What am I doing wrong?

[JacinLarkwell]

Ok just a Hygrometer then.
I think a incubator that can put at least 4 dozen eggs in. I’m not sure what price that will get up to.

That's a big incubator so that will cost a pretty penny, especially for one with reviews to prove it's reliable

 

[Wills Chooks]

That's a big incubator so that will cost a pretty penny, especially for one with reviews to prove it's reliable

Mmm yes but I have always thought that if I am going to incubate for 21 days I may as well put in as many eggs as I can.

 

[TheMother]

I am hoping someone can tell me what I am doing wrong or what I could do to improve my hatch rates in the incubator. (I have one of the yellow Pet scene 80w incubators that holds 96 eggs)
I put a dozen Ancona eggs under one of my silkies and a dozen in the incubator at the same time and the silkie nearly had a perfect hatch with only one egg being infertile and one not hatching, while the incubator had nearly all fertile at the start and the eggs slowly dropping off as the days went by until there were none left alive on day 21. What is causing this as the same thing has happened before. In the same hatch of the incubator I had 2 dozen Barnevelder eggs and the same thing happened with only 3 ever hatching.
I have done trials with the incubator humidity having it at 60% where it didn’t work and having it dry where it also didn’t work but I have had a few low hatch rate successes at 30% humidity. My temp is at 37.5c and it is automatic turning.

hopefully someone can help
Will

It looks like you have some great advice given here. I guess I'll leave my 2 cents lol. I ran two pro series incubators simultaneously with 40 eggs in each and had a 95% hatch rate with these hygrometer/Thermometer in the bators. Btw the thermometer/hygrometer setup that comes with most incubators are really inaccurate and that variable has a very good chance of messing with your eggs. Best thing you can do is invest in a good hygrometer/Thermometer setup. Plus it'll buy you peace of mind. Can't put a price on that.

Thermometer -https://incubatorwarehouse.com/incubator-remote-thermometer-hygrometer.html

Incubator-
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...HtxhAcdBV3HmbNPcVzdBzqqMVyxZvzmwaAlRGEALw_wcB

 

[Erba]

It does sound like a temperature problem. I had one of those incubators, but never used it because the temperature would not hold. If you still have it, put the Styrofoam box it was delivered with, back on it. Hope you get your problem sorted and good luck.

 

[Wills Chooks]

Thanks guys those links are great and I have ordered a hygrometer so should be able to test it soon and then get back to incubating.