Please help me with this

[slickchik]

I just had my first hatch. So far out of 12 shipped eggs, 6 have hatched. One came early. Two were on time and 3 were a day late.

The last 3 to hatch have protruding navels and one is worse than the others.

What did I do wrong? And how do I prevent this in the future????

The bator ran about 99.6 with humidity around 40-50% with about 65% humidity at lockdown in a forced air bator.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

In my opinion humidity may have been a little high the first 18 days but 50% hatch on shipped eggs is great.

 

[GraceAK]

yeah, thats a really good hatch rate for shipped eggs. As for the navels, just make sure they arent pecked or bothered and they will heal right up.