled, tapped and checked over the remaining 11 eggs. Not one has pipping, not one has movement and not one is peeping.
Do I just discount them all and clean out the incubator or do I wait?
We recently found out our rooster and hens have been eating locoweed, and have learned how that effects fertility and birth development.
We already lost42 eggs in our first incubation attempt (mostly due to human error we didn't know we were making but have corrected)
We found only 17 of the 30 in our second incubation were fertilized.
Again so far only 5 hatched and of those 5 only 2 survived...so far...
Incubator is set at 100F with 40% humidity, carefully monitored. Had an auto rotate and fan for air circulation.
Brooder is also monitored carefully and is 95F with chick feed and water, as well as room to move away from the lamp if needed.
Do I clean out my incubator or wait?
