Please help! What am I doing wrong? (warning: semi-graphic photo)

[Bravo]

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Thanks so much Rancher! I keep beating myself up

 

[Katy]

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I have hatched a lot of Marans eggs over the last 7 years....first my cuckoos and now my wheatens. I incubate them right along side my other eggs in the same conditions and have good hatches from them. I don't help chicks hatch. If she truly has to help every chick hatch she has some genetics or line problems going on that have nothing to do with the incubation process.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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I have hatched a lot of Marans eggs over the last 7 years....first my cuckoos and now my wheatens. I incubate them right along side my other eggs in the same conditions and have good hatches from them. I don't help chicks hatch. If she truly has to help every chick hatch she has some genetics or line problems going on that have nothing to do with the incubation process.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Well, I'm no, "expert," but I have hatched quite a few chicks, and alot of them are Marans. The woman you speak of may, "sells her eggs for ALOT of money!!!" but it is not true that they need to be manually hatched! Not true, at all. She must have some kind of problem with her incubator or her flock, in my opinion. Personally, I would stay away from purchasing from stock like that; as that raises questions in my mind. Just my opinion ...

 

[Bravo]

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I have hatched a lot of Marans eggs over the last 7 years....first my cuckoos and now my wheatens. I incubate them right along side my other eggs in the same conditions and have good hatches from them. I don't help chicks hatch. If she truly has to help every chick hatch she has some genetics or line problems going on that have nothing to do with the incubation process.

I was thinking the same thing...

 

[Wynette]

I have a strict rule not to help chicks hatch. It promotes "late" and "weak hatching" genes, IMO, and should not be done. JMO

 

[oberhaslikid]

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I agree to much humidity They drown In their own fluid before they get to hatch.
Try dry hatching for better results.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

I was just going to say the same thing Wynette. If they hatch on their own they are healthy stock if you have provided a good environment for them to hatch out in. I do not help chicks hatch either.

 

[Bravo]

About the humidity, when I checked on the peep in the first post at 2AM it was actively zipping and had plenty of room in the egg. 4 hours later it was dead, bloated and stuck. The humitidy didnt change from the time it started zipping. If the humidity was the problem, how could it kill the chick after it started zipping?

Sorry for all the questions, I am just so confused...

 

[Bravo]

anyone? Could 70% humidity kill an actively zipping chick?