Unsuccessful hatching

[Legacy Farm]

Hi everyone! Update... I took everyone's comments and suggestions and started all over. I completely took apart the Bator and cleaned everything. I took out the egg Turner and thought I would do old school (Grandma's way).. I layered the bottom with hay/straw and added a tiny bowl with water to generate the humidity... I turned them by hand twice a day and never missed a turn. Today is day 20 and we have 5 early bloomers! They just started popping out . lol.. I still have several in the Bator, guess we will see what happens tomorrow. Thanks again everyone for all of your thoughts and suggestions!

 

[Kiki]

Hi everyone! Update... I took everyone's comments and suggestions and started all over. I completely took apart the Bator and cleaned everything. I took out the egg Turner and thought I would do old school (Grandma's way).. I layered the bottom with hay/straw and added a tiny bowl with water to generate the humidity... I turned them by hand twice a day and never missed a turn. Today is day 20 and we have 5 early bloomers! They just started popping out . lol.. I still have several in the Bator, guess we will see what happens tomorrow. Thanks again everyone for all of your thoughts and suggestions!

Congrats! I can't wait to see pictures.

 

[Legacy Farm]

we have 12 babies so far. We have 8 more still in the Bator. Those I will give to day 25 and if they don't hatch I will consider them duds.. Thanks again everyone! Learned a lot!

 

[Kiki]

View attachment 1782992 View attachment 1782999we have 12 babies so far. We have 8 more still in the Bator. Those I will give to day 25 and if they don't hatch I will consider them duds.. Thanks again everyone! Learned a lot!

Precious babies.

 

[Legacy Farm]

Up to 13 now... One surprised me and popped out just a bit ago...lol . 62% hatch rate at the moment....

 

[GoatDragonFarms]

BABIES!
Congrats on the hatch!

We don't wash the eggs we will hatch, interferes with the bloom. I've never tried to hatch a really dirty egg though.
Do have four in the incubator atm that have a little gunk on them, just brushed them with a paper towel and popped them in. Growing just fine!

I cracked my last batch open to see why they didn't hatch on day 25. Outside. At night. No real bad smell in our case, so there is that.