Hey eveyone.
I am a newbie to incubating eggs. I just had my first try and only three of seven hatched. I cracked open one of the ones that didn't hatch, and it looked like a half developed chick.
I have pictures, but they are pretty graphic. Anyway, it looked like it had fuzz and pretty well developed, but just about half the size it should have been. I feel pretty guilty.
They all seemed to candle well, but I didn't check for movement in all of them.
So, what did I do wrong?
I have a still air little giant incubator. I keep the temp at 101-102. And the humidity at around 45%.
The last three days, I upped the humidity, and lowered the temp to 99-100.
What should I do differently? Does the dry incubation work well for you, and if so, what exactly does that mean?
Keep it at 25% until day 18?
Any and all suggestions would be helpful, I have 7 SLW eggs I need to put in tonight, and I don't want to mess up again.
I am a newbie to incubating eggs. I just had my first try and only three of seven hatched. I cracked open one of the ones that didn't hatch, and it looked like a half developed chick.
I have pictures, but they are pretty graphic. Anyway, it looked like it had fuzz and pretty well developed, but just about half the size it should have been. I feel pretty guilty.
They all seemed to candle well, but I didn't check for movement in all of them.
So, what did I do wrong?
I have a still air little giant incubator. I keep the temp at 101-102. And the humidity at around 45%.
The last three days, I upped the humidity, and lowered the temp to 99-100.
What should I do differently? Does the dry incubation work well for you, and if so, what exactly does that mean?
Keep it at 25% until day 18?
Any and all suggestions would be helpful, I have 7 SLW eggs I need to put in tonight, and I don't want to mess up again.