So much eggs

[Incubating4life]

Hi it's me again. Exactly 16 days ago I got 60 mixed eggs (in types of eggs and ‘hybirds’) We candled them on the fourteenth day, here’s a list.

• 10 infertile
• 11 with only blood ring
• 3 with veins but blood ring
• 5 cracked
• 4 unconfirmed

In total, 28 eggs remained in the incubator, including the unconfirmed eggs.
I know, I know, it's a bit ambitious. But we figured since we were using a homemade incubator, only about 10 or 15 would survive. The eggs are all very different, there’s green eggs and white eggs and brown eggs. The hatching is going to be very interesting. I heard in a post with still air incubators you should be at 38 degrees Celsius. Is that true? PLEASE COMMENT BELOW. I've been keeping the temperature at 37.5 degrees and it seems to be going well, but it might not be good for the chicks. Thanks!

 

[featherhead007]

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[Incubating4life]

In the end, 12 out of 60 eggs hatched. The first chick hatched on day 19, with the rest of the chicks following on day 20 to 21. I was sad about the losses, but a dozen healthy chicks are sitting in my brooder box, so I can't really complain. Are the numbers equivalent to the normal hatch rates for first time incubating and homemade incubators? Please let me know, it would be a HUGE help. Thanks

 

[Sseckel]

I think that is pretty good for a first-timer with a homemade incubator. I'm no expert though. I also use a homemade bator and sometimes it goes really well, sometimes it doesn't. Keep details records and it will get better each time as you learn more.