What a terrible hatch 🥺 Please help analyze

[Kiki]

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I didn’t realize that as I was collecting eggs to incubate that you needed to turn the eggs in the carton. As I was collecting, my hens stopped laying but my pullet started, so I collected 13 eggs over 8 days. Could that have been why 8 eggs stopped really early on? I hadn’t turned any of the eggs once they made it to the carton.

Probably not. You don't have to turn them before they are set in the incubator.

 

[Kiki]

I'd not set eggs again if I were you until you get at least one thermometer to calibrate.

Zero. I hatched out twice before with no issues, but also didn’t know I needed to do anything with the incubator. I ordered a hygrometer last week.

 

[Kiki]

THANK YOU. If you don’t mind, I didn’t get an answer to this question I posed lasted night after my last chick hatched. Her shell had all these weird black spots on the inside, looked like mold spots or tiny mites that didn’t move. I’ve never seen it before. Does this look like something odd to you? Thank you again.View attachment 3363639View attachment 3363640

Yikes. That looks like mold. Do you have more pictures of this shell?

 

[007Sean]

I didn’t realize that as I was collecting eggs to incubate that you needed to turn the eggs in the carton. As I was collecting, my hens stopped laying but my pullet started, so I collected 13 eggs over 8 days. Could that have been why 8 eggs stopped really early on? I hadn’t turned any of the eggs once they made it to the carton.

You don't have too but it is better to turn the eggs at least once a day while they are waiting to be incubated....keeps the membrane from sticking to the shell.

 

[007Sean]

THANK YOU. If you don’t mind, I didn’t get an answer to this question I posed lasted night after my last chick hatched. Her shell had all these weird black spots on the inside, looked like mold spots or tiny mites that didn’t move. I’ve never seen it before. Does this look like something odd to you? Thank you again.View attachment 3363639View attachment 3363640

Did 1 actually hatched from this shell?

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

Deadness. Cause by any number of things. Getting too hot is number one on the checklist... especially if you don't have multiple calibrated thermometers in your bator.

Yes, I get they are dead. I was hoping for a little more detail I guess. Like, what makes looking at these images make me know that as opposed to the full darkness of the first egg meaning the chick is taking up the majority of the space minus the air sack. Or, what possible time frame did the second egg die? I can see the formed chick in there. About how old might it be? These may seem like dumb questions to those who have seen this a thousand times, fortunately I haven’t yet. Thanks!

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

You don't have too but it is better to turn the eggs at least once a day while they are waiting to be incubated....keeps the membrane from sticking to the shell.

Thank you. Makes sense.

 

[Kiki]

Yes, I get they are dead. I was hoping for a little more detail I guess. Like, what makes looking at these images make me know that as opposed to the full darkness of the first egg meaning the chick is taking up the majority of the space minus the air sack. Or, what possible time frame did the second egg die? I can see the formed chick in there. About how old might it be? These may seem like dumb questions to those who have seen this a thousand times, fortunately I haven’t yet. Thanks!

We can't tell when your eggs died.

Did you open up the dead ones?

 

[007Sean]

Yes, I get they are dead. I was hoping for a little more detail I guess. Like, what makes looking at these images make me know that as opposed to the full darkness of the first egg meaning the chick is taking up the majority of the space minus the air sack. Or, what possible time frame did the second egg die? I can see the formed chick in there. About how old might it be? These may seem like dumb questions to those who have seen this a thousand times, fortunately I haven’t yet. Thanks!

If you look closely, you will see the veins have diminished, the thin line between the dark mass and the aircell, is a fluid, viscous looking material. If the chick were alive it would not look that way it would appear to be all dark except for the aircell.

Here's what a normal, healthy egg should look like when candled during incubation.

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

I'd not set eggs again if I were you until you get at least one thermometer to calibrate.

The incubator I have has them and I haven’t had issues with hatching before with those instruments. I have since read that these can be unreliable, so I had ordered something to fix that last week.