South Carolina

[Jackie B.]

CL alert! People are already fighting over it! $35!!!!

http://greenville.craigslist.org/grd/2304528570.html


-Jackie

 

[WestKnollAmy]

There are many reasons developed eggs do not hatch but if they were from your own birds the first thing to check is nutrition. After that I make sure my 'bator is pretty clean. Not Clorox clean because hens don't use cleaners but a good water and scrub with maybe some Oxine, if it is real nasty smelling.

I just had a hatch and of all 36 eggs only 2 did not hatch. All mine except for the 3 duck eggs. Those 3 hatched but only one lived. Again, not my eggs or birds on those 3. Supposedly they are fed just like mine, Williams mash and some whole grains. BUT, mine are out eating fresh grass and bugs most of the time and these ducks do not get that.

I open my bators constantly. I do not believe lock down is important. I move mine to a hatcher on day 18 and that lid is opened numerous times each day.
Consider where your incubator is located in your house. They run and do the best in a central part of the home with very little air change. Mine actually are in the center of my house with us walking past them constantly. However, I am sure it stays the same temp there because my wall thermometer is above the 'bator. Not my heat/air switch but just a temp read out.
I used to have my 'bator next to a south wall but got a bad hatch once and tried another spot. Haven't had one since.

Try adding some Rooster Booster or some other type of vitamin/mineral supplement to their food or water. I add Dawe's A-D-E a few days a week, ACV/garlic a few other days and plain water one day a week. I get very good hatching results from my own breeder birds. I'd have to go back into my book for this year but just off the top of my head I want to say I am getting 98% hatch rate.

It really does not sound like a 'bator problem.

Oh, and Susanne, I hate to hear about you losing a 'bator and all those precious eggs! I would have cried!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Thank you! I emailed them and put a call in for a Roll Back to be ready to go pick it up if they still have it!

Already sold!

 

[Jackie B.]

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Ugh. Sorry Amy. Next time I'll email you my CL stalkings b/c I know you need the addiional space mroe than any of us!!! 10,000 chicks? Lawd!!!

-Jackie

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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Need more details........

What are you incubating in?
Where is it located?
Are you using a temp & humidity gauge?
Did you give your last hatch 23 days total? Sometimes some are slow.....

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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That seems to happen sometimes......could be they couldn't get turned to zip.....I do help those.
I candle on day 18, put them on lockdown, and remove them as they dry usually...I use a LG or Hovabator still air and just pop a window out and stick my hand in. I don't lift the lid.

DH found us a HUGEEEEEEeeee incubator on craigslist yesterday. I plan on using the LG & Hovabator has hatchers - maybe. I love the still air ones
I have not found that it bothers the eggs to do that often.....but sometimes it does and the chicks can't zip.

Have you tried using an egg carton to hold them up when hatching?
Do you use an auto turner?

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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HMmmmmmmmm wonder if they still have it

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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Yeah what Amy said.......only I do that clorox clean

I will be putting this big one on a south wall here, until I see how it does.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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Stop That! and I missed it too.......I think it would have fit on the truck LOL

 

[phoneman]

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I'd be happy for those numbers right now! I wouldn't think that the chicks kicking the eggs would hurt them. I've had chicks flailing all over eggs and they hatch. There's so many things that can go wrong during a hatch. Any little fluctuation in temperature or humidity can be a problem. Did they start to hatch? I had a batch hatch over the weekend and a few zipped a lot and then just didn't do anything. I just assumed they weren't strong enough. Nothing was happening with the temp or humidity. My last two hatches have stunk. Getting maybe 10% hatching. Of course those are shipped eggs. Did you candle? Were they looking good? You're not supposed to open the bator during hatch but mine recover in a second so I do sometimes. Maybe that was it.

I woke up to a huge crash on Saturday night. The top had somehow fallen off my incubator and landed on the tile floor. There were broken eggs everywhere.

And the bator broke. What a mess. And it was the silkie eggs I had been trying to get for forever. Just stinks. Some of them didn't fall out but I think I fell back asleep after the crash and only woke up when I heard the bator alarm. Some of the egg seemed hard already so I don't know how long they sat there with no heat.

I also spent the last 36 hours trying to save a little lav ameraucana chick. But it died this morning.

The good news is that I had a good hatch from my Ameraucanas from Jean Ribbeck. Ended up with 5 Wheaten, 2 splash and a blue!

The Wife said 4 of them started to hatch but never made it out of the egg. My temp and humid. stayed constant the whole incubation. the only time it dipped just a tad was when i opened to get the babies out. but then it came right back up almost immediately. I did candle. From what I could see they were doing fine. Next hatch i won't open it after day 18 until they all hatch or day 23 gets here. Hows that sound???

what was the humidity the first 18 days it may have been to high.