So I've had a rough time hatching the last month or so. I do hatch in an LG incubator, but the only time it's spiked is the one time I told hubby to watch it after I turned it up and it killed 2/3 eggs I had on lockdown at the time....that was human error, clearly.
But other than that, I've put in several pullet eggs from MY bird, and with the exception of the first, which was her first egg ever and very small (thus excusable in my mind), I'm only getting...maybe...50 percent on her eggs. They seem to get to lockdown or right before it, then just....die in shell. I have had three of her eggs hatch, and the chicks were healthy.
Last month I placed 15 breeder eggs in the incubator. Of the 5 that developed, I may get two, and I'm having to help one of them. *scratches head*
Are late in the year hatches kind of suck? I also have some silkie eggs due next week, and of the five that developed, five are still growing and moving. I can't report on silkies, YET, but does anyone know why I'm having this issue with seramas?
The eggs were shipped from the same breeder, I don't know if that's a separate issue from my pullet eggs or not, but it's frustrating. I've also had quail eggs in here and there the past month or two, and had issues with hatch, but mostly due to shipping and vendors (smashed, cracked eggs, and one which exploded a week in!!!)
**Just wanted to add, in September I had shipped Seramas hatch 100 percent of the eggs that did not candle clear**
But other than that, I've put in several pullet eggs from MY bird, and with the exception of the first, which was her first egg ever and very small (thus excusable in my mind), I'm only getting...maybe...50 percent on her eggs. They seem to get to lockdown or right before it, then just....die in shell. I have had three of her eggs hatch, and the chicks were healthy.
Last month I placed 15 breeder eggs in the incubator. Of the 5 that developed, I may get two, and I'm having to help one of them. *scratches head*
Are late in the year hatches kind of suck? I also have some silkie eggs due next week, and of the five that developed, five are still growing and moving. I can't report on silkies, YET, but does anyone know why I'm having this issue with seramas?
The eggs were shipped from the same breeder, I don't know if that's a separate issue from my pullet eggs or not, but it's frustrating. I've also had quail eggs in here and there the past month or two, and had issues with hatch, but mostly due to shipping and vendors (smashed, cracked eggs, and one which exploded a week in!!!)
**Just wanted to add, in September I had shipped Seramas hatch 100 percent of the eggs that did not candle clear**
