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[ColinDelsink]

This pic looks fine to me. I wonder if maybe your temperature was a bit low? Did you rely on the incubator meters or do you have confirmed accurate meters in it?
I’d just keep waiting.

does a low temperature also explain why i didn't see any movement?

 

[chickens really]

does a low temperature also explain why i didn't see any movement?

Hmm? I'm needing again a temp and I know your humidity was high the entire setting.

 

[Pyxis]

After reading through, I don't see where a temperature was given - what temperature were you incubating at, and did you confirm it with a thermometer you know to be accurate? You said you think your incubator was forced air, so that means it should have a fan in it. Is that the case?

Also, what day did the one that hatched hatch on? Was that one on time, or was it late as well?

 

[ColinDelsink]

Hmm? I'm needing again a temp and I know your humidity was high the entire setting.

my temperature is at 38.4 degrees celsius which is about 101 degrees fahrenheit,
says the thermometer of the incubator

 

[chickens really]

my temperature is at 38.4 degrees celsius which is about 101 degrees fahrenheit,
says the thermometer of the incubator

 

[ColinDelsink]

After reading through, I don't see where a temperature was given - what temperature were you incubating at, and did you confirm it with a thermometer you know to be accurate? You said you think your incubator was forced air, so that means it should have a fan in it. Is that the case?

Also, what day did the one that hatched hatch on? Was that one on time, or was it late as well?

it does have a fan and the one that hatched was one day early

 

[chickens really]

my temperature is at 38.4 degrees celsius which is about 101 degrees fahrenheit,
says the thermometer of the incubator

Jeepers...Humidity I'm thinking was too high if all drowned?

 

[Pyxis]

it does have a fan and the one that hatched was one day early

That would make sense, since 38.4 is about a degree high for a forced air, so an early hatch is not surprising. But that also means the other eggs likely aren't just running behind due to low temperature If you're candling and not seeing any movement, they very well may have passed away. If you want to give them a couple more days to be sure, that's okay.

If they don't hatch at that point, I would assume they are dead, and carefully open the shell over the air cell (in case they're not dead, since opening over the air cell won't cause bleeding if they are alive). Then I would look them over to see what went wrong. It sounds like it may have been a case of the humidity being too high throughout incubation, in which case you will probably see excess liquid in the eggs.

Hopefully @Loopeend can pop in and say what they use for humidity, since they are in your area. I personally use 30%, but my climate is likely different from yours.

 

[ColinDelsink]

That would make sense, since 38.4 is about a degree high for a forced air, so an early hatch is not surprising. But that also means the other eggs likely aren't just running behind due to low temperature If you're candling and not seeing any movement, they very well may have passed away. If you want to give them a couple more days to be sure, that's okay.

If they don't hatch at that point, I would assume they are dead, and carefully open the shell over the air cell (in case they're not dead, since opening over the air cell won't cause bleeding if they are alive). Then I would look them over to see what went wrong. It sounds like it may have been a case of the humidity being too high throughout incubation, in which case you will probably see excess liquid in the eggs.

Hopefully @Loopeend can pop in and say what they use for humidity, since they are in your area. I personally use 30%, but my climate is likely different from yours.

thanks, i'll keep them in another day and if nothing has happened then i'll carefully open them

 

[PaulX]

my temperature is at 38.4 degrees celsius which is about 101 degrees fahrenheit,
says the thermometer of the incubator

38.4 is indeed very high, especially at this stage of incubation.