What a terrible hatch 🥺 Please help analyze

[Tumbleweedlynn]

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


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That’s a good reference. I could clearly see veins in the second egg. Does the blood still flow even if they died?

 

[007Sean]

That’s a good reference. I could clearly see veins in the second egg. Does the blood still flow even if they died?View attachment 3363698

No, if chick dies, blood does not flow in the veins.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Ok, I definitely recognize your first photo. I am also in the dry desert climate, but have never tried dry hatching. I’ve been reading a lot about it, I think I’m interested.
So, is what you’re saying that if they all don’t look like that on day 18, then none go into lockdown until they all do? If not, then do you have two incubators, one for the ones that are ready for lockdown, and the ones that aren’t yet? I’m just curious how you should handle if they aren’t all developed to that degree on day 18, but you have only one incubator. Thank you so much for your reply!

I have 2 incubators, one I have a fan/and turner, and one I like to hatch eggs in. Both foam, the hatching one is still air. I only want the mess in the hatching one, but yes, I do let an egg that is not ready, stay in the turner incubator, with the turner off.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I think sometimes day 19 is a better day to lockdown. if I only had one incubator, and some were not ready, I would not add water until day 19.

 

[WallyG74]

Perfect. I recommend buying at least two thermometers. That way you can have both in the incubator and look at one glance to see what the temperature is in at least two locations at the same time.

Four would be better.

Let’s say you identify a hot spot in the bator, but the other 75% of space is the perfect temp. What is your remedy for this hot spot without affecting the good zones?

 

[gimmie birdies]

I have a funny story on these eggs. I had a batch of eggs that were in the turners. I moved them to the hatching incubator. Then put in a new batch of eggs, for dry hatch. The egg that is hatched below, I forgot to move it to the other incubator, It hatched completely dry.

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

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

No, I threw it away. I’m going to open the two left I had in a little while. I’m really curious to know if anyone has seen this and what it could be

 

[007Sean]

No, I threw it away. I’m going to open the two left I had in a little while. I’m really curious to know if anyone has seen this and what it could be

I'm taking a guess....a wild one but it might be hydrogen sulfide?

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

I'm taking a guess....a wild one but it might be hydrogen sulfide?

WhT is that from ?

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

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I opened the two eggs, and here is what I found. Totally tragic to me, they were close to done and I don’t know why they stopped. Could it have been because I opened the incubator to get the three chicks that hatched out each time? Would they have progressed if I left them in the incubator? No one could know for sure. I would just love to learn why this happens and be able to identify visually what happened. Ugh.